As online grocery booms in Britain, will new habits die hard? - Netscape Money & Business
As online grocery booms in Britain, will new habits die hard? By James Davey Reuters LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's multi-billion pound supermarket industry is placing its bets on whether big-spending older shoppers will stick with buying their groceries online when months of lockdown end. Having more than doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic to represent 16% of Britain's roughly 200 billion pound ($281 billion) food retail market, the country has one of the world's highest take-ups of online grocery. Ocado boss Tim Steiner says it's here to stay and will carry on growing quickly. Not so ...