No kidding

As grocery chains such as Kroger, Whole Foods, and Walmart invest big in online grocery, some analysts say the retailers are wasting their money.

"We remain unconvinced of long-term viability of home deliveries for grocery," HSBC retail analyst David McCarthy writes in a recent note that called the category the "emperor’s new clothes."

Humans delivering groceries, one of the most inefficient activities I have seen.   Brick and mortar stores seem quite ignorant of technology, the executive needs to get one one of the delivery trucks and see how stupid the idea is.  It is cheaper to walk two blocks to the corner store than pay WalMart 10 bucks to drive 10 miles in  a losing game.  Bezonkersville.

Here is what WalMart needs to do.  Go find a neighborhood and pay the government a fee to experiment with automatic deliveries.  A state like Nevada will be glad to try it out.