"Nick Has an Exocet" (nickallain)
05/11/2020 at 22:00 • Filed to: None
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"Nick Has an Exocet" (nickallain)
05/11/2020 at 22:00 • Filed to: None | 2
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I tried our Cheetah today so I decided to write about it. They haven’t paid me to do. In fact, I paid them . It involves my car. So there’s that.
What is it?
Cheetah is basically Turo for groceries. Thanks to Coronavirus, there is a huge amount of supply with very low demand in the commercial food delivery services. How do you get rid of supply? Shift it to a need! Turo shifted supply (cars not going anywhere) to a need (rental cars). Get it? Got it? Cool.
You place an order with the app on your phone and pick a location, date, and time (1 hour windows) to pick it up. I put my order in on Saturday night and got a Monday appointment window.
What’s on it?
I’ll be honest, if you’re not a Costco shopper, this might take some adjustment. Most of the items are pretty bulky. They are designed for supplying commercial kitchens and going direct to consumer is new so as of today, the “Family Friendly” items are somewhat limited but the prices are good and in the past 2 days, has gotten a lot more broad. I’m a bit disappointed that they seem to have added a normal size yogurt today that wasn’t there Saturday. Oh well, next time!
Now the bulk items? Those could be pretty awesome. If you make a lot of smoothies or guacamole, then this would be perfect for you. Bulk avocados and spinach! Here’s my roomate hugging her cheese-baby. It’s 5lb bag of shaved Parmesan that was only $17.
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Kind of rad. You show up to a parking lot with a big orange truck in it. They ask for your name and they load the groceries into your trunk. You’ve already paid through the app, so you just drive away. Totally contactless. The guys who loaded up my car were awesome. They were masked because we’re in the Bay Area and that’s currently a thing.
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The spinach was riding shotgun for the ride home along with a big bag of lettuce and some tomatoes.
Where is this service offered?
SF Bay Area only for now. I hope they survive because it works pretty well.
Ratings:
App: 8/10
I wish I could favorite some items or see my pickup location after my order was in.
Service: 10/10
I was in and out in 2 minutes.
Quality: 10/10
Nothing that I ordered was wilted or gross. That is really my #1 concern with something like this. It would suck to get 5lbs of lettuce to have it go bad in 2 days.
Cool Factor : 8/10
I wasn’t expecting this but it was actually pretty cool. As an added bonus, they recycle the boxes, so no need for bringing your own bags or contributing environmental waste.
Prices: 8/10
Some items were far and away better than a grocery store. Others were on par with what you would expect. I’m lucky in that I typically buy produce at a store with the best prices anywhere but I also refuse to wait in line outside of it due to occupancy limits. This is the next best thing in terms of prices. If you frequent Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods, you’ll probably be blown away.
Coupon: $20 off
They gave me a flyer with the food. It gives you $20 off first time orders - hoping that I would share with friends. Well, here you go, if you’re in the Bay Area and want $20 off your first order, use code C 4P NEW for $20 off.
gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
> Nick Has an Exocet
05/11/2020 at 22:05 |
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“5lb bag of shaved Parmesan” are we about to see a dozen posts on chicken parm?
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Nick Has an Exocet
> gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
05/11/2020 at 22:07 |
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My roommate goes through a 8-12oz of parmesan per week. I figure that I’m going to make a couple of pamesan breads and by then it will be gone.
Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> Nick Has an Exocet
05/11/2020 at 22:35 |
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Damn, I wish that was out here in the Seattle area. Could definitely buy 5 pound bags of p armesan frequently with how fast my wife goes through it, and I’m sure there are other things we could easily handle that is usually used in food service if we planned around them or split them with family/neighbors/friends. It’s also important when restaurants are buying less, which is affecting the farmers producing this stuff.
WilliamsSW
> Nick Has an Exocet
05/11/2020 at 22:54 |
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Wow fencing operations have really gone high tech.
thatsmr
> Nick Has an Exocet
05/11/2020 at 22:56 |
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Ive been using a local for (expensive) protein deliveries but the product is top notch. Havent been doing enough fresh veggies though. My general grocery and household has been delivered by instacart and midweek I have found can be delivered in about 90 min (coffee, milk, body soaps, laundry dtgt, frozen pizzas..you name it) substitutions have been very acceptable, and what makes this expensive is I make sure and tip 20% on top of the $10 fee
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Nick Has an Exocet
> Eric @ opposite-lock.com
05/11/2020 at 23:40 |
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My thought exactly. This seems like a better way to support farms than the grocery store.
naamamoran
> Nick Has an Exocet
05/12/2020 at 18:12 |
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Hey Nick, this is Na’ama Moran, the CEO of Cheetah. T hank you so much for trying us out and writing such a great review. I am so happy to hear that you had a positive experience with Cheetah and that you are planning to use us again. Keep me posted if you have any more feedback. You can email me at naama at gocheetah dot com. Thank you again for the review!
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Nick Has an Exocet
> naamamoran
05/12/2020 at 20:37 |
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Thanks Na’ama ! Keep up the good work.