The Digitized, Home-Delivered Future Of Our Food Supply (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

When home delivery was done by horse and wagon, plenty of grocers delivered. When the Internet was young, in the first ‘90s boom, Webvan and others tried and failed to revive all that. Peapod came and stayed. Now, all kinds of players are piling in. Google Express wants to feed you. AmazonFresh wants to fill your fridge. Instacart has shoppers standing by at the store to fill a cart for you and deliver. FreshDirect and Walmart To Go are revving up. Blue Apron has a recipe and ingredients for you. This hour On Point: the food we eat, and the accelerating push to deliver all over. / Tom Ashbrook

Interview:
https://onpoint.wbur.org/2014/10/27/instacart-peapod-grocery-shopping