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Grocery Shopping Delivery Services

By on February 8, 2013 in Ideas

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Knoxville News Sentinel:

Chasity Shelby and her husband, Carden, were looking to start a home-based business. A former accountant at the University of Tennessee School of Veterinary Medicine, she wanted to be able to work for herself.

In September, after about a year of planning and research, the Shelby family launched Mobile Market Knoxville, a grocery delivery company based in Karns. The company services customers within a 20-mile radius of the 37930 ZIP code.

“We’ll deliver all the way down to Lenoir City,” she said.

For a $10 delivery charge customers can place orders on the mobilemarketdelivers.com website. A range of grocery products are available priced competitively with local supermarkets.

Online shoppers can select the items they want and schedule a delivery time before checking out using a credit or debit card. Shelby reviews prices every quarter to make sure they still are in line with those in local grocery stores.

Photo by Dirk Ercken/ShutterStock.

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  • http://TheBudgetBuilder.com Sterling

    I had this exact same idea about a year ago. I tried some test runs by allowing the customer to dictate exactly what they wanted through a web based order form, email, or phone. What we found was that there was way too much complexity in grocery orders even in the test orders among people we knew. I wonder if they were successful in getting a feed of products from a local grocery store to set this up. I also made a deal with several college students to allow them to be independent contractors. Any new customers they referred, they would receive commission on all orders this customer placed. Pricing was based on order size to encourage larger orders and reduce fuel costs. Just some ideas for anyone interested in trying it. I would be more than happy to talk about my experience.

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