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Definitely interested to see what everyone thinks about this. I've got an Excel spreadsheet I put together in OpenOffice (hoping file format switch went okay) that explains this idea in detail, but I don't have anywhere to host it right now. Is there a thing on YGG that will let me upload files? It's extremely small. Or I could e-mail it to someone.
Basic Premise: What's annoying about shopping at the grocery store?
1. Making the list
2. Remembering where everything is atThis idea takes user input of a grocery list, organizes it, spits it back out in organized form (items on same aisle grouped together), and creates a map of the current store layout to show exactly where your items are on the specified aisle. Would also allow for future development into mapping the fastest or most efficient route around the store.
The site would also then remember the original list and allow for edited changes upon each visit (you hopefully wouldn't buy 2 12 roll packs of toilet paper every week, so you could remove this item). After a while a general profile of what you buy every single week is kept, and you simply add the 'exotic' weekly items to the list.
Thoughts?
I'm headed to bed here fairly soon, so if I don't respond to file hosting offers or e-mail offers, I'll reply in the morning.
Edit: How does it make money? : Selling services to grocery store chains on a monthly basis. Must work hand in hand with store to automate updating of store inventory locations (aisle resets, etc.).
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I don't think customers would bother going onto a website for simple grocery shopping.
I actually have a very similar idea to this I wrote down about a year ago. But I was thinking more along the lines of having a device which attaches to a shopping trolley. The customer either enters in their shopping list on the fly or can somehow get a pre-made shopping list in there. Then the program acts like a GPS system telling the customer the most effecient route to get their shopping done.
They could also compare prices of products instantly using the device.
(steal that idea and I will have to castrate you)
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just kidding :D .... it would take a tonne of R&D and capital to get up and then a lot of work to make it profitable while preventing the big supermarket chains from simply creating their own device/system.
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nathan -
I think you are trying to save people time yet they have to spend more time by going to the website.
Now if you had a little pda/mini-gps screen on every shopping cart - that might have potential if it where tied into a website list.
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For every day shopping that might be more work than its worth! Try brainstorming with a few people that actually work in grocery stores. They can help you with your research. Also go to a few forums that have lots of moms who shop. You might have the start of something and it may find a new branch brainstorming with people who would use it.
I could see maybe a version of that being helpful for businesses that shop, like group homes.
Hey, Nathan....with a GPS involved, there would be no more women in the grocery stores...only males with their new toy! Maybe check into the female entrepreneurs w/money for that one! =:D
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Posted By: JanHey, Nathan....with a GPS involved, there would be no more women in the grocery stores...only males with their new toy! Maybe check into the female entrepreneurs w/money for that one! =:D
We'd just make the device pink with big buttons :D ... or on the other hand the women might like the idea of the men doing the shopping.
Oh, oh, would definitely have to include some games in the device. And a stubby holder :)
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I thought about the device, but how do you prevent them from being stolen off the carts?
I guess it might be hard trying to change people's habits but I really don't see it taking longer than having to grab a piece of paper and write down everything you need, open the fridge, go through the cabinets, think of meals for the week, etc. If you consistently buy a gallon of milk and a quart of orange juice each week, this is automatically added to your list and saves you from having to think about it. If the site used a live search you could simply type in your item "Gala apples" and it would live-search and find your item to add to your list.
Maybe if you could get the store heavily involved and offer discounts (10%) for users of the system (store gets to put more ads in front of people), that might encourage people to at least try it.
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Before you commit any time and energy to it, do extensive unbiased customer surveys to see for starters, 1) how many people currently use a shopping list, 2) how many people never use a shopping list and never intend to, and 3) how many people would use a website to create and track their shopping list
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Frankly, I think you are over-complicating a simple problem.
Finding things in supermarkets is not that difficult. ppl just go through every aisle in shop and keep an eye on their list and take what they're looking for. You expect ur shopping to take a while, so you set time aside for it.
Another annoyance wud be getting around the shop in the most effecient and fastest time only to be stuck at the checkout for 15 minutes. Totally defeats the purpose.
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What if it was just an extension of a "frequent customer" program that most stores have? You know this is used for marketing purposes... see what people are buying, when they are buying it, etc. So you walk in the store and scan your tag, it prints off a list of common items, locations, coupons/discounts for those items, etc.
Thanks for all the feedback.
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If u were a frequent customer probably wouldn't need to know where anything was. Also, frequest customers get coupons from using their "clubcard". The more they buy the more money-off they get.
It doesn't seem like its worth the bother.
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