Online retailer Amazon is expanding Mexico ’s online grocery market with the sale of coffee , tea , alcoholic beverages , cooking ingredients and snacks . It is expected that Amazon will eventually expand from non - perishable food and drink to fresh products , according to Gene Munster from Loup Ventures . However , Amazon could struggle to match traditional retailers in terms of convenience and quality of products , said Carlos Acosta , a former executive at Amazon , Amazon 's Mexico business . Amazon views food and drink sales as key to growth, eyeing routine purchases to stock pantries as a way to generate other types of sales, but has yet to dominate the category. Walmart is also planning to expand its online grocery business in the country .
Online retailer Amazon is expanding Mexico ’s online grocery market with the sale of coffee , tea , alcoholic beverages , cooking ingredients and snacks . It is expected that Amazon will eventually expand from non - perishable food and drink to fresh products , according to Gene Munster from Loup Ventures . However , Amazon could struggle to match traditional retailers in terms of convenience and quality of products , said Carlos Acosta , a former executive at Amazon , Amazon 's Mexico business . Walmart is also planning to expand its online grocery business in the country .