Virtual Grocery Store at Deer Park Train Station

Need more hours in the day to run errands? Long Island Rail Road commuters now have one less item on their to-do list: grocery shopping.

The Deer Park LIRR station now features a Peapod virtual grocery store.

Billboards on the train station platform feature life-size grocery aisles, in which commuters with iPhones, iPads or Android phones scan a bar code on the sign to download a free PeapodMobile app and shopon the spot by scanning bar codes of the products displayed.

Once scanned, users are able to make selections from Peapod’s entire online store, and schedule home deliveries.

“Getting your groceries on the way home from work just got a whole new meaning,” Mike Brennan, Chief Operating Officer of Peapod, said. “With schedules that are more demanding than ever and people spending 200 hours or more a year in transit, our hope is that consumers will take advantage of our virtual stores and mobile app while they’re on the go and enjoy the time saved when they’re at home.” 

The billboard’s featured products include those that typically fill weekly grocery shopping baskets including staples like coffee, condiments and cleaning products; soft drinks, snacks and cereal; milk and bread; health and beauty products; and fresh fruits and vegetables.

First-time Peapod customers will need to register on www.peapod.com in order to complete their first PeapodMobile order on their smartphones.