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21 Feb 2002

Contra Costa Times | Safeway rolls out its online delivery plan: "Safeway on Monday will begin delivering groceries ordered over the Internet in the Sacramento area, marking a major step in the grocery giant’s online expansion."

Update: The article mentions that there are ten zip codes in the Sacramento area that already have delivery service as part of a test rollout. I just checked and I’m in one of those zip codes. I’ll place an order sometime soon and write up a review. Since I was an avid Webvan user, I’ll compare the Safeway service to Webvan’s as well.

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