Food Industry and the Internet: Making Real Money in the Virtual World

Food Industry and the Internet......Page 5
Contents......Page 15
Preface......Page 7
Editorial Introduction......Page 9
Introduction......Page 25
Top chef introduces revolutionary e-cooking service......Page 27
Beer sales show 300% growth......Page 33
Analysis: supermarket samurais or kamikaze......Page 97
He is 30, married and well educated . . . but she is catching him up......Page 126
Anger as retailers pass on IT costs to suppliers......Page 179
UK catches up on USA......Page 198
Texas offers the idiot cure......Page 221
AC Nielsen launches Web research package......Page 28
Interview: rise of an organic banker......Page 29
Pink dot goes PDQuick......Page 30
That Sainsbury's depot . . . how it works......Page 31
Hotel bookings service gets off to flying start......Page 34
Ex-Burger King team look to supply links......Page 35
Flying noodles get 20 visitors a month......Page 36
Wine portal looks to open trade account......Page 37
Gourmets showered with gifts......Page 38
Directors savage credit card bureaucracy......Page 39
Europ@web takes slice of wine portal......Page 40
Gourmet site picks up IBM award......Page 41
Those 25,000 Unilever jobs – the real story......Page 42
Spicing up the net......Page 43
Case study: espresso is hot (part one)......Page 44
Case study: espresso is hot (part two)......Page 45
Fishmonger delivers within 24 hours......Page 47
Virgin snaps up orgasmic wines......Page 48
Another kite mark to validate e-business......Page 49
¡Olé! Here comes Spain!......Page 50
Farmers undercut supermarket prices......Page 51
Diet foods boom on the net......Page 52
Phone charge rip-off continues......Page 53
Whittards looks to brand alliances......Page 54
And not to be left behind . . .......Page 55
Marketing......Page 56
Banner advertising flops......Page 57
Not so free after all......Page 58
Whoops!  I Luv delays chef's launch......Page 59
And what wine would you suggest for turbot, monsieur?......Page 60
Seattle coffee profits head into cyberspace......Page 61
UK market matures......Page 62
UK grocery market now bigger than the rest of Europe......Page 63
As if the web did not have enough recipes . . .......Page 64
Priceline to take on Europe......Page 65
. . . Which is why Richard Branson moves in......Page 66
Internet will usher in the euro......Page 67
Tesco expands into America......Page 68
. . . and Eggs is looking for a £10 million benefit......Page 69
Secure ordering triples orders......Page 70
Freshfood.co.uk expands organic range to 5000 lines......Page 71
Organic butchers put their beef on the Net......Page 72
Fish shop catches the big PR......Page 73
Chicken coops go international......Page 74
Expedia sets up Internet restaurants at airport......Page 75
Online diet site gets fat on Nestle deal......Page 76
Tesco to win half of e-grocery market says survey......Page 77
Real time figures on online shopping......Page 78
Electrical store trails kitchenware......Page 80
Europe to overtake USA in 2 years......Page 81
The beerhunter is bagged......Page 82
French make a swift exit from the crowded online wine market......Page 83
London delivery services collapse......Page 84
Interview: Fledgling gourmet site takes wing......Page 85
Waitrose cuts £35 million deal to win the last mile......Page 86
Tesco pips Foodferry.com for top rating......Page 87
Spice giant predicts Web will boost profits by five per cent......Page 88
Net diet is endorsed......Page 89
Tea sales shoot up 450% on back of Java......Page 90
Hole! Mex goes Tex......Page 91
Now Nestle tries its hand at recipes......Page 92
Foodoo folds......Page 93
More than 7000 register turkey protest......Page 94
FoodfromBritain.com gets a new look......Page 95
Packers plan organic box delivery via supermarkets......Page 100
Analysis: Net GM campaign starts to bite......Page 101
Those denial attacks – chapter and verse......Page 102
Analysis: Has the bubble burst . . .......Page 103
Analysis: the rise of an Internet success story......Page 108
Analysis: the story of a one man start up......Page 109
Analysis: the top and tail of a fruit B2B......Page 111
B2B portal brings in farmers......Page 117
Tradingproduce.com unveils field to Web technology......Page 119
Analysis: Cooking on line......Page 120
Interview: USA model flourishes quietly in the UK......Page 122
Analysis: the truth about Internet fraud......Page 124
Language slows up European growth......Page 127
Brake Brothers to invest £12 million......Page 129
New B2B food portal gets £2.6 million venturebacking......Page 130
500,000 credit card details go AWOL......Page 131
