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We need physical warehouses. The core of the Ernie's business model is that these locations will be much…",{"id":57,"by":11,"text":58},"2974248","Excellent feedback, thanks for it. Your \"quick stop on the way home from work\" is our number one use case. I'm very happy it appeals to you. Regarding food deserts, Ernie's is a…",{"value":60,"source":51,"evidence":61},"Shoppers who dislike wandering grocery stores, including busy families, in US markets",[62,63],{"id":54,"by":11,"text":55},{"id":64,"by":11,"text":65},"2973841","We aren't trying to compete with home delivery offerings. We are competing with the traditional supermarket model, which is still the dominant grocery model in the United States.…",{"value":67,"source":51,"evidence":68},"No fees; sells at lower prices than supermarkets",[69],{"id":54,"by":11,"text":55},{"value":71,"source":51,"evidence":72},"Convenience and time savings for shoppers, with low warehouse operating costs for margin",[73,74],{"id":54,"by":11,"text":55},{"id":75,"by":11,"text":76},"2973587","We are actively seeking additional investors to help us open our first location. We have commitments from local investors that have us 25% towards our fundraising goal. I have…",[],"unknown","prototype",{"praise":81,"objections":105,"requests":143,"questions":156,"alternatives":166},[82,94],{"value":83,"source":84,"evidence":85},"Good concept and idea that seems obvious in hindsight","commenter",[86,90],{"id":87,"by":88,"text":89},"2973712","paraschopra","This is one of the ideas that make you kick yourself and say _why did I not think of it first?_ Good luck to you and I hope it succeeds!",{"id":91,"by":92,"text":93},"2973655","wccrawford","I hope you manage to run with this. I'm sick of wasting so much time in the grocery store and I've been willing to pay to avoid it for a while now. Of course, there are some…",{"value":95,"source":84,"evidence":96},"Suggested recipe upselling would be useful",[97,101],{"id":98,"by":99,"text":100},"2974240","vegashacker","The \"suggested recipes\" idea is the rare kind of upsell that I would love to be offered. I never know what to buy at the grocery store, so I always end up buying the same 20 or…",{"id":102,"by":103,"text":104},"2973788","billybob","\"Your stores are going to have to be as big as a supermarket to really be of use to people.\" Not necessarily. You could make more efficient use of space if you don't have to…",[106,117,128],{"value":107,"source":84,"evidence":108},"Skepticism about Webvan-style margins and competition from existing grocers",[109,113],{"id":110,"by":111,"text":112},"2973872","eggbrain","I'll be honest, I'm skeptical. And I'm sure investors are skeptical too after spectacular failures like WebVan and Kozmo. Sure these sites were different than what you are trying…",{"id":114,"by":115,"text":116},"2973756","retube","This is an interesting concept. But I see a couple of issues: - You need physical stores. These take a lot of money and expertise to set up and run. And to expand\u002Fscale in any…",{"value":118,"source":84,"evidence":119},"Shoppers want to select fresh produce and meat themselves",[120,124],{"id":121,"by":122,"text":123},"2973912","yock","I think this works well for processed foods and non-perishible items, but I see a real problem with meat and produce. Shoppers are accustomed to doing their own quality control…",{"id":125,"by":126,"text":127},"2973831","rnernento","I like it. One think to take into consideration is people's relationship with food. It's going to be a hard sell for some people to buy produce or meat sight unseen when…",{"value":129,"source":84,"evidence":130},"Existing online grocery delivery and pickup already available",[131,135,139],{"id":132,"by":133,"text":134},"2973820","peteretep","I'm at work, and so don't really want to watch the video, so I'm going to ask directly: What does this give me over Ocado (or their many many many competitors - I mean, Asda…",{"id":136,"by":137,"text":138},"2973845","bentoner","We already have this in Australia:…",{"id":140,"by":141,"text":142},"2973825","nihilocrat","Here in Montreal (perhaps also in other large cities) I can order groceries online from any of the major supermarkets and have them delivered to me (mind you, I don't have a car)…",[144,148],{"value":145,"source":84,"evidence":146},"Delivery option and reliable pickup times",[147],{"id":91,"by":92,"text":93},{"value":149,"source":84,"evidence":150},"Browse interface that allows discovery like in-store shopping",[151,152],{"id":91,"by":92,"text":93},{"id":153,"by":154,"text":155},"2974720","dugmartin","A chain here is Western Massachusetts does this: http:\u002F\u002Fwww.bigy.com\u002Fbigy2go\u002F It works pretty well and we use it a few times a month. The problem we have is that shopping online…",[157,161],{"value":158,"source":84,"evidence":159},"How will fresh produce and meat quality be controlled?",[160],{"id":121,"by":122,"text":123},{"value":162,"source":84,"evidence":163},"What advantage over existing supermarket online ordering?",[164,165],{"id":114,"by":115,"text":116},{"id":132,"by":133,"text":134},[167,171,178],{"value":168,"source":84,"evidence":169},"Tesco and UK supermarket online delivery",[170],{"id":132,"by":133,"text":134},{"value":172,"source":84,"evidence":173},"Chronodrive and Coles click and collect",[174,175],{"id":136,"by":137,"text":138},{"id":176,"by":11,"text":177},"2974054","Indeed, there's also Chronodrive in France: http:\u002F\u002Fchronodrive.com And soon there will be Ernie's in the U.S.A.",{"value":179,"source":84,"evidence":180},"Sam's Club and Big Y click and collect",[181,185],{"id":182,"by":183,"text":184},"2975115","flurie","Sam's Club has been offering something like this for at least a few years by my recollection. http:\u002F\u002Fwww.samsclub.com\u002Fsams\u002Fpagedetails\u002Fcontent.jsp?pageName=howToCnP",{"id":153,"by":154,"text":155},{"comments":31,"answered":187,"key":188},6,[189,190,193],{"id":54,"text":55},{"id":191,"text":192},"2973989","As I've done research for Ernie's, I have been extremely impressed with what the UK grocers have accomplished (led by Tesco). 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