Internet Shopping

The TESCO van delivered my shopping, ordered over the internet by the ever efficient Mrs Frost, well within the alloted time slot, this morning. Even with the delivery charge it was still a good deal cheaper then you would get in the village and without the hassle of dragging it from Tiverton or Exeter on the bus. When we discussed this later we found that even with delivery charges, its cheaper to buy through the internet then to pay parking charges, or if you are of working age, to pay the extortionate bus fares.



I cant see this trend being reversed and I think that also with the changes in peoples working patterns, the only growth sectors you are likely to see in the coming years are the type of convenience stores for emergency stock ups that we mentioned yesterday. I suspect that the current recession will only accelerate the trend towards internet shopping. The loseers will inevitably be those without internet access, the elderly without internet skills and the poor..