Grocery delivery goes back to the time of the milk man and other delivery services. Over the last several decades, however, people have preferred to shop in person at a grocery store. That is starting to change. Many people know order groceries online and either do curbside pickup or have the groceries delivered to the home.
Previous Grocery Delivery Articles
Report: Amazon only controls 2.4% of the grocery market
Many predicted that Amazon would take over the grocery business when it purchased Whole Foods and launched Amazon Fresh. That has not been the case. A recent study found that Amazon is a small player in the grocery business, controlling only 2.4%. That compares to...
Hybrid shopping becoming the new norm
A key trend emerging from the pandemic is the hybrid shopper. Consumers are shopping online, ordering delivery, getting curbside pickup and shopping in the store. A recent survey by IBM Institute for Business Value in association with the National Retail Federation...
Online grocery shopping holds steady
Many people have suggested that online grocery shopping would wane over time after getting a boost at the start of the pandemic. That does not appear to be the case based on a report by research firm Chickory. For the report, the company surveyed people in December of...
Amazon develops sustainable delivery packaging
Waste and recycling continue to be an issue in the delivery sector. To address those concerns among consumers, Amazon has developed packaging for grocery deliveries that is recyclable. The new packaging is made from recycled paper and is compatible with curbside...
Home now the center of food commerce, according to survey
The pandemic has completely changed the way people order from restaurants and shop at grocery stores, according to the report "How We Eat," a collaborative effort between PYMNTS, Carat from Fiserv. The report surveyed 5,266 consumers and asked them about their...
Speed not necessarily winning formula in grocery delivery
Speed is the name of the game in grocery delivery these days. JOKR, Go Puff and others have been pushing speed as the way to win the grocery delivery game. But two university professors in a recent MIT Sloan Management Review article argue that reducing the delivery...
FreshDirect delivers booze in the Hamptons
The delivery of booze continues to expand. Online retailer FreshDirect is offering two-hour beer, wine and spirit delivery in the Hamptons and Montauk areas of New York state. The Hamptons and Montauk are exclusive areas where people from New York City vacation in the...
Giant Food taps into local food scene with boxes
Like a lot of people, Gregg Dorazio signed up for a community-supported agriculture (CSA) share last year during COVID. With the subscription, he received a weekly box of fresh produce from a local farm. That got him thinking — would that work for a grocery store?...
Uber goes all in on grocery delivery
Like DoorDash, Uber Technologies is diving headfirst into grocery delivery. The company is buying 100% of the Latin American grocery delivery service Cornershop and is expanding grocery delivery to 400 cities across the country through a partnership with Albertsons....