The Future of Grocery Shopping Is Smart and Seamless

I just had a “mayonnaise moment” and it involves Smart Homes…trust me read on and it will make sense.

One of my favorite movies as a young man was Night Shift.  And one of the famous lines was when Michael Keaton (Billy) told Henry Winkler’s character, “I am an idea man Chuck.” And he then followed up with my favorite movie line ever, “What if you mix…mayonnaise right in the can with the tunafish? Hold it! Hold it! Wait a minute! Chuck! Take live tuna fish…and feed them mayonnaise. Oh this is good. Call StarKist.”

Well, I may have had my mayonnaise moment and it involves Smart Homes.  More specifically Smart refrigerators.

You may have read about LG and Samsung coming out with models complete with cameras.  The concept is pretty cool.  You are at the supermarket and wonder if you need milk?  Just check your refrigerator app and look inside to see.

As time evolves, these refrigerators are going to eventually scan all of your products and know when something has been finished – since it never made it back inside.  Bang!  That product goes on an automated shopping list!

And as our refrigerators now learn our habits, it will know we go through milk every 4 days, so it will record milk on our list.  And for not refrigerated or freezer items, you simply add onto your list.

But here come’s my moment!  Someday, we will never need to step foot in the grocery store again.

Once the refrigerator connects with our Shop from Home feature at the supermarket and makes the order, which is done automatically after we review on our phones, the store compiles our purchase and charges us including a tip.

Then, because we have Smart Homes, our food will be delivered and put into the refrigerator by a trusted supermarket advisor.  The August lock will let them in.  Our Nest Cam turns on and we will watch as our refrigerator acknowledges the ordered items have been inserted.   They come in, load our groceries and then head out.  Door locks.

Now I imagine some really smart people have already figured out how this will happen, but if they haven’t and I’m speeding up the thought process…well then just say “Thanks Dave!”

Senior Manager, Public Relations & Giving for Coldwell Banker. Grew up in Sarasota and attended college at Western Carolina University. Athena wanted to wake up in that city that doesn’t sleep so headed to Madison Avenue to start her marketing career. She has been with this awesome brand for more than 15 years and can be found generating buzz about CB in every way possible. Athena helps to grow the brand’s position as the most storied real estate company within the industry and has led many high-profile endeavors; she was at the forefront of the brand’s pioneering smart home campaign, raised $6 million in two years to build 130 Habitat for Humanity homes, and led the Homes for Dogs program in partnership with Adopt-a-Pet.com that resulted in tens-of-thousands of dogs finding their furever home. She currently leads the CB Supports St. Jude program, which encourages the Coldwell Banker network’s 96,000+ real estate agents to make donations to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital for every real estate transaction they represent. In her spare time, you can find her either digging up a new area in her yard for another flower bed or planning her next travel adventure. She's the proud mom of three cats Jolene, Ziggy and Lucy.

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