One of the foundations of our modern lifestyle are fridges (even the ones without Internet access). Preserving food has always been a hard task - before fridges they used dark, cold cellars and for a brief period of time ice blocks delivered to your home.
A fridge is such a practical thing: just open the door and stuff your goodies inside. Done!
The fridge and cold warehouse allowed easier transport and mass storange of persihable goods and layed also a foundation for mass delivery and consumption of fresh veggies, fish and meat from far away places. Frozen food can last an eternity compared to normal storange.
But fridges are also responsible for fast food and so called convinience food: quick and dirty dishes without the pleasure to shop for daily needs, selecting stuff from your personal dealer and preparing it yourself (a typical mom job) …
Check also: the webfridge project