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Food Logistics, March, 2006 by Doherty, Kathy
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After Webvan's spectacular flare out in 2001, the era of online grocers--at least, on a grand scale--seemed to conic to an end. Webvan, with its state-of-the-art automated material handling system featuring 26 miles of conveyors, became a very public poster child of the dot-com bust.
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Most other online grocers failed as well, especially the pure plays, and the few that did survive continue to struggle to turn a profit. The problem was that these entrepreneurs took an "if you build it, they will come" attitude, and consumers weren't biting. But, that hasn't stopped ...
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