On Sun, 18 Jun 2017 12:03:55 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 6/18/2017 11:03 AM, wrote:
>> On Sun, 18 Jun 2017 09:51:22 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>>
>>> On 6/18/2017 12:08 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 16 Jun 2017 18:50:09 -0700, Taxed and Spent wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 6/16/2017 8:08 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I wonder if Amazon Prime will get us special discounts at Whole Foods
>>>>>> now that Amazon has bought Whole Foods?
>>>>>
>>>>> I predict a big loss on this one.
>>>>
>>>> I not an MBA, but I don't get this either. Hole Foods current model
>>>> isn't working, and I'm not sure how a physical presence works to
>>>> Amazon's benefit. The Whole Foods and Amazon brands may have a lot of
>>>> recognition, but far less loyalists.
>>>>
>>>> -sw
>>>>
>>>
>>> Food stores work on slim margins too. Only thing I can think of is home
>>> delivery where the store or distribution center will be the local warehouse
>>
>> Nothing new... grocery stores have been doing home delivery from since
>> there were grocery stores... as a youngster I delivered groceries for
>> the mom n' pop stores with what was known as a truck bike, a heavy
>> bicycle with a huge basket.
>> http://schwinncruisers.com/bikes/cycletruck/
>>
>
>Did the same in 1962-63. I used a Chevy sedan delivery. Like a station
>wagon with no windows
>https://classiccars.com/listings/vie...illinois-62269
>
>Probably had a larger territory to cover than what you had in Brooklyn.
>I made pretty good money on Friday and Saturday with tips. That type of
>store is long gone though.

Still many mom n' pop groceries in large urban centers, and they still
deliver by bicycle, because it's primarily a young teen's job and they
don't don't have a driver's license. Many small markets/bodegas in
NYC have 14 year olds deliver with a delivery push cart that fits into
apartment building elevators, can deliver like ten customers in one
building, I did that more than 60 years ago.... those carts had
bicycle wheels for easy pushing, some two, some three.
Growing up in Brooklyn horse drawn carts were all over, selling
anything you can think of... also buying anything you can think of...
horse drawn junk carts (not drugs) meandered up and down every street
with their cow bells announcing their presence; I CASH CLOTHES, ANY
OLD JUNK! Summers the ice man, winters the coal man... carts selling
fresh meat, fresh fish, produce, knife/scissor sharpening, even shoe
repairs. Early mornings before school my mother would send me out
with my Radio Flyer wagon to scour streets for dropped coal and horse
manure for the garden.