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Meijer will test store pick-up of online grocery orders

Retail chain Meijer is launching a program enabling customers to order groceries online and pick them up at stores in the Chicago area and Ohio. Customers can choose to pay $6.95 per order or $24.99 per month.

Posted 08/26/2009Mark BrohanPost a comment

10 million orders later, that’s a lot of peas

Online grocer Peapod fulfilled its 10 millionth order today, 17½ years after the company started, Peapod reports. Co-founders Andrew and Thomas Parkinson delivered the order.

Posted 02/07/2007Kurt PetersPost a comment

Toronto’s Longo Market buys online food retailer Grocery Gateway

Longo Brothers Fruit Market completes the acquisition of Grocery Gateway, a Toronto online grocery business. Longo will use the acquisition to expand into downtown Toronto and to compete more efficiently against bigger Canadian supermarket chains.

Posted 09/17/2004Kurt PetersPost a comment

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Online grocery sales rise 40% in 2003 over ’02, study estimates

A shift toward improved customer service in the online grocery industry is paying off in strong growth, with 2003 online sales of food and beverages estimated at $3.7 billion, up 40% from $2.64 billion in 2002, says a study by Michigan State University.

Posted 03/05/2004Kurt PetersPost a comment

Smarter online merchandising boosts Peapod’s average order

The average order at online grocer Peapod.com has grown from $106 to $143 in three years, Mark van Gelder, president and CEO, told the Retail Systems Conference Wednesday. Part of the increase was due to better online merchandising, he said.

Posted 06/12/2003Kurt PetersPost a comment