Tag: online grocery

October 4, 2018

Amazon has a clear lead in the online grocery wars, and the marketplace giant has shown no signs of slowing down as it expands services on its site and at Whole Foods stores. Just over a year since Amazon acquired […]

January 18, 2018

Amazon accounted for 18% of all U.S. online grocery orders in 2017. According to One Click Retail’s annual report, Amazon brought in $2 billion for food and beverage sales, with cold beverages growing 65% year-over-year. Other categories that topped the […]

February 27, 2017

For Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the best way to investors’ hearts could be through their stomachs. Shares in the world’s largest retailer rose 4% Tuesday right after it reported a 1.9% gain in sales at established U.S. stores in the latest […]

January 31, 2017

For a growing number of supermarkets looking to sell boxes of cereal, bottles of laundry detergent, and even fresh produce online, partnering with third-party services like Instacart, Postmates and Google Express offers an enticing proposition. With deep knowledge of consumer […]

November 22, 2016

To compete in the ongoing online retailing arms race, Walmart is bringing its sizable resources to bear to capture not only the U.S., but the global e-commerce market. CEO Doug McMillon recently laid out four key priorities for the retailer […]

October 27, 2016

Prime customers in Chicago and Dallas can now skip the store and buy their groceries from Amazon. Accelerating its expansion into e-grocery, Amazon.com Inc. today introduced AmazonFresh to Prime members in Chicago and Dallas. The two cities are the fifth […]

September 27, 2016

As more Whole Foods customers choose to avoid the store by ordering online and getting groceries delivered to their homes through Instacart, the high-end supermarket chain is taking a stake in the four-year-old startup. Instacart Inc. authorized the sale of […]