<p>Experts at Desjardins Group, North America's largest association of credit unions, said in a note to clients on Tuesday that, "Loblaw is planning a pilot test of <b>online grocery retailing this year.</b>"<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Loblaw probably wants to avoid making deliveries to individual homes, because this would require a costly increase in <b>delivery infrastructure.</b><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">According to Canadian news outlet Global News, some early speculation indicates that the pilot project will explore a <b>"click and carry"</b> sales method at two stores, though so far no locations have been disclosed.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">The click-and-carry method is different from the AmazonFresh model of grocery delivery. Loblaw customers would still make their purchases online, but then they would need to go to a brick-and-mortar location to pick up their orders.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Desjardins also reportedly said that Shoppers Drug Mart locations could be ideal for this pilot program, because some of these outlets are located in densely populated urban areas compared to Loblaw's suburban locations.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Assuming the trials go well, the online shopping program could be rolled out to more than <b>1,200 Loblaw stores</b>, according to Global News.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href="http://loblaw.ca/" target="_new"> Loblaw </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
