This article in Farmers Weekly interested me because I have previously shopped on the Internet for my groceries until the service was discontinued.
I was always pleased with my deliveries and didn't like it one bit when I had to return to driving myself to the store to get my food. It's hard to shop after 12 hour nights 48-60 hours a week. Nurses work hard for their money.
According to the international grocery and food research body, chief executive of IGD Joanne Denney-Finch, advances in technology will have profound implications to the way we shop and the food we choose to buy.
Ms. Finch spoke at the annual IGD convention Tuesday, October 10, 2006. She
stated "the ease with which today's younger generation grasped advances in technology meant the nation's shopping habits would be increasingly dependant on the internet".
She pointed to research recently carried out by IGD which surveyed a group of people aged 13 to 40 and asked them how they expected to be buying their groceries in 10 years' time.
Just 31% said they would use a supermarket for everything, 13% anticipate using online shopping for everything, while 28% said they will use a mixture of both.
"Perhaps you're thinking that online shopping is pretty irrelevant because it's only 1% of the grocery market. But as the baby boomers reach retirement more and more people will rely on deliveries to the home."
Would you shop on the Internet for your food? Send me your comments.
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