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lynndotpy 6 hours ago

Those individual trips to the store are typically for more than single items, and are often incorporated into trips one would have taken anyways as part of the doing of errands.

claw-el 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Technically, so is the home delivery. It is usually a delivery truck full of packages for nearby addresses.

alanbernstein 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Right, 100 trucks delivering 100 single items to 100 homes, or 100 consumers each making 1 trip to buy 100 things. It really depends on the details too much to simplify it so far.

claw-el 4 hours ago | parent [-]

It is more like 1 truck delivering 100 single items to 100 homes.

throwaway041207 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Multiple times a week.

bluefirebrand 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Well, maybe more than one truck.

One truck per delivery service

alanbernstein 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

No, not if you're matching the volume of items between the two scenarios.