| | Retail Gazette reports that nearly half of all British grocery customers shop online, with over 11% never visiting brick and mortar stores.
A recent survey by Mintel of 2,000 people, aged 16 and over, found that 48% of them had at some point done their supermarket shopping online, choosing either delivery or collection over the traditional supermarket shopping trip.
While 11% of Brits overall do so without visiting stores, it was mainly young adults that leaned towards electronic shopping, with 19% of 25 to 34 year olds stocking up solely in cyberspace.
Still, traditional shopping is not yet on the way out, as 24% of those surveyed not only said that they have never shopped online, but also that they have no intention to, rising to 38% when limiting results to those over 55.
Online grocery shopping is certainly developing quickly, however: sales are expected to reach £9.8bn in 2016, and £15bn by 2020, according to Mintel. |