The shift from TV to the future of digital dinners

As food is both abundant and scarce there will be an opportunity for technology to create food and provide meals instantly and customized based on cost and preferences. TV dinners originated in 1953 by C.W, Swanson and Sons where the meal was prepared in advance and all that was needed to was heat it in

Interview with a grocery deliverer

During a brief interview, about two minutes, with a grocery deliverer from Shipt, shared the best and worst thing about delivering groceries. “Being your own boss and not having to report to anyone” was his response working at Shipt. Working for yourself you are the CEO, where you make all the decisions and have to

The mega-trend of retail and grocery delivery

Consumers are having things delivered more than ever before. It is a mega-trend and will continue. The opportunities for delivery give consumers free time. If a computer program was being written as an if/then statement would be “if the consumer values time, and shops in a supermarket, then they may be interested in having their

The digital kitchen

A refrigerator, toaster oven, bread making machine, and microwave are fixtures in the kitchen. Humans use them all the time. If we turn off a refrigerator, food will expire, the ice in the freezer will turn to water. Without a toaster we cannot heat up bread or reheat a meal. They take up space in

The interchangeable convergence of shopper and seller

It is amazing how retail has changed. Not too long ago it was an event to shop in a mall, at a large retail store like Sears, or run up and down aisles filled with Legos at Toy’s R Us. Now those days and moments are becoming few and far between. What happened? Amazon, eBay,

The eCommerce world and the world of eCommerce

The most successful companies and we know who they are have realized that consumers like to shop using their devices. And they know that new products as well as effective marketing works. Look at Amazon.com. When they launched their website in July 1994 it was a basic HTML site with archaic links and selling books.