More drive-up shopping...

[TreasonousBastard]

In the middle of Albuquerque, N.M., sits a 170,000-square-foot chunk of land that is slated to be the site for a new kind of retail store: one where customers can buy a week's worth of groceries without ever having to set foot outside their car.

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The way it's slated to work is that customers will pull into one of 30 order stations, all of which are housed under a roof. Right next door is about 100,000 square feet of warehouse space and about 70,000 square feet of drive-through space. To put that into context, Beardsley said the average size of an Albertson's store is about 120,000 square feet.

Here's how it works. Upon arrival, a driver reaches out to the order kiosk, grabs a 15-inch touch-screen computer and brings the tethered unit into the car. While parked, the consumer makes selections from what the screen says is available in inventory at that moment. (No more spending time trying to find a specific product that isn't there.)

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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1769435,00.asp

[notadmblnd]

1. I don't know but I like to choose my food.

I like to eyeball and touch my produce, I like to make sure that boxes haven't been tampered with and above all I compare prices and I'm certain I won't like waiting for two hours while some low paid worker takes his time collecting (and gawd knows what else to my purchases). I don't think it will be an improvement.

[Freebird12004]

2. I think it's about time!

I would still go into a grocery store to buy fresh meat and produce but I hate to get out of my car into bad weather to pick-up ice cream or laundry soap.