Food Delivery to Home

[Richard]

Now, if you can afford to pay the Amazon home delivery costs, you're not poor. I wonder if, in the future, you will show how affluent you are by being able to spend the time picking out groceries at an independent grocer.

Amazon,Target and Wal Mart all accept EBT for home delivery,Amazon has a basic $5 monthly fee in order to have the home delivery that does not include much else.

I think it is a good program for the elderly,handicapped and those who have a hard time with transportation,for myself,I spend a whole two hours a month related to groceries and it would probably take me that long to order online,but I would miss the entertainment aspect of going to the supermarket.

I wonder what the numbers are for the loss of revenue on the impulse aspect of buyers actually going to the actual store,it is not like one can just run in and get a gallon of milk without seeing something else to throw in the cart.

Years ago when my kids were young I used to use a company called Great Western Meats,they provided a Refrigerator and convection microwave as apart of the program and when they did the delivery they would stock the fridge and rotate everything,it was all guaranteed for quality,flash frozen veggies and fruits etc.

Even at that time,early 80s,it was not really any more expensive then going to the supermarket family size.

Around me there are no more family owned supermarkets outside of the farmers market,long gone.

That last block of Ice that was home delivered was in 1977 to a long time customer in Chicago,it is interesting how things that were a way of life in the past keep coming around and become the greatest thing since sliced bread.

[Meddle]

Amazon,Target and Wal Mart all accept EBT for home delivery,Amazon has a basic $5 monthly fee in order to have the home delivery that does not include much else.

This still says they do not:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custo...deId=201895360

I've read about a few limited trial areas, so they may in some regions. The $5 delivery fee is not related to EBT/SNAP. It applies to all Pantry orders.

This page say there is a discounted rate for Prime for SNAP/EBT or medicaid holders:

https://www.amazon.com/l/16256994011...RX&pf_rd_i=ebt

[Richard]

This still says they do not:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custo...deId=201895360

I've read about a few limited trial areas, so they may in some regions. The $5 delivery fee is not related to EBT/SNAP. It applies to all Pantry orders.

This page say there is a discounted rate for Prime for SNAP/EBT or medicaid holders:

https://www.amazon.com/l/16256994011...RX&pf_rd_i=ebt

A EBT card is not a type of credit or debit card,different category.

This summer, Amazon will begin accepting food stamps to pay for online grocery orders as part of a pilot program along with six other companies.

Jan of 2017

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/01/17/amazon-accept-food-stamps-usda-snap/96661036/

Snap is 66 billion a year,You do not think Amazon can keep its sticky fingers from that pie?