Report: Albertsons’ division eyes home delivery

Jewel-Osco shoppers soon will be able to order groceries directly from their go-to supermarket.



By the end of the summer, Jewel-Osco, a division of Albertsons, will offer online ordering. The chain will begin rolling out its e-commerce offering early this summer, according to The Chicago Sun Times.



This is not the supermarket chain’s first foray into online ordering. The chain supplied merchandise for online grocer Peapod for a decade in the 1990s. The partnership ended when the delivery company began sourcing from wholesalers 17 years ago, the report said.



Currently, the chain currently has an agreement with Instacart, a grocery delivery service that tasks personal shoppers with picking and delivering groceries from local stores. The grocer did reveal the ongoing role of Instacart.



While the grocer also didn’t share specifics on how its new e-commerce program would work, Albertsons may have given a hint. Jewel-Osco’s parent company recently announced that a click-and-collect program is in the works at five of its banners, including Jewel-Osco. This program will be using MyWebGrocer’s solutions to ramp up the launch of their buy-online-pickup-in-store (BOPIS) and delivery options.



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