Groceries

Today, Walmart announced a new partnership with DoorDash, a restaurant-delivery service platform, to expand its grocery delivery efforts. This is a direct counter to Instacart and Amazon’s expanding footprint in the grocery delivery industry. Presently, the pilot is being conducted exclusively in the Atlanta, Georgia region although the company expects to expand the service to…

Amazon Continues to Disrupt. Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods in 2017 is starting to make sense with Amazon customers. In a recent Criticalmix study that evaluated the US online grocery consumer, the ordering of online Whole Food groceries is currently conducted by nearly 1 in 5 US adults via Amazon. In total, 28% of US consumers currently engage in online grocery shopping led by Millennials ages 25-34 (37%).