Food delivery and grocery apps were already growing before COVID, but the pandemic turned them into essential services overnight. Same-day shipping became the norm as people avoided stores for health reasons.
Over the last couple of years, we've seen the rise of food delivery apps for meals, grocery stores moving to delivery models, companies like Amazon shifting from second-day delivery to, you know, one-day delivery to same day, just in time. And so the trends were already moving in that direction. But what happened with the pandemic is that grocery store delivery became, you know, went from being a convenience to being really a lifesaver. And, you know, companies that are doing— where basically almost all of commerce is moving to online and delivery, just from a health and safety standpoint.
