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And he was right. Still going to the market myself for the veggies.

What are you talking about? I see a large number of grocery store employees gather up wares for curbside or delivery every time I go to the supermarket. All of my area supermarkets have dedicated sections for these ways of shopping!

And then on top of that the popularity of meal kits as well supplanting some amount of grocery shopping.

And any discussion about those meal kits is full of people complaining about low quality produce, and many of them quitting their subscription because of it.

Because when the grocery store employee picks the fruit for you online order they don’t care about getting the ripe ones with no blemishes.

Additionally they seem to always pick the perishables with the closest expiry date. IE milk from the front of the shelf that is expiring tomorrow rather than the stuff at the back that has 7 days before expiry.

I wonder how instacart became a 12 billion dollar company even though you go to the market for 'the veggies'.

I guess many people make do with mountain dew and pringles.

You can dismiss it if you want, but the truth is that what you said is not correct. People get groceries delivered all the time and that includes fruits and vegetables.

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