The Rising Popularity of Ridesharing
Most North Tulsa residents will need to travel three or more miles to get to a full service grocery store. Some North Tulsa residents without access to a car might not be able to get to a grocery store at all. Beginning soon, residents in North Tulsa will be able to ride a shuttle bus directly from their home to the grocery store. Awesome Grocery aims to make the trip as convenient and as low cost as possible with multiple pickup locations and special offers.
Awesome Grocery will have programs geared toward people in search of transportation. The popularity of Ride Sharing applications has moved public transportation back in to the main stream. Awesome Grocery plans to capitalize on this fact. Marketing mainly in retirement communities and apartment complexes the transportation program will match drivers and riders for trips to and from the grocery store. There were also be a Ride Share smartphone application targeted at millennials. complexes the transportation program will match drivers and riders for trips to and from the grocery store. There were also be a Ride Share smartphone application targeted at millennials.
One main advantage of Awesome Grocery is community integration and commitment. Grocery stores should do more to fill the needs of the people in their communities and Awesome Grocery is committed to making that change.
One major need in the city of Tulsa is transportation and Awesome Grocery has decided to become a transportation network company. With the popularity of ridesharing applications and the proliferation smart phone technology Awesome Grocery sees an opportunity to fill a need.