Stop & Shop, Quincy, Mass., launched driverless grocery vehicles in the Greater Boston area.

Online grocery sales more than tripled between 2013-2018, but, between 2018-2023, online grocery sales will more than quadruple, according to “Online Grocery Shopping in the U.S., 2nd Edition,” a report published by Packaged Facts, Rockville, Md.

Food and beverage categories have seen an increase over the last two years, as many major retailers experienced same-store sales rise thanks to an increase in median income and a low unemployment rate, according to the 6th Annual Food and Beverage Consumables Study.

Symphony RetailAI, Dallas, Texas, announced the findings of its “Strengthening the Retail Supply Chain” survey of North American retailers.

Despite a profusion of online services that offer Americans an alternative to spending time in the grocery store, 84% of U.S. adults report they never order groceries online and 89% never order meal preparation kits, according a poll conducted by Gallup, Washington, D.C.

Traditional and online retailing are increasingly intertwined, as customers shop across touchpoints and use both platforms, according to the annual State of Retailing Online study released by the National Retail Federation (NRF), Washington, D.C., and Forrester, Cambridge, Mass.