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Great move for Amazon (haven't had many bad ones). Stock in Kroger and WM are down after the announcement. Instant infrastructure for it's online grocery plans. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ | |||
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Damn.......I sold $35 calls on WFM. I lose. Mike I'm sorry if I hurt you feelings when I called you stupid - I thought you already knew - Unknown ................................... When you have no future, you live in the past. " Sycamore Row" by John Grisham | |||
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| I believe in the principle of Due Process  |
Naked calls? Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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| Fuimus |
I never go to WF. I don't like wasting my money. | |||
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I miss Webvan. -- I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is. JALLEN 10/18/18 https://sigforum.com/eve/forum...610094844#7610094844 | |||
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Like my description of shopping at Trader Joes... Have you ever been in a store and you see some self absorbed asshole standing in the middle of the isle, their cart blocking everyone's way while they look at who knows what, with obviously no concept or concern that there my be other people in the store or anywhere else in the world for that matter? Picture a whole store full of that person.  What's wrong with Whole Foods? You don't like paying $14 for a free trade, organic non GMO, free ranged non blood tomato?  _____________________________________________________ Sliced bread, the greatest thing since the 1911. | |||
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Naw, covered. Win some - Lose some I'm sorry if I hurt you feelings when I called you stupid - I thought you already knew - Unknown ................................... When you have no future, you live in the past. " Sycamore Row" by John Grisham | |||
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Clicks to bricks? Isn't this backwards? ____ I'm filled with gratitude for the blessings I've received. | |||
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| Leave the gun. Take the cannoli. |
Who cares about the food and prices. It was a great move for investors who had the balls to play it. | |||
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Not really from Vienna |
"Whole Paycheck Market" | |||
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| Oh stewardess, I speak jive.  |
The one in downtown Austin - for example - has escalators that work with the carts, conveyor belt setups that'll move your haul out to the parking area for you, about a dozen different areas to eat inside (pizza bar, sushi bar, bbq area, sandwich shop, chocolate bar, bakery, etc), and so on. It is a vastly superior shopping experience to the vast majority of regular grocery stores. When I live near a Whole Foods and Trader Joe's, I end up getting maybe 10% of my items from regular grocery stores - shit like paper towels and Heinz Ketchup and super basic things where fancy or natural don't matter much. | |||
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Yes to all. When I go to Austin, I don't go to the flagship store but go to the one by the Dominion. You loiter by the cheeses and they volunteer to open some and slice some samples. I was in the produce section and looking at all the bizarre mushrooms and said I'd never seen or eaten any of them. The employee hands me ~six small shiitake mushrooms (enough for a sandwich) to try. And the coolest thing? A few years back, they were taking orders for some heritage-breed turkeys. I ordered one and came up the day of delivery. Well, the truck was going to be waaaayy late, and I explained I lived quite far off. They refunded my money and sent someone to bring up an organic frozen turkey and thanked me for my patience and patronage. It's as fun as grocery shopping can be. | |||
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His Royal Hiney |
Yep. Amazon has been in the grocery business but it's still only a small part. I think besides the shared customers, Amazon also gets a ready made network of grocery stocking locations. "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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Shipping for groceries is supposed to be an experience? I'm out of there 10-15 minutes from when I walked in. The last thing I'm concerned with is the "experience." What am I doing? I'm talking to an empty telephone | |||
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| Not really from Vienna |
Yeah, grocery shopping here in Jerkwater is an experience-just not a good one. | |||
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Amazon knows people are reluctant to purchase fresh foods such as produce and meats online. That will come later. In the meantime this gives them a share of that part of the market. The new challenge for the grocery retailers is to get people in the stores. Amazon Pantry and the meal kit services like Blue Apron are gaining traction at a pretty good clip and this is not going unnoticed by the established industry. Even the large high end grocery stores are seeing less people coming through the door. They continue to add more services in a effort to bring the "I don't want to do anything" consumer through the turnstiles. Some local stores have just recently added produce butchers. These guys will slice, dice or julienne any produce you want in any quantity you want in a matter of seconds. Dieticians are on hand to shop with you if you have any health issues such as diabetes and need to purchase diabetic foods. That person will spend as long as you need and personally shop the store with you to make sure you are choosing the right foods. Of course all these things drive up the cost of shopping. The local brick and mortar stores aren't going to be shutting down any time soon but the industry trends are changing. "Fixed fortifications are monuments to mans stupidity" - George S. Patton | |||
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| Oh stewardess, I speak jive. |
No, I don't think it's *supposed* to be anything, but it *is* different from a great many regular stores and the variety of options can be worlds different. I don't know about you, but I don't eat the same thing day after day after week after week. I love variety. You don't think there's a meaningful difference between, say, a ghetto Walmart and a nice new Safeway or the like with a huge Produce section and excellent Meat counter? Same idea. Better is better, nicer is nicer, more choices are more, none of which is all that subjective. If you don't care, suit yourself.  And I don't spend any extra time there unless I want to - usually when I'm eating lunch or grabbing a snack. I know where things are, get in and out as I need to, but I've been shopping at Whole Foods and Trader Joe's for more than 20yrs in multiple US States, which I supplement with Costco, a rare visit to a non Ghetto Walmart, Asian markets, and regular stores. | |||
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