Since the start of the global pandemic over a year ago, grocery shoppers have taken a definite online turn and many still see the pandemic’s impact on store shelves, according to recent studies. Forty-five percent of consumers report shopping online for groceries more now than before the pandemic, with around a third of those polled […]
Before the current pandemic forced most of the world to seek refuge indoors and avoid human contact, only about 7% of people in Western countries did their food shopping online. Suddenly stores were expected to deliver to more than 90% of homes. Not surprisingly, there were teething problems. The situation has now stabilized, and this […]
During the 1990s, when the internet was first coming into its own as a sales venue, online grocery businesses such as HomeGrocer and Webvan crashed and burned. It seemed like a natural fit for consumers to use the convenience of online ordering to procure their daily staples, but the traditional grocery business model didn’t translate to an […]
