] After the spectacular crashes of big-name Internet
] grocers in the late 1990s, the dream of a grand new wave
] of online food stores appeared to fizzle.
]
] But with intentionally meager fanfare, grocers have made
] Internet shopping available to tens of millions of
] consumers nationwide, and upcoming expansions will expand
] it to millions more.

I've always felt that online sale and scheduled delivery of groceries was a real no brainer. Webvan like ventures were simply expecting the demand to start off higher and to grow much faster. Usage of such services will continue to grow, but its not going to hit any kind of dot-com van fleet scale. Its a nice growing nitch market.

CNN.com - After flashy failures, online groceries quietly grow - May 19, 2004