America Online Announces Multi-Year, $60 Million Strategic Alliance With Homegrocer.com.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 2000 HomeGrocer.com to be Premier Online Grocery Delivery Across Several AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Brands America Online See AOL. , Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AOL), the world's leading interactive services company, today announced a five-year strategic alliance with HomeGrocer.com, making the Kirkland, Wash.-based company its Internet grocer of choice across key AOL brands. Under the $60 million agreement, AOL and CompuServe members and visitors to AOL.COM, Netscape Netcenter, Digital City, AOL MovieFone and Oxygen.com will be able to access HomeGrocer.com everywhere the service is available. HomeGrocer.com's broad selection of name-brand items includes fresh produce, meats, seafood, dairy products dairy products dairy npl → produits laitier dairy products dairy npl → Milchprodukte pl, Molkereiprodukte pl , local specialty foods, household items, health and beauty aids, and much more. "HomeGrocer.com was founded on the belief that online technology, combined with old-fashioned home delivery, can offer busy consumers a more convenient way to shop," said Jon Landers, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Sales, HomeGrocer.com. "We are delighted to bring this combination to the leading online brands of AOL." Simply by registering on the HomeGrocer.com site, users of these AOL brands will be able to shop for groceries and other products with ease, find recipes, check out, and have their groceries delivered right to their door, or even their kitchen counter. Customers can shop 24 hours a day, and with HomeGrocer.com's easy-to-use system, cramped parking lots and long checkout lines can become a thing of the past. "HomeGrocer.com shares our belief that online technology should bring real value to people's everyday lives," said Bob Pittman, President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of America Online. "Bringing this service to our brands will allow people to easily shop for groceries and have them delivered right to their doors, saving time and making one of the things they do every day more convenient than ever." HomeGrocer.com currently operates five customer fulfillment centers providing service in Seattle, WA; Portland, OR; Orange County and Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , CA, and expects to begin service in eight to ten additional metropolitan areas in the next twelve months, including Dallas, TX; San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , CA; Atlanta, GA; Southern Connecticut and nearby suburbs of New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. ; the Bay Area in Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern and Washington D.C. Combining sophisticated technology with good old-fashioned customer service, HomeGrocer.com provides consumers with a broad selection of name brand items to select from. Every HomeGrocer.com product is hand-picked by specially trained personal shoppers and delivered to consumers' kitchen counters by friendly delivery professionals in the company's fleet of tri-temperature trucks. Customers can order groceries via the Internet until 11 p.m. for next-day delivery. HomeGrocer.com offers free delivery for all first orders and those $75 or more. The company offers an unconditional 100 percent satisfaction guarantee, underscoring its commitment to quality customer service. In fact, HomeGrocer.com was recognized by the leading online customer service authority, Feedback Direct Inc., as one of the top 50 North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. companies to consistently demonstrate superior customer service. Founded in 1997, HomeGrocer.com is headquartered in Kirkland, Wash. About America Online, Inc. Founded in 1985, America Online, Inc., based in Dulles, Va., is the world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies, and e-commerce services. America Online, Inc. operates: two worldwide Internet services, America Online, with more than 21 million members, and CompuServe, with more than 2.5 million members; several leading Internet brands including ICQ ("I Seek You") A conferencing program for the Internet from Mirabilis, Tel Aviv, Israel (www.icq.com). It provides interactive chat, e-mail and file transfer and can alert you when someone on your predefined list has also come online. , AOL Instant Messenger See AIM. and Digital City, Inc.; the Netscape Netcenter and AOL.COM portals; the Netscape Navigator and Communicator browsers; AOL MovieFone, the nation's No. 1 movie listing guide and ticketing service; Spinner Networks and NullSoft, Inc., leaders in Internet music; and Digital Marketing Services, a company specializing in online rewards programs and online market research. Through its strategic alliance with Sun Microsystems, the company develops and offers easy-to-deploy, end-to-end e-commerce and enterprise solutions for companies operating in the Net Economy. |
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