Labor Day Special

It's Labor Day again. Time for the end to summer heat and for the kids to head back to school (or, as my wife calls it, "the most wonderful time of the year"). We've got a nice sale on those back to school supplies that you've known you needed, but did not buy all summer long. I've still got to pick mine up!

For those of you who are spending this weekend in the city, either because you are saving some cash or because your Hamptons house is recovering from Irene, we're running a new special for this weekend only. If you want to stock up a bit, you can get $25 off your orders over $200 (plus free delivery, of course). Don't forget to use the coupon code LABORDAY to get the discount.

Not only is this a nice savings to get and gives you a good deal, but I always enjoy seeing if we really can pick, pack, verify, deliver $500 worth of groceries to someone in under 60 minutes. We always manage to do it, but it always amazes me when we do.

Have a happy Labor Day everyone and welcome to the most wonderful time of the year.

Moving into Summer

The heat waves are starting in NYC now.  With that comes all of the usual small business headaches that we have to deal with.  Air conditioners that need to be upgraded, loading up on cooler bags for delivery, changing the product mix to make sure we keep ice pops in stock.  And, dealing with slowdowns in volume as half of NY takes off for the Hamptons each weekend...

At least there is some good news going on also. The new discounts are working very well and we are getting great feedback from customers about the large order discounts.  With those, people no longer have to trade off low price vs top quality service - we can give both.

I have to run and get back on the phone with the architects about the new air conditioners being installed soon (assuming we can satisfy the NYC dept of buildings).

Extending the sale

Due to the overwhelming positive feedback on the large order discounts, we are extending them.

So, order over $100*, and get $10 off.
Order over $200*  and get $25 off.

When you add these discounts in, combined with the free delivery discounts at that level, you can save as much or more with Max Delivery than even the most bargain-basement next-day online service.

Our goal, in general, is to give the best service around, not necessarily be the cheapest.  But, with our delivery efficiencies, we can afford to also give back these discounts for our customers who are stocking up, so we are going to continue it.

Let us know what you think.

* Due to legal consideration, these discounts do not include products ordered from Artisan Wines or Bacchus Wines.  

Billy's MeetUp Tonight

We're starting a new series of events to try to meet our customers and get some feedback or just to say hello.  One of the bad parts of our service is that we never get to see our customer's face to face and, while anonymity is often nice, it's also great to see the people involved and put some faces to the names.

The first in our line of meet-ups will be tonight at Billy's Bakery on Franklin Street between Broadway and Church.  We'll be there and have arranged for a Buy 1 Get 1 Free special for MaxDelivery fans who drop by.

This is your chance to tell us what you love and vent at us for what you don't in a fun, relaxing way, while enjoying a nice atmosphere in the bakery.  Also, you can meet some other fans and get a chance to get out.

We hope to see you there.