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Has the increase in grocery apps made high end stores less desirable?

Posted on 11/4/24 at 2:20 pm
Posted by TackySweater
Member since Dec 2020
24650 posts
Posted on 11/4/24 at 2:20 pm
Stores like Whole Foods, Target, etc. were always stores that people felt comfortable going into as a better, higher class grocery option as opposed to going to a Walmart, for example. I’m strictly taking about in-person shopping experience, not quality of product.

Walmarts have more of a trashier customer base leading to a shitty in-person shopping experience. People yapping on speaker phone, kids roaming free from their parents, etc.

There are now more and more people picking up for Uber, Instacart, etc. The people who do these apps (shop & deliver) tend to be on the lower end of the spectrum when compared to higher end grocery shoppers.

Are regular higher end grocery store shoppers getting turned off by the influx of shitty shoppers that are now in these stores?

TLDR: shitty customers didn’t shop at high end stores, but now they are because they are shopping for grocery apps;
This post was edited on 11/4/24 at 2:32 pm
Posted by nes2010
Member since Jun 2014
7766 posts
Posted on 11/4/24 at 2:26 pm to
It also goes the other way. I can get groceries from Walmart pickup and never have to deal with going inside.
Posted by Shexter
Prairieville
Member since Feb 2014
20059 posts
Posted on 11/4/24 at 2:27 pm to
Posted by TigerSaintInDallas
Member since Sep 2012
721 posts
Posted on 11/4/24 at 2:34 pm to
The clientele in WF, CostCo, Kroger, Central Market, etc. is noticeably different still.
Posted by Epic Cajun
Lafayette, LA
Member since Feb 2013
36814 posts
Posted on 11/4/24 at 2:34 pm to
quote:

TLDR: shitty customers didn’t shop at high end stores, but now they are because they are shopping for grocery apps;

The store I go to most often is Fresh Market and it's still an enjoyable experience.
Posted by wm72
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2010
9347 posts
Posted on 11/4/24 at 2:38 pm to
Where I live, Whole Foods (and also upscale-ish Food Emporium to a slightly lesser degree) + Trader Joes have become the main supermarkets over the past 5 years. They keep opening new locations and the cheaper chains keep diminishing.

In that regard, Whole Foods seems less and less "upscale" and just "the supermarket".
Posted by notiger1997
Metairie
Member since May 2009
61672 posts
Posted on 11/4/24 at 2:58 pm to
It probably helps, but the real shitty shoppers aren’t using grocery pick up or delivery.

I refuse to go into Walmart, but thankfully my wife is cheap and handles grocery shopping. I do curbside pick up for her.
frick going into those hell holes.
Posted by beerJeep
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2016
38098 posts
Posted on 11/4/24 at 3:00 pm to
quote:

TLDR: shitty customers didn’t shop at high end stores, but now they are because they are shopping for grocery apps;


Wait so you think poor people who couldn’t afford to shop at Luxury stores are now able to because they are paying even more than they would before to have someone else shop in the expensive arse store for them?
Posted by BHM
Member since Jun 2012
3932 posts
Posted on 11/4/24 at 5:11 pm to
I know when Walmart Grocery Pickup started accepting EBT, the clientele turned trashy quick.
Posted by brewhan davey
Audubon Place
Member since Sep 2010
33332 posts
Posted on 11/4/24 at 5:15 pm to
quote:

TigerSaintInDallas


quote:

Central Market


GOAT
Posted by Carolhdg
St George, LA
Member since Nov 2022
302 posts
Posted on 11/4/24 at 5:25 pm to
Whole Foods isn't nearly as good as it used to be. The Fresh Market, Oak Point, and Sprouts are still nice. I mostly go to Albertsons and HI Nabor. I do delivery from Walmart most of the time, though the WM in Prairieville is ok for shopping.
Posted by N2cars
Member since Feb 2008
38832 posts
Posted on 11/4/24 at 5:43 pm to
No.
Posted by LRB1967
Tennessee
Member since Dec 2020
23108 posts
Posted on 11/4/24 at 5:46 pm to
There is no grocery delivery where I live but I can do curbside pickup at Kroger. It is quick and convenient.
Posted by Uncle JackD
Member since Nov 2007
59514 posts
Posted on 11/4/24 at 5:57 pm to
quote:

also goes the other way. I can get groceries from Walmart pickup and never have to deal with going inside.
Walmart delivery is the best $100 a year you’ll ever spend. We use it at least twice a week
Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
Member since May 2012
59903 posts
Posted on 11/4/24 at 6:00 pm to
Amazon ruined Whole Foods
Posted by TackySweater
Member since Dec 2020
24650 posts
Posted on 11/4/24 at 7:17 pm to
quote:

but the real shitty shoppers aren’t using grocery pick up or delivery.

I’m saying the shitty shoppers are the ones in the stores picking the orders for instacart etc

So a shitty shopper who would never otherwise shop at Whole Foods is there now making orders for others.
Posted by TackySweater
Member since Dec 2020
24650 posts
Posted on 11/4/24 at 7:19 pm to
quote:

Wait so you think poor people who couldn’t afford to shop at Luxury stores are now able to because they are paying even more than they would before to have someone else shop in the expensive arse store for them?

No. Those poor shoppers aren’t buying THEIR groceries from high end stores. They are “working” for instacart and they are in the stores picking orders to then deliver to someone at home.

So poor shoppers who don’t shop there can basically be there now, making the experience for others shitty.
This post was edited on 11/4/24 at 7:20 pm
Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
Member since Dec 2011
72981 posts
Posted on 11/4/24 at 7:27 pm to
We do Kroger delivery for just about everything except meats. For that we go to Sam’s Club once a month. The instances of having to go to Walmart for anything have gone down to almost zero. It’s fantastic.

And with the Kroger membership we don’t pay for delivery and my wife gets Kroger points she can use of gas at Shell. We stopped the other day to fill up her car and had $1.00 off per gallon.
Posted by Maillard
BTR
Member since Jul 2021
319 posts
Posted on 11/4/24 at 9:04 pm to
You must not cook. F. Walmart produce and meat. They do volume over quality. Albertsons is not much better. But less trash. F*** their app. Wait I need another hand to download a savings
Posted by MrFreakinMiyagi
Reseda
Member since Feb 2007
19852 posts
Posted on 11/4/24 at 9:18 pm to
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