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Online Grocery Shoppers Will Pay for Fast Service — But Not Enough

March 4, 2019

The conventional notion about online shoppers is that they want it now, and they want it for free. But a new study refutes that assumption, at least partially.

Online Grocery Delivery Is Hard Business to Make a Buck In

January 26, 2015

Washington Post

The online grocery delivery business seems to get more crowded - and more competitive - by the minute. Tech giants Google and Amazon.com are offering it in some major cities, and so are upstarts such as Instacart, Postmates and FreshDirect. These newcomers are battling with more established businesses such as Peapod, which has been delivering groceries for more than 20 years, and services from companies such as Wal-Mart that allow customers to place orders online and pick them up at a nearby store.

OMG If U R Not Implementing an M-commerce Strategy, I Am LOL!

February 27, 2014

SupplyChainBrain

Analyst Insight: In the world today, there are 6.8 billion people; 4 billion have mobile phones. Only 3.5 billion use a tooth brush! There are more U.S. mobile subscriptions than people; 70 percent use their smartphones during their in-store experience! Why should we care in CPG? One fifth of searches are for CPG products. Online-to-offline (O2O) commerce is expected to grow 50 percent over 5 years, outpacing offline commerce and exceeding online ecommerce by over 400 percent (!), according to Forrester Research. - Rich Sherman, Principal Essentialist, Trissential

Fresh and Fast: Meeting the Challenges of the Produce Supply Chain

December 27, 2013

SupplyChainBrain

A conversation with Richard Sawyer, vice president of supply chain with Dole Fresh Vegetables.

Fresh & Easy Grocery Chain Goes Stale; Parent Tesco to Pull Out of U.S. Market

April 19, 2013

Los Angeles Times

Tesco PLC's ambitious U.S. experiment - 5-year-old grocery chain Fresh & Easy - has failed after costing its British parent billions of dollars, the company said.