Online Ordering

FULLERTON, Calif., Feb. 6 - Albertson's Inc. today announced the expansion of its online grocery service, Albertsons.com, to California consumers living in Los Angeles, Riverside and Orange Counties.

MIAMI - Farm Stores Grocery Inc. recently announced the launch of an aggressive growth plan for its 45-year-old "Farm Stores Drive-Thru" brand.

PORTLAND, Ore. - Safeway Inc. announced on Monday the formal launch of Safeway.com, the company's Internet grocery shopping and home delivery service, to consumers living in the Portland-metro and Vancouver, Wash. communities.

LONDON - U.K. supermarket chain Asda plans to begin fulfilling its Internet orders through its existing stores, rather than by operating separate warehouses for its online shoppers, according to The Independent newspaper.

COLUMBUS - Online holiday shopping activity grew in 2001, according to preliminary results from consulting and market research firm Retail Forward's most recent survey of Internet users.

WASHINGTON - More women than men now shop online, according to a report by the Pew Internet and American Life Project released Tuesday, Reuters reports.

LONDON - British supermarket group Safeway Plc is terminating its online order and collect shopping service, Reuters reported today.

CHICAGO and Quincy, Mass. - Leading Internet grocer Peapod Inc., and Stop & Shop, New England's largest supermarket chain, today announced the expansion of the Norwalk, Conn.-based Peapod by Stop & Shop online shopping and delivery service into Westchester County, N.Y.