But what about people who operate a food business? Talking to Brown told me a little about the typical consumer, buying food for the home kitchen.
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I have seen some items at the grocery store here in town versus when I can get them online with free shipping,” Brown said. However, it’s hard to reconcile paying 150% or 200% or even 300%. She emphasized that she does buy local much of the time and wants to support local shops. “I’ve always believed in the fact that you shouldn’t pay more than necessary to get what you want so, I guess it’s a matter of taking the time to comparison shop,” Brown said.
Sue Brown said it’s not about having more options online, but about saving money. But why? After a few false starts, one of the women who responded to my post online said she’d meet up to talk. The dumpster told me that some people are buying big quantities of goods from Amazon. What did you get in there?Īnonymous recycler: Oh, we got a gift for my grandchild’s sixth birthday. Got some bananas.Ĭassandra: All right, here’s an Amazon box, Amazon, Amazon, Amazon, a plain box…Ĭassandra: Oh no, I’m doing a radio piece (laughs). I went to the recycling center.Ĭassandra: All right, I’ve made it to the dumpster…and I’m going to get inside. But no one wanted to talk on the record about it. Several people were passionate about online shopping and food prices. I posted to Sitka Chatters, a popular Facebook group, and got a few comments. I started out this piece thinking I would talk to a few people eager to share their online shopping tricks - bing-bang-boom. The thing about online shopping in Sitka is that nobody wants to talk about it. Also, a recent Supreme Court ruling opens the door for an online sales tax, but would that benefit municipalities?
For our series, “The Cost of Living in Sitka,” KCAW looked into the trend of buying food - not in a cart - but with the click of a mouse. Increasingly, one way people are responding to these high prices is to buy food online. It’s a geographically isolated community and a small town. (Rachel Cassandra/KCAW photo)Īny way you slice it, food prices are high in Sitka. Post Office has seen the number of parcels, especially from Amazon, balloon. FedEx now operates four trucks and UPS three. There’s no data about the scale of Sitka’s online shopping, but a few visible signs.
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