online groceries

More Americans than ever are using online grocery services

A new survey of over 1,000 online grocery shoppers found that 72% has purchased groceries online in the past 90 days. While the base for online grocery shoppers is estimated to be 150 million, according to data from Statista, the new report from Chicory, the third such report in the past three years, shows a steady trend upward in online shoppers.

The first report, issued in January 2020, found just over 50% of people said they have ordered groceries online in the previous 60 days. That jumped...

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Grocers love online sales. They hate the impact it is having on margins

Online grocery cutting into profit margins for grocers

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated online grocery sales, but for traditional grocers, the rise in sales is eroding margins and driving growth in an unprofitable business sector.

That is the big takeaway from a new study of 206 U.S. grocers by Wynshop, a digital commerce technology platform, and Incisiv, an industry consulting firm. Nearly one-third of respondents represented grocers with more than $1 billion in annual sales and 88% work at the director level or higher.

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The Daily Dash: FMCSA shuts down Washington’s break rules; the robots are coming

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has ruled that commercial truck drivers operating under federal hours-of-service regulations are not subject to Washington state’s meal-and-rest break regulations. Plus, carriers continue to be in a strong position as peak season rolls on, and delivery robots are suddenly in hot demand.

No break for you

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration...

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