Two years ago, Chas Schley wiped out one of life’s aggravating chores by having groceries delivered to his home. Now, the Oakland software programmer is among 750,000 Webvan customers who will trudge ...

2001-07-12 04:00:00 PDT San Francisco, California, USA-- The current deluge of stories analyzing the failure of high-profile delivery ventures Webvan and Kozmo miss the point entirely. It's true ...

Each of Webvan's 1,700 hourly workers received a check for $900--a gift from an "anonymous third-party person who is a very gracious and giving person," said Webvan spokeswoman Amy Nobile. No one ...

Webvan Group was a high-profile dot-com grocer that just couldn't deliver on its dreams. It grew too big, too fast and eventually choked on its own complexity. It focused on the delivery side of the ...

What was shaping up last summer to be a four-way food fight between online grocers in Chicago turned into a messy battle of attrition that has left only one player standing a year later. Webvan Group ...

Webvan Group Inc. said Monday it is going out of business,making it the latest dot-com giant to fold. The Foster City-basedInternet grocer has spent $830 million without making a profit andran out of ...

Still hungry for Webvan items? Right here, delivered to your door, or at least your nearest news rack, are some answers to questions I've had about the demise of the popular online grocery business. .

FOSTER CITY, Calif.--From its $1 billion warehouse order to the generous severance it gave to its former chief executive, Webvan was always an oversized dot-com. So it figures that a bankruptcy ...

Troubled Webvan on Monday said it has ceased operations and plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The online grocer, which has been struggling financially for some time, said it has no ...

About 264 million shares are still available on the open market; it’s not clear how many Webvan certificates are in circulation.David Haugk, a certificate transfer officer with Bidwell & Co., said ...