Online grocery is growing rapidly from its small base. Its market value has doubled from 2016 to 2018, suggesting that consumers are starting to get more comfortable ordering essentials and certain foods online — a major barrier to adoption. Meanwhile, one type of product that's popular in online grocery, consumer [...]
Following a successful pilot at one of its retail banners, The Save Mart Cos. has kicked off same-day grocery delivery through Instacart at nearly all of its supermarkets. Instacart service began Wednesday at all Save Mart and FoodMaxx stores in California and northern Nevada, representing 133 locations. In early May, [...]
The online grocery business is said to be "exploding" and has become the focus of investment efforts by most of the large grocery retailers, including Kroger, Target and Walmart, against Amazon's feared assault. By 2022, online grocery has been forecast by Nielsen U.S.A. to be a $100 billion business—representing over [...]
Going by the trends in retail grocery, online ordering of groceries and meal kits likely stand near the top. But by the numbers, the vast majority of Americans are doing neither, a new Gallup poll finds. Of 1,033 U.S. adults surveyed, 84% said they never order groceries online and 89% [...]
The Save Mart Cos. has made a foray into online shopping with the debut of a click-and-collect grocery service. This week, the Modesto, Calif.-based supermarket operator launched ClickCart, which enables customers to buy groceries through its retail banner websites or mobile apps and pick them up the same day. The [...]
April Miller says she loves to cook, but ever since the 32-year-old corporate accountant moved to New York City she’s struggled to find time to eat a sit-down meal, much less make one herself. Perpetually busy, she forgoes the weekly schlep to the grocery store to carve out precious time to prep her meals [...]