America's becoming obese! No kidding. One of the last hopes of getting exercise for many people, grocery shopping, is slowly coming to an end for many Americans. Sadly I heard this news from my aunt's two year old who does all the families shopping through an iphone. The mixture of technology in the new generation and food is pretty saddening. Is the food handled well as it gets shipped to your house? How fast is the service? And why can't some people take the 10 minute drive or 15 minute walk to their close grocery store? These questions will be answered with this blog.
How did this revolutionary shopping come aboard? Well I looked into the history of online shopping to tell you. You see, this big step started with the baby step of the world wide web which became popular sometime around 1980. The second step was online banking, when people started to make transactions online instead of walking to the bank. (Apparently food history doesn't have much to do with food at first). In 1995, both Ebay and Amazon arrived, Amazon offering books and Ebay being the first online auctioning site. Now why is online shopping favored more? How about comparing prices so you get a better deal on one product or possibly making friends with the seller on Ebay or the oh so now popular Craigs List. Even at my moms work, a retirement center in San Leandro, the residents are ordering food from Safeway online. Where will food travel next?
Interesting Facts:
Pizza Hut was the first online retailer in Santa Cruz, California in 1994
sources-
http://www.online-food-order.com/
http://www.life123.com/beauty/style/online-shopping/history-of-online-shopping.shtml
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When I read this I felt really upset and I was just on this website too.
ReplyDeletePeople have been getting really lazy nowadays, I think because of technology advancing, we don't have to do a lot of stuff anymore.
But I like how your post was informative about the subject because I actually wanted to know more about it. ^__^
This was very insightful i knew america was becoming obese but i didn't now that it had gotten this bad. I guess the media has taken a toll on americas health.
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