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I get stuck behind at least three of these **** things delivering a weeks groceries to neighbours on the last quarter mile back from work most days... I live in the country. So drive lanes.. Don't get me wrong. I don't mind the dust carts & recycling lorrys.. But for crying out loud, there are two food outlets not 10 minutes walk away from these households.!! I kid you not..
Just because there are two shops ten minutes' walk away, doesn't mean that everyone is obliged to use them.
People may not want to walk along country lanes without pavements in bad weather/dark. They may be unable to walk that far because of age, injury or disablement. Even if healthy, they may be unable to carry all the shopping they need if it includes laundry powder, dog food, 2L containers of milk and spuds to name a few. Not everyone has a car. The shop might not have much gluten-free or lactose-free food for example, or it may be way more expensive.
Shopping wastes time. It takes time to get round the store and time to queue, even for self-service tills. It must be worse for parents towing kids. In London, some of the supermarkets have security guards not just to prevent theft, but also muggings. I had my purse pickpocketed in Sainsbury's once.
Any delivery charge or postal charge that I pay for food, is far less than the return train or bus fare to bigger towns. It costs 2.95 on the bus to do the 2 mile round trip to my nearest supermarket so I walk, but it's a town with pavements and I don't do it in the rain. I buy my favourite American organic herbal tea on Amazon for 4.99 and get free postage from their distributors in Sweden - you can pay that much in Holland and Barrett. The Fortnum and Mason organic gluten-free Christmas pudding that I bought last year was cheaper than the Waitrose Duchy and Heston from Waitrose ones.
People can have a variety of good reasons not to buy from the nearest supermarket. Generally, one van delivering to many people is far more environmentally friendly and keeps the customers from making more car journeys.