Comments on: Groceries online: Activity based and budget friendly- who’s idea was that?!? http://mnteractive.com/archive/groceries-online-activity-based-and-budget-friendly-whos-idea-was-that Minnesota's Interaction Design, Information Architecture, and User Experience Design Community Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:37:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Eddie http://mnteractive.com/archive/groceries-online-activity-based-and-budget-friendly-whos-idea-was-that/comment-page-1#comment-1352 Eddie Wed, 07 Dec 2005 20:52:30 +0000 http://mnteractive.com/?p=617#comment-1352 I agree on the upfront setup. I think the biggest downer with simon is that you have to search for each item individually- pogosticking around the website is a PITA. Hy-Vee has the killer feature I mentioned where you just enter a bunch of items in an HTML text box and search. You get one SERP that has results for all your items. That Rainbow Foods site is nice... a little 1995 nostalgia for me. I agree on the upfront setup. I think the biggest downer with simon is that you have to search for each item individually- pogosticking around the website is a PITA. Hy-Vee has the killer feature I mentioned where you just enter a bunch of items in an HTML text box and search.

You get one SERP that has results for all your items.

That Rainbow Foods site is nice… a little 1995 nostalgia for me.

]]> By: Garrick Van Buren http://mnteractive.com/archive/groceries-online-activity-based-and-budget-friendly-whos-idea-was-that/comment-page-1#comment-1350 Garrick Van Buren Wed, 07 Dec 2005 19:36:27 +0000 http://mnteractive.com/?p=617#comment-1350 On a related note, I don't think <a href="http://www.rainbowfoods.com/" rel="nofollow">Rainbow Foods</a> will be offering this service anytime soon. On a related note, I don’t think Rainbow Foods will be offering this service anytime soon.

]]> By: Garrick Van Buren http://mnteractive.com/archive/groceries-online-activity-based-and-budget-friendly-whos-idea-was-that/comment-page-1#comment-1349 Garrick Van Buren Wed, 07 Dec 2005 19:33:33 +0000 http://mnteractive.com/?p=617#comment-1349 I've attempted using SimonDelivers a couple times, the up-front set-up has always been too much. The last time, we spent nearly an hour putting together an order...time that we normally spend at the Cub doing the same thing. The Hy-Vee offering seems much more valuable, convenient, and useful. I think $5 is about right, it takes far less time for a grocery store employee to grab stuff from the backroom than me running through their aisles. I’ve attempted using SimonDelivers a couple times, the up-front set-up has always been too much. The last time, we spent nearly an hour putting together an order…time that we normally spend at the Cub doing the same thing.

The Hy-Vee offering seems much more valuable, convenient, and useful. I think $5 is about right, it takes far less time for a grocery store employee to grab stuff from the backroom than me running through their aisles.

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