On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 10:07:32 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>In article >, Nathalie Chiva
> wrote:
>
>> The basics (flour, sugar, pasta, ...) I buy on the net and get
>> delivered about once every other month. I devised the system 10 years
>> ago, when I had my first son, and as it's very convenient, I stick to
>> it.
>
>> Nathalie in Switzerland
>
>Curiosity, Nathalie: Why do you buy the flour, sugar, and pasta online?

All dry grocery (I also buy cleaning products and boring stuff like
that) that I don't need to see to choose, don't want to carry, and
don't want to spend time in a supermarket to pick. Bought online, it's
conveniently delivered to my door in the evening, I love that :-)

Nathalie in Switzerland

In article >, Nathalie Chiva
> wrote:

> On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 10:07:32 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> > wrote:
>
> >In article >, Nathalie Chiva
> > wrote:
> >
> >> The basics (flour, sugar, pasta, ...) I buy on the net and get
> >> delivered about once every other month. I devised the system 10 years
> >> ago, when I had my first son, and as it's very convenient, I stick to
> >> it.
> >
> >> Nathalie in Switzerland
> >
> >Curiosity, Nathalie: Why do you buy the flour, sugar, and pasta online?
>
> All dry grocery (I also buy cleaning products and boring stuff like
> that) that I don't need to see to choose, don't want to carry, and
> don't want to spend time in a supermarket to pick. Bought online, it's
> conveniently delivered to my door in the evening, I love that :-)

> Nathalie in Switzerland

Sure. So, is this from a local store? I can buy groceries online from
a local service, but my sense of it is that it's expensive to do so.
OTOH, I used to use such a service 30 years ago and found I spent less
on groceries because I did no impulse purchasing. Then gas prices went
up, delivery costs became prohibitive for the service, and they folded.
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On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 10:50:13 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>> >Curiosity, Nathalie: Why do you buy the flour, sugar, and pasta online?
>>
>> All dry grocery (I also buy cleaning products and boring stuff like
>> that) that I don't need to see to choose, don't want to carry, and
>> don't want to spend time in a supermarket to pick. Bought online, it's
>> conveniently delivered to my door in the evening, I love that :-)
>
>> Nathalie in Switzerland
>
>Sure. So, is this from a local store? I can buy groceries online from
>a local service, but my sense of it is that it's expensive to do so.
>OTOH, I used to use such a service 30 years ago and found I spent less
>on groceries because I did no impulse purchasing. Then gas prices went
>up, delivery costs became prohibitive for the service, and they folded.

Well, local... It's everywhere in Switzerland, but then, Switzerland
is small :-)
It does cost something (but it's a fixed delivery price, and I buy big
quantities at a time) , but not that much considering the gas and time
I'm saving.

Nathalie in Switzerland