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===Bankruptcy=== The company lost over $800 million and shut down in June 2001, filing for [[bankruptcy]] and laying off 2,000 employees.<ref name=under>{{cite news | url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Webvan-goes-under-Online-grocer-shuts-down-2901586.php | title=Webvan goes under / Online grocer shuts down -- $830 million lost, 2,000 workers fired | first=Ray | last=Delgado | work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] | date=July 9, 2001}}</ref><ref name=shutsdown>{{cite news | url=https://money.cnn.com/2001/07/09/technology/webvan/ | title=Webvan shuts down | work=[[CNN]] | date=July 9, 2001}}</ref> As part of its shutdown process, all non-perishable food was donated to local food banks.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/webvan-bags-it-for-good-5000117745/ | title=Webvan bags it for good | work=[[ZDNet]] | date=July 9, 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.cnet.com/news/webvan-delivers-its-last-word-bankruptcy/ | title=Webvan delivers its last word: Bankruptcy | first=Greg | last=Sandoval | work=[[CNET]] | date=September 7, 2007}}</ref>
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