Food and Drink E-Commerce

There was already a general movement towards shopping online for food and drinks during the review period, with consumers becoming increasingly familiar with the convenience this channel affords. However, the pandemic accelerated the growth rates for…

2020 was a year of profound acceleration for online sales, and in particular, for food and drink e-commerce with the level of demand reaching values not previously expected to be reached in such a short period of time. This trend was felt all over…

2021 witnessed a marginal decline in value sales of food and drink e-commerce when compared to the unprecedented level of growth of 2020. However, sales remained significantly higher than pre-pre-pandemic years. Whilst lockdown restrictions were in…

Food and drink e-commerce witnessed a sharp increase in demand amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The mandated lockdown and fear of contracting the virus led consumers to reduce the amount of time spent outside of the home. Many consumers shifted…

Food and drink e-commerce was already experiencing dynamic expansion immediately prior to the outbreak of COVID-19, but the dramatically changed market conditions during the pandemic took growth up another level, with sales almost doubling in 2020.…

In 2020, food and drink were amongst the most purchased items online, and saw a strong shift from offline to online due to the pandemic, accelerating the previous growth rate. In 2021, the local COVID-19 outbreak intensified online shopping for…

Food and drink e-commerce received a fuel injection from the 2020 lockdowns and is continuing to register healthy value sales. Grocery retailers have upped their game and are continually developing the online infrastructure. A new service is…

Food and drink e-commerce sales continued to grow in 2021 albeit at a much lower rate than in the previous year. This growth occurred during the first months of 2021 when lockdown restrictions were still in place, while once the restrictions were…

Food and drink e-commerce saw exponential retail current value growth in 2020, as consumers adapted to the exigencies of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. As the situation normalised during 2021, with consumers returning to the workplace and social…

Having seen retail constant value sales (2021 prices) almost double during 2020, food and drink e-commerce saw a small decline in retail constant value sales in 2021. As the threat posed by the pandemic eased somewhat, more local consumers returned…

The retail value sales of food and drink e-commerce in Egypt more than trebled during 2020 as COVID-19 and its subsequent movement restrictions led consumers to turn to the internet to buy food and drink. Many feared that the pandemic would lead to…

Traditionally, last mile or final mile delivery is the most expensive part of the fulfilment chain due to the small number of goods and varying distances. Food and drink e-commerce grew in popularity during the pandemic, in part, due to the need for…

E-commerce sites selling food and drink were already available in the Indonesian market prior to the COVID-19 crisis, but the marked shift to online shopping seen during the pandemic has made consumers significantly more inclined to turn to online…

Due to its already huge size, food and drink e-commerce was unlikely to achieve the same outstanding value growth in 2021 than in 2020. Due to the prominence of click-and-collect, known locally as “drive”, France is a unique case when it comes to…

Having almost doubled during 2020, the rate of growth in retail current value sales of food and drink e-commerce slowed significantly in 2021. Food and drink e-commerce experienced a significant increase in retail current value sales, especially…

Shopping cart abandonment is when a potential customer begins the checkout process for an online order but exits the process before completing the purchase. Any item that enters the shopping cart but never makes it through the transaction is…

During the COVID-19 pandemic, food and drink e-commerce was one of the biggest winners in Finnish retailing. This was due to the fact that demand for grocery products increased considerably whilst consumer foodservice outlets were closed down…

Food and drink e-commerce current value sales increased fast in 2021, due to a rising demand, but also an expanding number of providers and assortments. As the e-commerce channel developed fast due to the exigencies of the Coronavirus (COVID-19)…

The rate of growth in food and drink e-commerce retail current value sales slowed significantly during 2021 but remained in double digits. While grocery retailing outlets were deemed essential and, therefore, able to stay open even during the…

Grocery retailers generate more than half of all value sales within retailing in Russia, but food and drink e-commerce was only responsible for 10% of value sales through e-commerce in 2021. Nevertheless, the low base provides huge opportunities for…