On 8/3/2013 12:03 PM, Kalmia wrote:
> Cheryl,
>
> How did they bill? Per spent lb of food schlepped? Distance to your
> house? Time spent gathering the stuff? I just wonder how they
> figured the fee.
>
> My mother used to call an indep. mkt which catered to the carriage
> trade, and would deliver anything you wanted, be it a bottle of milk
> or a hundred dollar order, for a flat fee of five bucks. Sadly, that
> market folded. The rich, the ill, the elderly,-- I bet even the
> lazy-- loved that delivery system. They had great meat, produce, and
> also odd items you cudn't find in the the big chains.

Where I used to live, they charged $6 to deliver, no matter what amount
of groceries you ordered, and you tipped on top of that. They kept your
cell and phone number and called you if there was a conflict. When
ordering bananas, they wanted to know if you wanted them green,
half-green or ripe.

Becca