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Explosive growth in online grocery shopping worries food retailers

Food13 July, 2020

The corona crisis has accelerated the growth of online grocery shopping at an unprecedented rate. At least part of that growth is permanent and that is bad news: e-commerce in food is not profitable. Is there a way out?

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