Editing Webvan (section)

{{Short description|Bankrupt technology company}}
{{Infobox company
| name          = Webvan
| logo          = Webvan logo.jpg
| caption       =
| fate          = [[Bankruptcy]], resurrected by [[Amazon.com]] in 2009
| foundation    = {{start date and age|1996}}
| defunct       = {{end date|2001|6}}
| location      = [[Foster City, California]], U.S.
| industry      = [[Online retailer]]
| key_people    =
| products      = [[Grocery]]
| num_employees = 3,500 (at its peak)<ref name=shutsdown/>
}}

[[Image:Webvan.jpg|thumb|Webvan]]
'''Webvan''' was a [[dot-com company]] and [[grocery]] business that filed for [[bankruptcy]] in 2001 after 3 years of operation. It was headquartered in [[Foster City, California]], United States. It delivered products to customers' homes within a 30-minute window of their choosing.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://money.cnn.com/1999/11/30/technology/webvan/ | title=Online grocer expands | work=[[CNN]] | date=November 30, 1999}}</ref> At its peak, it offered service in ten US areas: the [[San Francisco Bay Area]]; [[Dallas]]; [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]]; [[San Diego, California|San Diego]]; [[Los Angeles]]; [[Orange County, California]]; [[Chicago]]; [[Seattle]]; [[Portland, Oregon]]; and [[Atlanta, Georgia]].<ref name=quitsaltlanta/> The company had hoped to expand to 26 cities by 2001.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://money.cnn.com/gallery/technology/2015/03/02/dot-com-flops/2.html | title=10 big dot.com flops | first=David | last=Goldman | work=[[CNN]] | date=March 2, 2015}}</ref>

Long after the failure of Webvan, the concept of companies delivering groceries very quickly grew from about 2020, and several companies were vying for business from [[dark store]]s.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Beware the emergency avocado: what does ultrafast delivery really cost us? |last=Kale |first=Sirin |newspaper=The Guardian |date=9 December 2021 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/dec/09/beware-the-emergency-avocado-what-does-ultrafast-delivery-really-cost-us }}</ref>