Notes and Thoughts on Grocery 2.0

We love these top ten lists, don’t we? It helps us create context as it relates to what otherwise might be hard to get our arms around. So here is a top 10 list of reasons to use Online Grocery solutions. Over the next few weeks we’ll provide details of each reason. We’ll then summarize at the end. So here’s the list of top 10 reasons to use Online Grocery:

1.) Saves Money
2.) Saves Time
3.) Relevance
4.) Builds Loyalty
5.) Personal Shoppers
6.) Convenience: Pickup or Delivery
7.) Make a List
8.) Email
9.) Relax
10.) It’s Fun!

In the coming weeks, let’s discuss each of these benefits to an Online Grocery solution.

Dave Dec

We just stumbled across a great post from a NJ blogger named Valerie who tried OGS for the first time. Thanks, Valerie, for the terrific review…frankly we couldn’t agree more!  She even snapped a great shot of the ShopRite from Home van (right) pulling up outside her house!

Gotta love her list of top reasons she’s an OGS fan…(drum roll please)

Here’s why I think ShopRite At Home rocks:

• I could shop in my pajamas. (I didn’t, but I could.)
• I didn’t have to leave the house to go to the store. No going out in the rain.
• I didn’t have to wait on any lines.
• I didn’t have to load the car with the groceries.
• I didn’t have to unload the car and carry any bags in.
• I didn’t have to nag RB or TJ to carry bags in.
• I got flowers. Well not just me – all first time customers get them.

It’s great to read about how OGS is making this busy mom’s life a bit easier…Thanks, Valerie!

-Alison

In a recent article on “SC Now.com” reporter Nicholas Hilbourn interviews a local South Carolina Mom who uses and raves about Piggly Wiggly’s online grocery shopping program “Click N’ Shop”:

“When Jennifer Gard moved to Florence from Raleigh, N.C., she already was accustomed to shopping for her groceries online. She just made her order online at night and picked it up at the grocery store the next morning.
Six months ago, she was happy to find out a local Piggly Wiggly had picked up on the trend and was offering online shopping through its recently acquired Click N’ Shop program.  Gard, a mother of three young children, said the program is a welcome relief.  ‘I don’t have a lot of time during the week, so I don’t like to spend an entire day at the supermarket,’ she said. Gard said she does her shopping at night after her children have gone to bed and then picks up her groceries the next morning.

Piggly Wiggly Carolina Company Assistant Marketing Director Christy Boudolf said there has been a steady increase in online grocery orders since the program’s inception in June 2008.  ‘The popularity seems to stem from customers valuing convenience! It’s a time saver, and you can shop from home and look at what you have in the pantry or refrigerator,’ she said in an e-mail to the Morning News. ‘Many parents appreciate that they can drive up for a quick pick up, rather than unloading the children to shop in the store with them.’”

Piggly Wiggly associate Lori Zigari using hand held order technology. Photo by John Russell, Morning News.

To continue reading the full story please click here.

Ready to try online shopping with Piggly Wiggly?  Start now!

Cheers!

Courtney

Often times when I talk to folks about online grocery shopping, I get one common response, “But I like choosing my own fruit and vegetables and my own meats.” Fresh foods are important to consumers. But whom better to find the best items than a store employee – a person who knows how to find the best products in all departments?

Online grocery shopping is a great way to increase your customer loyalty. We train your in store employees not only how to use the systems and technology we offer. We provide them the training that makes them your customers, “Personal Shopper.”

From calling the customer with questions to ensure each order is perfect, to providing personal service. MyWebGrocer will connect your store to customers while training your personal shoppers how to build loyalty by keeping it personal.

Dave