Online Ordering

CHICAGO & QUINCY, Mass. - Leading Internet grocer Peapod Inc. and New England grocer Stop & Shop today announced the expansion of their online service to the Hartford, Conn., metropolitan area.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Penn Traffic is bringing thousands of hard-to-find foods, personal care products and baby supplies to customers of its 212 supermarkets, thanks to a new partnership with neXpansion.

DENVER - Kroger banner King Soopers is rolling out a revamped version of its home-delivery service that lets shoppers order and receive groceries on the same day for a $10 fee, the Denver Post reports.

RIDGELAND, Miss. -- Grocereasy 7.0, a program originally developed to assist handicapped people and those of diminished capacity with their grocery shopping, is now commercially available.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. Big Y Foods here has expanded its online shopping service to include Unlimited Choices, a new program that will give its customers access to more than 30,000 additional products not carried in a typical Big Y store.

NEW YORK - Online grocery solutions provider MyWebGrocer on Wednesday announced that comparable store sales for its network of more than 200 supermarkets, which offer an online grocery-shopping alternative, are up 90 percent for the two-month period of December and January.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Vons, a division of Safeway Inc., has expanded in Las Vegas by adding 15 more ZIP codes to the territory covered by its online grocery order and delivery service.

CALGARY, Alberta - Online shopping provider Pic'n'Del has entered into an exclusive agreement with Calgary Co-op, one of the largest retail co-operatives in North America.