Online Ordering

PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Safeway, based here, rolled out its online shopping and home-delivery service, Safeway.com, in greater Phoenix yesterday. Six Safeway stores in the Phoenix area will process and deliver online orders, with 30 new employees devoted to the Internet arm of Safeway's retail operations in the market.

PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Safeway, based here, rolled out its online shopping and home-delivery service, Safeway.com, in greater Phoenix yesterday. Six Safeway stores in the Phoenix area will process and deliver online orders, with 30 new employees devoted to the Internet arm of Safeway's retail operations in the market.

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. -- SimonDelivers, the Twin Cities' online-only grocery delivery service, is looking to expand operationally and regionally, and has hired a business consulting, systems integration, and managed services firm to provide applications management and hosting services.

BRISBANE, Calif. -- Walmart.com, based here, is delivering a Valentine's Day gift to last-minute flower purchasers, with the launch of an FTD program on its Web site.

MINNEAPOLIS -- In an effort to provide its Internet customers the same convenience brick-and-mortar supermarkets offer with in-store banking, online grocer SimonDelivers.com has embarked on a partnership with Minneapolis-based U.S. Bank to drive new customers to each other's respective businesses.

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. -- Online shopping provider MyWebGrocer here saw record levels of interest among supermarkets in 2004, the company said yesterday.

NEW YORK CITY -- FreshDirect, the nation's leading online fresh food manufacturing and delivery service, said yesterday that it had just fulfilled its two-millionth order.

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. - Twin Cities online grocery delivery service SimonDelivers launched a new on-line "virtual" shopping mall this week.