date:Jul 03, 2014
ther parts of the country.
As a result, online grocery sales account for just a small fraction of the overall business in the United States.
Seeing opportunity, e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc last year debuted its AmazonFresh online grocery business in a handful of West Coast cities.
Wal-Mart, which sells more groceries than any other U.S. retailer, unveiled plans to integrate e-commerce with its sprawling network of brick-and-mortar stores in June. It also appointed a new head of its online