Grocery delivery wars
Planet Money
NPR
4.6 • 29.8K Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2022
⏱️ 17 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is Planet Money from NPR. |
| 0:06.1 | For the last few months, our boss, Alex Goldmark, has been inundated with advertising. |
| 0:10.6 | He lives in Lower Manhattan, and anytime he leaves his house, he spots stickers and billboards. |
| 0:15.6 | He gets flyers in the mail and promo codes in his Instagram feed. |
| 0:19.7 | The ads are from a bunch of different companies, all pushing him to try UltraFast Grocery Delivery. |
| 0:26.2 | And UltraFast means really fast. Like, get your groceries 10 or 20 minutes after you place |
| 0:30.7 | your order fast. |
| 0:32.5 | And so, on a cold and slushy February night, Alex did something he had never done before. |
| 0:37.7 | Alright, let's get some groceries. Let's see how fast they can come. |
| 0:41.3 | He downloaded an app, uploaded his info, and started tapping little pictures of the things |
| 0:45.9 | he wanted. |
| 0:46.9 | Broccoli, tomato, linguine, a couple bagels, black seed smoked salmon, black seed smoked |
| 0:53.3 | salmon. |
| 0:54.3 | Okay. |
| 0:55.3 | Chocolate. |
| 0:56.3 | Bubbly water. |
| 0:57.3 | Philadelphia cream cheese. |
| 0:58.3 | I think that was everything, right? |
| 1:00.6 | He's almost finished, and then? |
| 1:02.0 | And I'm going to click on alcohol. |
| 1:04.6 | I can get one beer for $1.29. |
| 1:07.2 | He thinks, eh, might as well go for a six pack. |
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