According to wikipedia, Amazon has been operating Amazon Fresh since 2007 (the article draws a direct comparison: "It is reviving the business model of ordering groceries online for home delivery first popularized by such companies as HomeGrocer.com and Webvan in the late '90s.") and seems to now own Webvan.
I'll leave analysis up to somebody else, but I find this interesting.
I'll leave analysis up to somebody else, but I find this interesting.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AmazonFresh
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webvan