According to a new survey published in eMarketer, 20.8% of German shoppers said they bought groceries online, with a further 16.3% interested in doing so. Amazon.com and eBay were the most popular online destinations for German grocery shoppers, with nearly 45% of respondents having bought food on Amazon at least once.
Consulting firm Fittkau & Maaß interviewed more than 5,000 digital and potential digital grocery buyers in Germany to find out how many were buying food online.
Of those German shoppers polled in April and May, one in five said they already bought groceries on the web, with a further 16.3% interested in doing so.
Reasons given for buying groceries online included convenience – with more than half of respondents (57.5%) saying they weren’t restricted by the opening times of physical stores – whilst almost half (48.2%) stated that shopping online enabled them to see a larger product selection.
Amazon.com and eBay were the top destinations for German grocery shoppers online, with nearly 45% of respondents saying they had bought food on Amazon at least once.
Meanwhile, latest forecasts from grocery analyst IGD reveal that the UK grocery market is set to more than double in value to £17 billion, representing 8% of the grocery market by 2019.
According to IGD, three in ten (27%) British grocery shoppers claimed to have bought some of their food and groceries online in June. This is the highest level to date, and compares to 22% who said the same three years ago.
As European shoppers increasingly choose to buy groceries online, this trend looks set to continue. Nearly half (47%) of all main grocery shoppers polled in the UK said they would like to use the online channel for their grocery shopping in the next two to three years, representing a significant growth opportunity for retailers and brands alike.
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