The Day Ahead: 'Band-Aid financing' won't work for some dot-coms
News Peapod which was down to $4.6m in cash as of March 31, raised $73m from Royal Ahold, the international food provider. Under the agreement, Peapod will remain independent as the companies develop their online grocery initiatives.
[May 17, 2000, 11:50]
Peapod's salad days may have ended
News Peapod, so pressed for cash it is courting takeover offers, has received visits from representatives of United Parcel Service, HomeGrocer.com and Royal Ahold of the Netherlands, according to people familiar with the matter.
[March 31, 2000, 9:18]
netimperative.com bites the dust
News Sites such as peapod.com and, more recently, Digital Entertainment Network found it impossible to raise the funds to keep going. British Internet news service netimperative.com has gone into liquidation following an emergency board meeting Monday.
[May 22, 2000, 11:37]
Dot-com nabs big cheese from trad company
News Most Internet grocers are either ailing, such as Peapod.com and Webvan, or have already failed, such as Streamline.com and ShopLink.com. Kozmo.com, the troubled Internet delivery service, just managed to do what other dot-coms have recently failed...
[March 20, 2001, 14:42]
A Year Ago: Netimperative.com bites the dust
News Sites such as peapod.com and, more recently, Digital Entertainment Network found it impossible to raise the funds to keep going. British Internet news service netimperative.com has gone into liquidation following an emergency board meeting Monday.
[May 22, 2001, 6:28]
Amazon appoints new finance executive
News The list of executives who jumped ship from oldline businesses to Internet ventures includes Heidi Miller, who left as chief financial officer of CitiGroup to go to Priceline.com; Bill Malloy, who left AT&T for Peapod; George Shaheen, who left...
[August 30, 2002, 14:59]
The Day Ahead: Yahoo! dominates
News Add Salon.com and Beyond.com to the critical list that includes Peapod.com, Drkoop.com and CDNow. As the portal easily topped every metric that Wall Street set for the company, other dot-coms such as Salon.com and Beyond.com are becoming...
[April 6, 2000, 12:21]
Sun, MS duke it out over digital home
News Another press of a button can send the list to an online grocery delivery service, such as Peapod or Webvan. Sun's modest "dot-com home" resembled a technology demonstration. They both used the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas as the forum on...
[January 10, 2000, 9:26]
Craft.com another dot-com dud?
News An update of an earlier study, released in March, the list is topped by marketing firm Genesisintermedia.com, services firm Convergent Communications, Internet banking and e-commerce firm Netzee, online grocer Peapod and fashion retailer Bluefly.
[June 20, 2000, 9:33]
The Day Ahead: Value America board members throw cash into the pit
News Egghead.com, CDNow, Peapod.com and Drkoop.com have received -- or are expected to receive -- additional funding. Now instead of competing with Amazon.com as a one-stop e-tailer, Value America only competes with Buy.com, Egghead, Cyberian Outpost...
[May 11, 2000, 12:03]
Tesco looks to conquer America
News Peapod, the other big player in the US market, had to be rescued from insolvency by Royal Ahold, an international food products company. Tesco bought a 35 percent stake in Safeway's GroceryWorks.com business for $35m and other assets.
[June 29, 2001, 15:08]
Webvan bags HomeGrocer
News Peapod and Streamline.com have both had funding problems. Webvan Group said Monday it will acquire HomeGrocer.com in a stock swap valued at $1.2bn (£0.79bn). Other current and potential competitors include NetGrocer, Priceline.com's grocery service...
[June 26, 2000, 15:11]
Coming Soon: Exhibition and Conference dates
News 5: Peapod Seminar, London, 01753-581500 Apple Expo 96, Olympia, London, Emap Computing 0181-390 0203 C++ Developers Conference, Frankfurt, 0181-600 9400 Softworld in Sales and Marketing, Wembley, London, Interactive Exhibitions Ltd, Kate Winter...
[November 4, 1996, 11:35]
News Burst: UK Internet firms could run out of cash
News Similar revelations in the US led to a widespread selloff of shares; companies such as Peapod and CDNow were hit by serious financial constraints. One in four publicly-traded UK Internet companies will run out of cash in the next six months...
[May 17, 2000, 12:24]
Remote workers serve as lab rats
News Recent IHA members include telecommunications companies SBC Communications and Bell Canada, automation software maker SupportSoft, developers Arvida and Catellus Development, antenna maker Cushcraft and online grocer Peapod.
[December 18, 2003, 9:20]
Microsoft wants to wire homes
News Other new IHA members include telecom companies SBC Communications and Bell Canada, automation software maker SupportSoft, developers Arvida and Catellus Urban Development, antenna maker Cushcraft and online grocer Peapod, the IHA said.
[July 9, 2003, 10:50]
The kitchen gets connected
News The test setup, due to be ready in two weeks, will consist of an Internet-enabled Polara refrigerated range from Whirlpool, a "flipscreen entertainment centre" from Icebox, integration services from IBM, a printer from HP, customer services from...
[March 27, 2003, 8:03]
Coming Soon: Exhibition and Conference dates
News Peapod Seminar, London; 01753-581500 30 October - 1 November: PC Troubleshooting, Manchester; Computer Seminars Ltd 0800-834838 Future Communications Digital Print Seminar, Novotel, London; 01435-868951
[October 28, 1996, 11:29]
Coming Soon: Exhibition and Conference dates
News Peapod Seminar, London; 01753-581500 17: Small Business Foresight National Conference, The Royal Society, Carlton House Terrace, London; 0191-374 2258, fax 0191-374 3748 The Home PC Show, National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham; 0181-849 6200
[October 15, 1996, 11:12]
