
“I think the ability to offer products from local shops and markets around the capital is unique, but in terms of its actual disruption, it’s very small,” Carroll told FoodNavigator.Īccording to Mintel data, of the 45% of consumers who shop online for food and drink in the UK, 20% say they purchase food and drink from Amazon – with much of that coming from Amazon’s traditional e-commerce platform, not from Amazon Fresh. Yet according to Carroll, neither the convenience nor product range has enabled Amazon Fresh to truly disrupt the grocery sector in the UK so far. The platform also offers consumers a diverse range of products. Consumers can simply ‘add-on’ their grocery shopping – with same day delivery – when shopping online, to avoid the ‘multi-site mission’, said Mintel associate director of retail, Nick Carroll, when we caught up with him last month.


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