Richard Smith wishes he could buy his groceries online and get them delivered right to his door in the pandemic. It’s not so easy.

Even experts can’t confidently say how quickly Americans will adopt the online-grocery habit or how much of our shopping may wind up virtual.

Is Online Grocery Shopping Better for the Planet? During the Covid-19 pandemic, more people than ever are buying online to stock their pantries.

"Amazon Fresh is a new grocery store designed from the ground up to offer a seamless grocery shopping experience, whether customers are shopping in store or online," the company states.