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JHirsch |
posted 07-12-1999 04:48 PM
 
There is another article about the online grocery industry in general: http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,0-38961,00.html?st.ne.180.gif.1 The most important point i think it makes is that delivery of food should be packaged with other types of delivery to make it more viable and more profitable. Of course, with the direction the grocery industry is going in that is a logical step anyway. Jake |
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JHirsch |
posted 06-04-1999 05:54 PM
Here is another article about peapod: "PEAPOD BOLSTERS WEB SITE PERFORMANCE WITH ART TECHNOLOGY GROUP'S" http://www.news.com/Investor/NewsItem/0,213,0~3~1~15~ppod~BLO~48935475~~~~,00.html This article mentions the most important part of online shopping: "Peapod will take advantage of Dynamo's high-performance, scalable e-commerce platform to increase traffic capacity and build a personalized site that matches the interests and buying habits of their customers." Jake |
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JHirsch |
posted 06-04-1999 05:39 PM
Dude, The peapod article was quite good too, and i'm somewhat intruiged by the possibilties of bundling groceries with other items, but i wonder if peapod has the clout that Amazon does to get in good agreements with other companies to bundle products with its home delivery of groceries. Maybe we are headed back to the days when the milkman delivered the milk... the new version of customer service in the e-commerce world. Jake |
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JHirsch |
posted 06-04-1999 05:33 PM
Scott, Thanks for the article. The most intersting part to me is the idea that homegrocer.com could deliver books, pet supplies, and drugstore goods from Amazon's partners. This would allow sharing of the delivery costs, cross selling, and efficencies for the customer as well. Peapod had better watch out. The only negative I see in the article for homegrocer.com is that they are planning to be more careful in rolling this out to various cities slowly. In this market i think grabbing the customers and locking them in to your service is key. Maybe homegrocer's reluctance to move fast will hurt it... Jake |
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Scott McCormick |
posted 06-04-1999 04:17 PM
Here's an article about HomeGrocer, a Peapod competitor (and Amazon investment): http://www.businessweek.com/cgi-bin/ebiz/ebiz_frame.pl?url=/ebiz/9906/em0602.htm |
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dude |
posted 05-15-1999 11:35 AM
Peapod is just groceries right now, just like Amazon used to be just books, but Peapod has much bigger plans. Check it out: http://www.news.com/News/Item/Textonly/0,25,36535,00.html |
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JHirsch |
posted 05-06-1999 04:58 PM
I believe that Albertsons or one of the other online grocery delivery places allows users to rent refrigerators to place outside for any perishable foods. There seem to be some problems with this, like stealing of food, and with leaving the refrigerator itself outside but its an idea. Also, i don't know how hard it will be for people to just be home at some time... its more often the time invested in going to the store that people can't afford. What about specific grocery stores going online. They often have a brand name that peapod or netgrocer can't compete with. Users will know they are getting the same quality products that they get when they go to the store... and grocery stores already have the customer base in place in their local areas. Any thoughts? Jake |
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smario |
posted 05-03-1999 12:23 PM
I don't think I would ever buy from an online grocer - I kind of feel the need to see, feel, and impulse buy based on what I just picked previously in the store. But I do understand the need to have the person home when groceries are delivered - lots of them need to be put in the fridge or freezer right away. I don't see a way around this problem, unless they developed a cheap freezer bag. Regardless, I don't think this will check growth. |
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techwatcher |
posted 05-02-1999 12:14 PM
In many regions, Peapod customers must be home to accept delivery. This is one major factor preventing them from rapid growth. The whole point of using their service is that you're too busy to shop and are willing to pay extra for convenience. Having to be home removes that benefit. |
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Scott McCormick |
posted 03-05-1999 01:11 AM
This Red Herring article explains why Peapod and NetGrocer are growing slower than people were hoping: http://www.herring.com/insider/1999/0303/news-groceries.html |
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Art Vandelay |
posted 02-25-1999 10:41 PM
From Reuters: Online grocer Peapod Inc. Thursday announced plans to open a distribution center serving San Francisco-area shoppers as part of its switch to direct customer order fulfillment. Peapod said it would cancel its distribution partnership with regional supermarket giant Safeway Inc. as it switches over to its own distribution center. San Francisco is the third metropolitan market in which Peapod is implementing its new centrally-run regional order fulfillment system. It previously relied on partnering with established grocery chains. Peapod serves a total of eight metropolitan markets. |
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PSych |
posted 02-09-1999 11:07 AM
I believe that Peapod Inc. is the very next McDonalds of the internet! With the exposure gained from the e-commerce index, set up in association with online news provider TheStreet.com, PPOD will go up and beyond Piper Jaffray's Strong Buy Rating and near-term price target of $16.00 per share. [Note: This message has been edited by Mayor of Investorville] |
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Bill Tarr |
posted 02-08-1999 08:08 PM
I think Peapod can do well once it grows enough, but groceries won't sell as well as books, CDs, videos, etc., because: - sometimes you want the groceries right away, and you're going to go to the store for that - some products don't ship well, ex. fruit, milk, meat, things that go bad without refrigeration, etc. - food products are bigger and more expensive to ship than books But that doesn't mean people won't buy groceries online, they will just limit it to a portion (maybe 50%) of their total grocery spending. |
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PSych |
posted 02-08-1999 12:58 PM
I wonder if an internet grocer can ever become the "inthing?" If anyone has any insight I'd greatly appreciate it!!! |
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