Recently, a new wave of food delivery services has begun promising much more than the odd sushi dinner enjoyed from the comfort of your living room. In trying to compete with online food delivery platforms, grocery chains have introduced ultra-efficient delivery services of their own. In Canada, Loblaw, Costco, Save on Foods and Metro now offer full-service programs, as do many other independent grocery stores. Obviously, grocery delivery has the potential to offer a critical service to those physically unable to visit their local store, including the disabled and elderly. I have no real need for services like Instacart, but as grocery delivery services quickly establish themselves as a regular part of daily life, it has become increasingly easy to forget about this.

Source: National Post January 02, 2018 18:45 UTC