Grocery delivery is booming, Woolworths NZ boss says

Grocery delivery is booming, Woolworths NZ boss says
Pieter de Wet replaced Spencer Sonn in an interim capacity in March. (Image: Supplied)
Gregor Thompson
Woolworths New Zealand’s boss says fast-paced grocery delivery is the quickest-growing part of the business.  The Australian grocery retailer disclosed a 23.7% lift in third-quarter e-commerce sales last week for its NZ business, helping total sales for the three-month period rise 4.8% to $2.19 billion.Talking to BusinessDesk on Friday, Woolworths NZ's interim managing director, Pieter de Wet, said the company’s investments in delivery are paying off. “[Fast delivery] would be the fastest-growing part of the e-co...

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