Peapod Online Shopping and Delivery Service Expands to MILWAUKEE!

CHICAGO, April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading Internet grocer Peapod, LLC., today announced the expansion of service to Milwaukee beginning delivery Sunday, April 10.

Residents of communities such as Milwaukee, Brookfield, Whitefish Bay, Racine and Waukesha, can now visit http://www.peapod.com/ to shop for fresh fruits and vegetables, seafood, meat and dairy as well as best selling national brands. Wisconsinites will even be able to take advantage of our Milwaukee's Best aisle including, Door County Chips, Usinger's Meats, Saz's pulled chicken & pork and BBQ ribs, Elegant Farmer pies and Sprechers Root Beer, in just one stop!

Shoppers can create personal lists, read nutrition information online, sort products rapidly by price or by nutrition criteria and take advantage of personalized online coupons. Groceries can be delivered as soon as the next day after the order is placed.

Peapod is known by their customers for the quality of products that they deliver. The company's proprietary Stay Fresh delivery system exceeds food safety standards and maintains products at their optimum temperature and freshness, from the distribution center all the way to a customer's front door. Peapod's state-of-the-art order-fulfillment technology and proprietary transportation routing system help achieve accuracy and efficiency in picking, packing and delivering grocery orders.

"Peapod is excited to serve customers in Wisconsin," says Peapod President, Andrew Parkinson. "As always, we will strive to provide a wide selection of well-priced, top quality, fresh products with the ease of Internet shopping and home delivery."

Peapod is owned by Royal Ahold of the Netherlands, which operates over 1,300 supermarkets in the US and around the world with total consolidated sales of USD 49 billion. Founded in 1989 as a smart shopping option for busy people, Peapod today stands as the country's leading Internet grocer, serving 15 U.S. markets including the metro areas of Chicago, Milwaukee, Boston, Long Island and Washington, D.C., and communities in the states of Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Virginia and Rhode Island. Peapod has achieved over 6 million deliveries since its first delivery in 1990. For more information on Peapod, call +1-800-5-PEAPOD (573-2763); e-mail service@peapod.com or visit http://www.peapod.com/ .