Posted on 06/26/2017 5:42:45 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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Free groceries for those Russian hackers….
Does Amazon offer public tours of their warehouse operation?
Amazon is about to get a rude awakening concerning the grocery business. It’s brutally competetive, terribly fickle and often counterintuitive.
I’ve been in the business 30 years and have seen far more experienced and seasoned firms bite the dust in the business.
Amazon is about to get a rude awakening concerning the grocery business. It’s brutally competetive, terribly fickle and often counterintuitive.
I’ve been in the business 30 years and have seen far more experienced and seasoned firms bite the dust in the business.
Another step closer to fully automated jit delivey. Robots will build/grow product, package it, deliver to central locations, then robots will organise pick order pack shipent then deliver the goods. Jobs in Logistics, trucking, warehouse management, etc are all going away sooner than we think.
That will NOT go over well with the body piercing, white dreadlocks and Prius crowd employed at Whole Foods.
I don't think Amazon will be offering tours any time soon...
After production harvesting and delivery, robots will decide which food we should eat.
I don’t know. I just get a feeling that Amazon just has that online edge where they could just undermine the competition just enough to put them under. Then that’s where they get their opening.
They have plenty of play cash.
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That was almost a book.
There is probably plenty of fodder for writers wanting to expose the demands placed on suppliers.
Jeff Bozo is willing to lose a lot of money over the next few years as he learns to tweak his business model to make it work. He is a firm believer in trying something and making continual adjustments along the way until he gets it right.
Hmmm.............WF Warehouses???
But Amazon apparently likes the wat USPS delivers (eventually) their parcels for them...and us!
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Dick G
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I agree. I also think Amazon is already a monopoly and whole foods only makes that worse. They monopoloze online retailing and seek hegemony over all retailing
I also think the brick and mortars have better prices, better service, better experience, and far better return policies.
Why they aren’t running a war against Amazon on these things baffles me.
Pretty much..............See? Liberals like Bezos love the workers soooooo much they don't want them to work any more!...............
AMAZON RIPOFF
Amazon has a terrible return policy.
Amazon still owes me $200.
Customer takes the hit if a problem occurs with your order. I figure it would years just to break even.
Why risk giving Amazon more of my money??
Walmart, I just walk in and leave with my refund.
But Amazon rips you off.
Amazon just took my $200 cash. I received zero in return, no package, no product.
This is the great service people hail?
Amazon is trash to customers.
They are, and their very existence depends on it, affordable technology is available to compete with Amazon. My company is one of many options.
An old grocer, now passed away, once told me the secret is ‘Tide’.
This was back in the 50’s and 60’s.
When you needed a quick infusion of cash into the store, you put Tide on sale at a low price, the women would flock in and while there buy a bunch of other stuff at regular prices..................
I'm wondering if Amazon becoming major in food will hurt the big chains that don't offer anything unique. I'm also wondering if it won't help the smaller chains and stores attract customers who want new choices and local and fresh foods.
Whatever, I'm skeptical of a positive outcome. If this wouldn't be a monopoly, what would?
Bezos plays a dangerous game, which still relies on a steady stream of investment cash. The investors (and Bezos) are betting long, hoping that they will be able to beat out their competition (and attain semi-monopoly status) before running out of investors.
I don't know how it will end, but I do know all sorts of grocery chains, including Wal Mart, now have online offerings. These companies won't fade away quietly.
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