tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689796206710355154.post2957219917833251330..comments2011-12-21T20:41:15.930-05:00Comments on IS251-02 Fall 2011 Loyola University in Maryland: Peapod ServiceTheresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01190691631297776370noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689796206710355154.post-74193532973999522452011-11-03T18:15:59.362-04:002011-11-03T18:15:59.362-04:00The Peapod Service is definitely a valuable servic...The Peapod Service is definitely a valuable service to many people across the country. Since it makes grocery shopping more convenient. I feel that although it many people don’t have time to go shopping, they also do not have the time to fidget around on a computer to find what they want. This can be more time consuming than actually going to the store. I still think Peapod gained a competitive advantage by becoming the first successful online grocery shopping company, which is why they can also mark up their prices on groceries. Another downside to using Peapod that I know from personal experience and read reviews on was that the fresh produce weren’t so fresh, some even expired. In order to fix this Peapod needs to work towards either getting the product to the customer in a more timely fashion before a product expires, or by decreasing their inventory so that they order produce when they are ready to sell it. This problem can be resolved using supply chain management because they know what the problem is and need to test different solutions to perfect this online shopping website. If they can resolve this problem before a competitor does, they will be ahead of the game and gain many more customers.<br />http://www.yelp.com/biz/peapod-gaithersburgAndrew Portuesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06227446568508313755noreply@blogger.com