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		sixdimensional on June 4, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amazon plans major move into grocery business Good point. It seems like a non-starter all the way around because I'm sure grocery stores have thought about running this operation themselves. References regarding the Borders comment: - http://money.cnn.com/2001/04/11/companies/amazon/ - http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-19/borders-champagne-t... - Google Trends showing Border's demise? http://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=borders%2C+amazon.com... 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.

mikeash on June 4, 2013 | [–]

Many stores already do run similar operations themselves, in fact. Both Safeway and Giant do around here (northern VA), for example.

sfall on June 4, 2013 | [–]

I don't think amazon would want to trust a third party with a new venture

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