Comments on: Is online grocery shopping delivering the goods? http://www.dusteddesign.com/blog/online-shopping-delivering-the-goods/ The Blog for Dusted Design Partners Limited Tue, 10 May 2011 10:04:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Antony Vila http://www.dusteddesign.com/blog/online-shopping-delivering-the-goods/comment-page-1/#comment-20171 Antony Vila Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:06:23 +0000 http://www.dusteddesign.com/blog/?p=1024#comment-20171 I believe the future of online grocery shopping is in developing the service offering. At the moment, the experience of buying online vs. buying instore is quite comparable. Buy instore and you get to look at the food and make (perhaps more) informed choices. Buy online and the process is quicker. What I believe the big supermarkets are missing in improving the speed of delivery. Personally, if I'm shopping for food, it's because I'm close to (or have actually) run out! I'm not always willing to wait for the delivery slots available. I recently worked on a website development which involved a 'click and collect' service. The website (http://www.weetons.com) allows customers to buy their groceries before 10am in the morning and collect them after 3pm the same day. This means no excessive delivery charge (as you can order as much or as little as you want) and instant gratification. Perhaps when the supermarkets catch on, we'll really see a bigger shift towards online. I believe the future of online grocery shopping is in developing the service offering. At the moment, the experience of buying online vs. buying instore is quite comparable.

Buy instore and you get to look at the food and make (perhaps more) informed choices. Buy online and the process is quicker.

What I believe the big supermarkets are missing in improving the speed of delivery. Personally, if I’m shopping for food, it’s because I’m close to (or have actually) run out! I’m not always willing to wait for the delivery slots available.

I recently worked on a website development which involved a ‘click and collect’ service. The website (http://www.weetons.com) allows customers to buy their groceries before 10am in the morning and collect them after 3pm the same day. This means no excessive delivery charge (as you can order as much or as little as you want) and instant gratification.

Perhaps when the supermarkets catch on, we’ll really see a bigger shift towards online.

]]> By: A Year in London » Archive » Am I the Future of Grocery Shopping? http://www.dusteddesign.com/blog/online-shopping-delivering-the-goods/comment-page-1/#comment-19281 A Year in London » Archive » Am I the Future of Grocery Shopping? Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:01:38 +0000 http://www.dusteddesign.com/blog/?p=1024#comment-19281 [...] in the UK, only 3% of the market does their grocery shopping online. As more and more people do go online, there is less and less of [...] [...] in the UK, only 3% of the market does their grocery shopping online. As more and more people do go online, there is less and less of [...]

]]> By: Matt http://www.dusteddesign.com/blog/online-shopping-delivering-the-goods/comment-page-1/#comment-17070 Matt Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:16:34 +0000 http://www.dusteddesign.com/blog/?p=1024#comment-17070 One thing that is surprisingly different from one provider to the next is the way they calculate the final costs. Some are more successful than others in their working-out. It will always be a grey area, particularly when ordering lots of loose items, however I have to say that on more than one occasion I have experienced Tesco getting their "Guide Price" very wrong (in the wrong directions too – ending up being more expensive than expected). In these budget-conscious times, online shopping gives you a great way to watch your spend, allowing you to easily remove stuff from your basket or swap them for cheaper alternatives, but the calculation used to give you your final cost needs to be accurate for this benefit to be worthwhile. One thing that is surprisingly different from one provider to the next is the way they calculate the final costs. Some are more successful than others in their working-out. It will always be a grey area, particularly when ordering lots of loose items, however I have to say that on more than one occasion I have experienced Tesco getting their “Guide Price” very wrong (in the wrong directions too – ending up being more expensive than expected).

In these budget-conscious times, online shopping gives you a great way to watch your spend, allowing you to easily remove stuff from your basket or swap them for cheaper alternatives, but the calculation used to give you your final cost needs to be accurate for this benefit to be worthwhile.

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