{"id":1603,"date":"2021-05-24T09:39:43","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T07:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/24\/why-fast-track-grocery-delivery-apps-could-soon-leave-supermarkets-on-the-shelf-collin-wallace\/"},"modified":"2021-05-24T09:39:43","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T07:39:43","slug":"why-fast-track-grocery-delivery-apps-could-soon-leave-supermarkets-on-the-shelf-collin-wallace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/24\/why-fast-track-grocery-delivery-apps-could-soon-leave-supermarkets-on-the-shelf-collin-wallace\/","title":{"rendered":"Why fast-track grocery delivery apps could soon leave supermarkets on the shelf | Collin Wallace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Investors are betting the big chains won\u2019t be able to compete with startups that bring your shopping within minutes <\/p>\n<p>Over the past year, you may have noticed the rapid growth in all kinds of app-based delivery services. For a while, supermarkets weren\u2019t involved: traditionally, the industry does not grow very much. The margins are small, but predictable.<\/p>\n<p>But something strange has happened: interest and investment in app-based delivery has exploded, with various fast-track services offering to have groceries at your door within a specified number of minutes. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2021\/may\/22\/fast-food-the-new-wave-of-delivery-services-bringing-groceries-in-minutes\">Weezy<\/a> is the market leader in the UK, but you may also have heard of Fresh Direct or Sainsbury\u2019s 60-minute delivery option, Chop Chop. Grocery is a multibillion-pound industry that appears to be in the midst of a massive disruption.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2021\/may\/24\/fast-track-grocery-delivery-apps-supermarkets\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/f758779476019b8a1faaef2167f7bd3249bf0a16\/0_172_3500_2101\/master\/3500.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=fad4876ebc544b27338c24a0d62c6f33\" title=\"Why fast-track grocery delivery apps could soon leave supermarkets on the shelf | Collin Wallace\" \/>Investors are betting the big chains won\u2019t be able to compete with startups that bring your shopping within minutes<br \/>\nOver the past year, you may have noticed the rapid growth in all kinds of app-based delivery services. For a while, supermarkets weren\u2019t involved: traditionally, the industry does not grow very much. The margins are small, but predictable.<br \/>\nBut something strange has happened: interest and investment in app-based delivery has exploded, with various fast-track services offering to have groceries at your door within a specified number of minutes. Weezy is the market leader in the UK, but you may also have heard of Fresh Direct or Sainsbury\u2019s 60-minute delivery option, Chop Chop. Grocery is a multibillion-pound industry that appears to be in the midst of a massive disruption. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Investors are betting the big chains won\u2019t be able to compete with startups that bring your shopping within minutes Over the past year, you may have noticed the rapid growth in all kinds of app-based delivery services. For a while, supermarkets weren\u2019t involved: traditionally, the industry does not grow very much. The margins are small, &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/24\/why-fast-track-grocery-delivery-apps-could-soon-leave-supermarkets-on-the-shelf-collin-wallace\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Why fast-track grocery delivery apps could soon leave supermarkets on the shelf | Collin Wallace<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1603"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}