Does anybody know if Amazon partners with large grocery chains? Seems to me that if Amazon.com was the last mile delivery/fulfillment service for already existing brick-and-mortar grocery chains, then they wouldn't be competing and maybe the grocery chains might actually go for it?
Maybe there is a first mover advantage for a chain who partners with Amazon. They could piggyback the service on top of the grocery chain's existing infrastructure and exploit Amazon's infrastructure and scale at the same time.
Maybe that way, the physical grocery stores could still keep their doors open, lower prices, perhaps be reduced in size and become more of a local warehouse.
It's still amazing that one can't go online to order groceries and have them delivered from a local grocery store, especially on a recurring basis. It would be a nice amenity.
Does it really boil down to grocery store + eCommerce = politically/financially/practically hard problem? Seems like there must be some solution that would work.
Maybe there is a first mover advantage for a chain who partners with Amazon. They could piggyback the service on top of the grocery chain's existing infrastructure and exploit Amazon's infrastructure and scale at the same time.
Maybe that way, the physical grocery stores could still keep their doors open, lower prices, perhaps be reduced in size and become more of a local warehouse.