Food & Grocery : Online food and grocery sales are growing. Forms include the sale of meal kits, buy online for home delivery and buy online for pickup at stores.
Retailers can expect fresh opportunities and challenges, technological advancements and possible consolidation in 2021, the Digital Commerce 360 staff says. Shopping patterns are unlikely to return to the 'normal' of late 2019.
Kellogg says its ecommerce investments over the past two years helped it respond quickly and seize opportunities when lockdowns related to COVID-19 sent online grocery sales to record levels.
Survey data indicates 38.7 million shoppers placed at least one online delivery or pickup grocery order during the prior 30 days. That's up from 37.5 million in August but down from 45.6 million in June.
When Dawn Foods baked up a new plan to lure offline customers to the benefits of ecommerce, it deployed a “composable” and agile platform designed to meet their specific purchasing needs. Many customers quickly came aboard, and many asked, “What took you so long?”
This valuation is an increase from when private investors valued DoorDash at around $16 billion in June. Its IPO price is not finalized and could still change depending on demand for its stock on its roadshow with investors over the next week.
Fareway Stores Inc. says an online sourcing platform from RangeMe will help it build out its product lines for customers as they shift demand to more health and wellness products.
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Shoppers need to have the myQ garage door opener control app. Amazon also plans to start delivering groceries from Whole Foods Market or Amazon Fresh inside customers’ garages.
The USDA program is an opportunity for Amazon to get a chunk of the $55 billion that food-stamp recipients spent last year, purchasing that surged 20% in the first four months of 2020. It also lets the company court a cohort that has traditionally patronized Walmart or other discount grocers.
Albertsons says it now has 950 curbside pickup locations. It's on track to have 1,400 by the end of this fiscal year and at least 1,800 locations by the end of fiscal 2021.