{
  "id": 18634661,
  "title": "Online delivery services: Online instead of stores? Food delivery services are gearing up",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/online-lieferdienste-online-statt-laden-lebensmittel-lieferdienste",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-07T04:00:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/online-lieferdienste-online-statt-laden-lebensmittel-lieferdienste-ruesten-auf/100268051.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Amazon has started same-day delivery of fresh groceries in Cologne, Frankfurt, and Munich for its Prime members, with plans to expand to more cities. The service is free for Prime members with orders over €29, and a €3.99 fee applies for smaller orders. Rewe has also launched a \"Sofort-Lieferung\" service, delivering groceries within an hour through platforms like Uber Eats, Wolt, and Lieferando in several cities. The online grocery market grew by 11.8% last year, while traditional stores saw a 2.2% increase, according to market research firm NIQ.",
  "summary": "Food is increasingly being ordered online. Amazon and Rewe are now focusing on particularly fast deliveries - what's behind the new offensive?",
  "key_points": [
    "Mehr Deutsche nutzen Online-Lebensmittel-Lieferdienste statt Supermärkten",
    "Amazon Fresh zurück, konzentriert sich auf haltbare Lebensmittel",
    "Nur 9% des FMCG-Umsatzes erfolgt über Online-Käufe"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The expansion of rapid delivery services by major retailers signals the digital transformation of the final stronghold of traditional brick-and-mortar grocery shopping to meet consumer demands for convenience.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}