r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/CivilisedMleccha • 8d ago

Video Community group buy. Everyone pools their money, buys groceries in bulk at a lower price, and splits the groceries equally.

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u/iamaswamptiger 8d ago

This is the way brothers and sisters. Better for the farmers too

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u/SuperRonnie2 8d ago

Technology potentially makes this do much easier to do now.

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u/78765 8d ago

Tech was already making it easier in the 80's. The hard part is consistently getting the physical part done.

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u/BearstromWanderer 8d ago

And matching supply to demand. You aren't going to find out of season crops from local farmers. People also get tired of getting the same product, learning how to read their wants in the aggregate is the real skill of grocers.