Europeans like online shopping......Page 132
Euro e-commerce sales to top £105 billion by 2005......Page 133
Food portal swallows up fish industry site......Page 134
It is not all rosy in the B2B area......Page 136
Welcome to the era of intelligent software......Page 137
Underlying trade in e-commerce is booming......Page 138
Produce B2B picks up $20 million new investment......Page 139
World of Fruit claims 300 companies have signed up......Page 140
Sainsbury to put $15 billion of global purchasing online......Page 141
Webvan buys HomeGrocer for $1.2 billion......Page 142
Big Mac pays online......Page 143
Bean auction trial saves 15%......Page 144
Wal-Mart signs up Shopsmart......Page 145
Big Mac sets up trading portal......Page 146
China sets up online food exchange......Page 147
Efdex hits the rocks......Page 148
About EthnicGrocer.com, Inc.......Page 149
B2B trail shows spectacular savings......Page 150
Interview: The man behind efoodmanager.com......Page 151
Produce B2B site moves to seamless logistics......Page 153
Hewlett Packard invests $6.1 million in Foodmarketplace.com......Page 154
Profile: Transora, the birth of a giant......Page 155
But Nestle and Danone bid to keep Transora out of Europe......Page 156
Fish site lures the money with discount rates on transactions......Page 157
Irish meat company develops full traceability software......Page 158
One billion litres of wine sold on the Net in the last four months......Page 159
Wine portal buys into negotiative software......Page 160
ecfood.com launches new suite of online tools for purchasing......Page 161
Foodvision.com forms B2B alliance in restaurant kitchen sector......Page 162
Now even sweets go for B2B......Page 164
Wine gets groggy on too many portals......Page 165
PlanetRice takes on funding......Page 166
Thailand goes for vertical B2B site......Page 167
Tesco hooks its check-out tills to the Net......Page 168
Agribuys opens London office......Page 169
All purpose B2B seeks to rationalize market supply......Page 170
Net opens up Chinese market......Page 171
Agribuys takes in $32 million......Page 172
Farmers combine to harvest online advertising......Page 173
Now recipes merge with coupons online......Page 174
Globalnetexchange claims $300 million of trade a month......Page 175
Sainsbury's ties up media play with Carlton TV......Page 176
Gofish adds news tools......Page 177
7000 new e-jobs at Tesco......Page 180
Supermarket brands lag behind......Page 181
Big two lashed in consumer test......Page 182
Sainsbury appoints Egg head......Page 183
Tesco is going to fall over say Americans......Page 184
Iceland warms to the Net......Page 185
Sainsbury launches razzmatazz down the email......Page 186
Dark horse headhunts logistics wizard......Page 187
Safeway snaps up home delivery company......Page 188
Now Tesco goes into mortgages......Page 189
Asda to launch TV and Web shopping at the end of the summer......Page 190
Sainsbury ties up deal with Carlton......Page 192
The rise and fries of company shopping......Page 193
LM solutions snaps up tracking software......Page 195
Why Somerfield had to drop its e-commerce......Page 196
Coffee merchant snaps up mall......Page 197
The tills are ringing in USA......Page 199
Net shoppers demonstrate brand loyalty......Page 200
Webvan gets $120 million backing......Page 201
Coffee is the froth on top for e-newsagent......Page 202
Chocolate site aims for $5 million......Page 204
Online meat exchange draws record response......Page 205
Cybercourier wars set to hit London......Page 206
Big retail shakeout predicted......Page 207
American grocery market set for hypergrowth......Page 208
Health police nail dirty restaurants on the N......Page 209
Ranching portal looks to customise the news......Page 210
Priceline moves on Europe......Page 211
American pilot B2B audit system......Page 212
200 jobs go at Food.com......Page 213
Watching the harvest online......Page 214
More retail casualties as the American market gets tough......Page 215
e-vineyard slips through the wine ban embargo......Page 216
American restaurant site raises $42 million......Page 217
Safety police organise Net sweep to track down bogus animal feed......Page 218
New York restaurants get their own B2B site......Page 219
Online deliveries rise 30% thanks to the storms......Page 220
Domain name pain......Page 222
New gizmo reassures e-shoppers......Page 223
Mind out for this new piece of red tape......Page 224
Interview with the Law: so who owns the website?......Page 225
Now beenz links down into the packaging......Page 228
Surprise Net link-up between Sainsbury and Oddbins......Page 229
Index......Page 231