I havn't launched it yet, it's just throwing an idea about to see what people think
I live in a rural area so my main worry is that it will not be popular enough.
Does anyone use velo couriers at work or see any use for them in domestic rural setting? Perhaps delivering shopping for the elderly etc???
thanks Tim, any help appreciated :/
Good about yer 'and!
Was drying out here but the last 3 days rain have toped it up again. My missus has just returned from a horse ride spitting bullets about the state of the bridle paths.
Doesn't that depend where you start from Jonathan? :)
true enough mate
hand much less sore and less swollen - stitches are 'pulling' - reckon that's normal
all the flooding etc sorted in your parts nowadays ? any repercussions ?
Yeah but better to be old & silly than old & gaga! :-)
Ow's yer 'and?
Yes Vic, for the STAMPEDE !!!
great minds think alike ?
What a load of old bull...
Its a nice idea and you might want to consider making it a fully fledged milk/paper round. The French enjoy shopping personally and most people have some kind of help. But a daily delivery of essentials is a luxury.
It will also be more predictable...and profitable for you...and if you get courier work too...superb. you could print and distribute flyers first, with a phone number. Don't rely on the web...your target market doesn't use it. Good luck!
In our area there are people with cars who do shopping for those who not able to get out. Not sure if it is a country-wide scheme though......
Where we live, we have a fishmonger, epicerie, baker, butcher and frozen food people who pass at least once a week. Also a butcher arrives in the local village once a week. While it would be nice to be able to have exactly what you want delivered, when you want it, I think there would be plenty of competition.
Is that where the philatelists meet up?
I have to say that I had a similar idea here in Normandy re-supermarket deliveries (big in the UK but not even made it here), particularly as the average time to do a shop takes almost 3 hours when including the round trip. The one thing my friend and I felt uneasy about was how would these people pay? If they are in a rural area (and elderly) do they use the Internet or even have access (I am rural but am lucky enough to have a 2Mb access whereas my friend's internet was so intermittent that she now only has a phone line anyway and does not bother). So how do they book? How do they pay? Do they pay up front? If not, are you prepared for potential losses if you try to deliver perishables and they change their mind, are not in etc? because I presume if your courier service is collecting the goods they will have to pay the shop/restaurant when collecting and delivering??
Like I say, we thought it would be a useful and great idea (I would certainly use a supermarket delivery service if there were one!).
I'm not sure it would work in our rural area - Cantal. It's very hilly and the weather is often bad Nov - Apr. It snowed here yesterday and I had a problem getting up my drive in a 4x4 never mind a bike. Plus the locals don't seem to use the internet much - which i would imagine is the ordering tool. Sorry to put a dampener on the idea - but i think that this is a good idea for large urban areas.
"What's a calorie?"
thought it was a city in Canada !
there's a superb indian plus at least four brill japonese restaurants with takeaway option in Limoges - long way to go on a bike tho' !
I live in a pretty hilly area and luckily (actually by design) right in the village within 50 metres of all the basics. However there are very many people in outlying hamlets and farms. In my experience there is a major obstacle in that our local ADMR service already runs a sort of scheme. It's expensive in that you have to pay about 23 euros per hour but you are eligible for a tax deduction at the end of each year. (In comparison you can get a cleaner in London for about 12-13 euros per hour). A problem is that the ADMR service seems designed to employ members of village families who otherwise may not have jobs and any newcomer would find it very difficult if not impossible to get on the ladder. I am certainly not a person who likes pouring cold water on ideas and like yours; however will it take off? Plenty of people share shopping trips too as the nearest supermarkets are about 12 k away. It may be very seasonal too.
Nah Jo! Not worried one bit. Anytime I feel worried I have a drink :-) What's a calorie?
Hi Jo, I think it is a great idea and it will be interesting to see if you get enough customers. One point though,and I hope you wont' mind me mentioning this, but you do need to get your website corrected for spelling and syntax because there are many mistakes at the moment. A French friend would be the best way to do this. Good luck.
well, this is great stuff and something I would learn if I followed through on an idea to study "addictology" in france...one of my many plots to expand my earning potential, which I've been thwarted in persuing as yet. (too much time on forums?)
anyway thanks to this blog for the easy-to-read nature of the science behind it
"Because our body recognizes alcohol as a poison, many bodily mechanisms are triggered to excrete it. The effort our body is making ceases its ability to maintain healthy glucose levels. The article states that this drop in blood pressure may result in a sudden and strong carb craving - which would explain why we not only get hungry when we drink, but why we crave those unhealthy, carb-abundant foods" 
LOL Vic. but if you're seriously worried, I also do a handy line in substance abuse therapy! -mental health trained --yes, why is it that we all want food after booze?especially when there's tonnes of calories in the booze? I need to look it up again...
