Comment by 698969
7 days ago
For groceries at least, the time cost + fuel cost of buying from different stores would probably cancel out any minor variations in prices
7 days ago
For groceries at least, the time cost + fuel cost of buying from different stores would probably cancel out any minor variations in prices
Hm, I am equidistant from 3 different grocers and sometimes 15 dollar steaks are marked down to 10. I think you're right with a variered enough basket the sales will be a wash but maybe if I let the algorithm decide what my diet is that week based on what's discounted the most I could save some dollars. The thing that actually keeps me loyal to one store is I'm familiar with the floor plan so it doesn't take 5 minutes to find the hot sauce, so I would love a wayfinder for unfamiliar stores. Could be a good app for ambient competing / meta raybans.
depends on where you live. in european cities you tend to have multiple grocery stores within walking distance from each other. also you don't have to go to all of them on the same day. i delay buying certain things until i have a chance to go to the place where those are cheaper. it just takes a bit planning ahead.
>For groceries at least, the time cost + fuel cost of buying from different stores would probably cancel out any minor variations in prices
Sure, but alternatively, using the same data you could find out what the whole list costs at each store and just go to the cheapest one.