What Did You Buy Today?

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(06-16-2017, 12:20 PM)Jason Wrote:

(06-16-2017, 10:45 AM)divmenow Wrote: I just think this AMZN and this food thing is way of an over reaction here . Me personally would just rather drive to a Target or a local supermarket and buy food. I can get it a lot quicker then Amazon can ship it lol. I mean what are they going to do??/ Use Drones and do a drop off at your door for fruit and milk lol. Just a big over reaction here. And Whole Foods hasn't been good for years. This is one transaction I dont see AMZN winning.

I bought some TGT and CVS today.

I actually work at a grocery store. At a recent meeting, the president of our division showed a slide that had Amazon forcasted to open over 4000 brick and mortar stores within five years. Basically smaller stores that will sell groceries. The payment system will be set up to where you will walk in and grab what you want and walk out. Everything will be automatically totaled and charged to your account. No waiting. This is why you are seeing normal grocers focusing so much on online ordering and store pickup. Trying to get ahead of the monster.

The Chinese are ahead of Amazon. They already are testing the type of store you describe.


In China, a Store of the Future—No Checkout, No Staff
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/60810...-no-staff/