Online Ordering

WELLESLEY, Mass. -- Roche Bros., a 17-store supermarket chain based here that runs stores under the Roche Bros. and Sudbury Farms banners, will be going head to head with Peapod by Stop & Shop by offering a rival online grocery delivery service starting Nov. 2, according to published reports. The retailer is the first to launch such a business in the Boston area since 2001, when the dot-com collapse left Peapod the only local Web-based grocery service standing.

AUSTIN, Texas -- Whole Foods Market has begun offering pick-up service for shoppers in the New Orleans area until its two hurricane-damaged stores in uptown New Orleans and Metairie reopen.