Online Grocery Sales Grew in August
Online grocery sales grew to $8.6 billion in August in the U.S., a 4.7 percent increase versus a year ago, according to the Brick Meets Click/Mercatus Grocery Shopping Survey. Ship-to-home sales dropped nearly 22 percent from last year to $2 billion and the combined delivery/pickup segment grew 16 percent to $6.6 billion.
The shift in how and where customers shop reinforces the need for conventional grocers to manage how well they are executing.