Online Ordering

HOUSTON, Texas -- Upscale food retailer Rice Epicurean Markets here said yesterday it will upgrade its online home and office food shopping service, now in its fourth year, beginning Jan. 24. The retailer plans to make all in-store products available on the enhanced Web site, http://www.riceepicurean.com.

BETHPAGE, N.Y -- King Kullen Grocery Co., Inc., based here, has spawned a foodservice arm, The Kullenary, a full-service café/deli offering breakfast, lunch, and dinner to eat in or take out.

NEW YORK -- FreshDirect, the online fresh food manufacturing and delivery service, yesterday launched FreshDining and Stir-Fry Kits, created to provide customers with more healthful quick meal solutions.

MINNEAPOLIS -- SimonDelivers, Inc., a leading home grocery delivery company based here, received national recognition for its Web site for the third consecutive year by Internet Retailer, which annually selects the Top 50 Best of the Web across seven categories.

NEW YORK -- Online grocer FreshDirect yesterday launched its new 500-Calorie Meals menu for the holiday season, to allow customers to easily and inexpensively shop for and prepare healthy meals that contain no more than 500 calories.

QUINCY, Mass. and CHICAGO -- Stop & Shop and Internet grocer Peapod, LLC said yesterday that they have added two new distribution centers in New Jersey, which will kick off service to additional ZIP codes in the central part of the state Nov. 29.

NEW YORK -- Supermarkets are being overlooked by consumers who are increasingly searching for solutions online to help with home entertaining. It represents a missed opportunity for sales, according to Hitwise, a New York-based online competitive intelligence service.

CARTERET, N.J. -- Pathmark Stores, based here, has dipped its toe into the e-commerce world, by introducing online shopping on its Web site, with product pickup at either of two brick-and-mortar stores in New Jersey to start, with a third in the state to follow shortly.