Ahh yes, my favorite company on Earth, seriously, is Amazon. This is not to talk about the greatness of the company at all - ok, well maybe it is.
The company announced this week that the company will begin delivering groceries in the San Francisco area, after success in Los Angeles & in Seattle, its founding city. If it is successful, this service will go all across the United States - without question. The project is called AmazonFresh.
The store already offers grocery & food products for delivery through a variety of companies at low prices, but with having its own distribution service, without question, it will put more pressure on Kroger, Meijer & Wal-mart to become better with understanding the needs of people who either live in major metropolitan cities like New York, or who live in very rural areas - many people can't always get to the grocery stores for either lack of transportation or distance from their homes.
Here is the catch - in San Francisco, the service is available for a 30-day free trial, after that period, the consumer will have to sign up for the PrimeFresh system, which will cost $299 per year as a membership.
Looking at the Amazon Fresh website, it looks as though they get foods from Los Angeles, San Francisco & Seattle-based restaurants, as well.
If this is the case, this will completely change the game for good in online shopping. Amazon was already strong in shopping for groceries, this would expand its strength tenfold. For as much as people do go out & spend money at dinner & go to the grocery store for the week, to have many of those products at marked down prices through Amazon will, in theory, provide financial relief for thousands of people in the west coast.
One of the biggest complaints of people when they are at the grocery stores is that items are costing more than ever, not as fresh, etc. Not that I am an expert or anything, but if Amazon is as diligent about this AmazonFresh system as they are about all of the other products the website sells at low prices, the major grocery chains need to keep their head on a swivel because Amazon is coming faster than Ray Lewis on a quarterback blitz.
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