Tag: online groceries

US study: is online grocery delivery a sustainable practice?

Grocery delivery services have seen rapid growth in recent years. Is this a sustainable practice or a congestion generator and an environmental burden? Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University (USA) developed a method to estimate changes in travel patterns caused by grocery delivery adoption (a method to modify travel demand data to reflect changes in travel patterns …

Research: last-mile capacity constraints in online grocery fulfillment in GB

Forecast growth in e-commerce home-delivery demand provides retailers with opportunities for expansion and increased levels of investment. To maximize these growth opportunities, retailers face operational and logistical challenges related to order fulfillment and the last mile. In contrast to other sectors, many grocers operate a store-based delivery model rather than a separate distribution channel. Researchers …