Down to Business: Online grocery shopping rising since COVID | Business
Online grocery shopping, first introduced to the U.S. in the late 1980s, was slow to build a following among consumers who readily turned to the internet to order books, electronics, clothing and shoes. Until, that is, COVID-19 struck. Then, whether for practical reasons (stay-at-home mandates) or health and safety concerns (before wide vaccine availability), online grocery shopping skyrocketed.