Commentary Online Advert. They were always calling on me to call on Webvan, and I did a few times. The service was good and the groceries excellent. Several of my neighbors came to depend on the service. When we saw one of its trucks, we even sang the little jingle we'd made up.
Many analysts think the whole idea was crazy.
People don't want groceries delivered, they said. It's a superpremium service, they said. But despite Webvan's demise, food delivery is alive and well in my neighborhood. Not the same, you say. That's a restaurant-supply house, you say.