Fandango, provocatively asks;
During the height of the pandemic, to what extent did you avail yourself of online shopping for meals, groceries, and other goods and services? If you did use online shopping and delivery services, now that things have eased up a bit, has your reliance on or use of such service continued at the same rate, increased, or decreased. To what extent?
When the news of the pandemic hit the headlines, I was in Seattle, planning to stay with my daughter and grandson for 2-3 months.
Since I wasn’t a permanent citizen of America, I didn’t have health insurance and my daughter was very worried about me. She told me not to go to any store and she set up an online grocery app through which we would order grocery from any of the nearby stores and bring it inside after sterilizing them.
I stayed in Seattle for six months, the maximum that I was allowed to stay on my B1-B2 visa. And till I came back, we were ordering both grocery and takeout through various apps.
Now things are better, and I do my grocery shopping in person, fully masked and maintaining distance from others. I think it’s become a second nature to be wary of people around me. I order food in if I am feeling lazy and rarely we go out to eat but prefer to sit outdoors, away from people.
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Since the pandemic I have used online ordering much more. Here we are in a state of flux on outdoor gatherings at the moment. I do go grocery now, but I still do a far bit of ordering online even now.
My use of online shopping and delivery has certainly increased.
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Previously, Amazon had great online grocery deals. But after pandemic hit, their rates have gone up too.
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Yes, same here!
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We used to order toilet paper, tissue paper, shampoo and other toiletries as a matter of routine before the pandemic, but afterwards, it was too expensive to get those from Amazon
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Yes, with retailer it’s all about supply and Demand.
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Exactly!
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I hear these sites are taking larger cuts, and not passing on sufficient profits to the retailer. However, retailers had no other option but to sell online, so they continue. It’s happening with our foodtech apps here like Swiggy and Zomato too.
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Good delivery apps are indeed taking 30% of the total price. I can’t say about Amazon.
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Charges for Amazon Prime, delivery charges are all being hiked.
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It wasn’t so in America. There is you have Amazon prime, the delivery was free.
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Mmm. How difficult that must have been, Sadje. Today, I have a similar pattern. Eating out rarely, grocery store in person.
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It was difficult, more so because of the uncertainty. There were travel restrictions and in fact no flight to Pakistan from Seattle!
The craze of going out every weekend has been dampened down for us all.
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Mmm. Yes, I can see that, Sadje. Ah! Difficult. Ah, yes, indeed, going out here and there has been nice, agreed.
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In-Person for sure ! I’ve never used the delivery thing!
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It was the need of the time to use the delivery people.
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I grocery shopped in person and for my dad. I did a lot of ordering from Amazon and still do.
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Avoiding people while shopping has become an art. Stay safe.
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Everybody seems to keep their distance.
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That’s good.
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I don’t blame you, I still wear a mask even though it isn’t mandatory. I have to wear a mask at work while walking around, but that doesn’t bother me.
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Me too. It’s become a habit now.
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I do my own grocery shopping, but most of my other purchases are online, mostly via Amazon. And when we feel like eating out, we usually order via online apps like DoorDash and have the meals delivered.
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In America, online services like Amazon are a great convenience. I miss that here in Pakistan.
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It will take a few years, but we’ll forget this soon enough. We managed to forget Spanish Flu which killed even more people, but only a few years later it was (for most people) a distant memory.
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I don’t think this is going away any time soon with all the new variants popping up! But you’re right that humans have a short memory span and even lesser ability to learn lessons
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I was shopping online before the pandemic and will continue to do so. My husband goes out to get the stuff not available on our regular online shopping sites.
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You have Amazon in India as well so there is a standard being maintained
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Amazon, Big Basket, Grofers, Big Bazaar, DMart and many other local brands…
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I think we have DMart here as well.
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Covid sure has brought big money to online shopping app developers. 😉
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Yes, they all thrived while the retailers went bankrupt.
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I rarely go out to eat either! I prefer to stay to myself if at all possible! Xo
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It’s best to stay safe.
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Agreed 🙏
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Covid has helped a lot of businesses see the value of working online. I suppose it comes down to marketing your website and being able to get seen. I still see people at the grocery store wearing mask. Im sure it’s all over and not just here in America.
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Covid has benefited some businesses too. Online delivery services are one of them. Over here we cannot enter a store without mask. I feel it’s a good thing.
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