Online retailer Amazon is entering Mexico’s online grocery market with the sale of coffee, tea, alcoholic beverages, cooking ingredients and snacks. Amazon.com Inc will begin selling food and drinks online in Mexico, including snacks, sweets and wines, it said on Thursday, a move that could intensify its competition with Wal Mart de Mexico to claim shoppers in a nascent e-commerce market. The company said it will sell its products in Mexico through a subsidiary called Shoppers Stop that operates under license from Grupo Bimbo, which owns El Pollo Loco. However, Amazon could struggle to match traditional retailers in terms of convenience and range of products, said Jose Acosta, a former executive at Walmex, Walmart's Mexico business. Walmart is also planning to expand its online grocery business in the country.
Online retailer Amazon is entering Mexico’s online grocery market with the sale of coffee, tea, alcoholic beverages, cooking ingredients and snacks. The company said it will sell its products in Mexico through a subsidiary called Shoppers Stop that operates under license from Grupo Bimbo, which owns El Pollo Loco. However, Amazon could struggle to match traditional retailers in terms of convenience and range of products, said Jose Acosta, a former executive at Walmex, Walmart's Mexico business. Walmart is also planning to expand its online grocery business in the country.