Poll results: E-commerce produce

Poll results: E-commerce produce

Our readers were asked to reflect on the current state of e-commerce produce sales and where they thought sales would be in 2025. 

Thirty-five percent of respondents voted that more than 15% of retail produce will be sold online by the year 2025, while 27% of respondents said sales would hit 10%. Another 25% of readers voted that sales would be from 10% to 15%.  1

Only 13% of voters said that less than 5% of retail produce will be sold online by 2025. 

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