# 3D Virtual Grocery Shops Inabuggy's Virtual Shopping Portal Lets Customers "Walk" Through the Shop By Laura McQuarrie | Published 2020-11-19 | Business Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/virtual-grocery-shop References: [newswire](https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/inabuggy-partners-with-mcewan-fine-foods-don-mills-to-introduce-the-first-3d-virtual-grocery-shopping-experience-in-canada-839304368.html) & [mcewangroup](http://www.mcewangroup.ca/grocery) More people than ever are doing their grocery shopping online to make sure their pantries are well stocked during a pandemic and there are now virtual grocery shops that make the experience more immersive. [On-demand grocery delivery](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/riesbecks) service Inabuggy partnered with McEwan Fine Foods Don Mills to launch the first 3D [virtual grocery shopping](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pingo-doce) portal in Canada, which fuses all the convenience of online shopping with an experience that lets people "walk" through the virtual grocery store aisles just as they would in a physical store. Touted as "the [online grocery shopping experience](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/freshdirect-retail-location) of the future," the experience lets cstomers see close-up views of the items in each curated aisle so that it is easy to pick up everything from meats and fish to fresh produce and prepared meals. Image Credit: Inabuggy ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 6.9/10 - Popularity: 98% | Activity: 100% | Freshness: 9% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Business](https://www.trendhunter.com/business) > [Retail](https://www.trendhunter.com/retail) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Virtual Grocery Shopping:** The trend of creating virtual grocery shops can be a disruptive innovation opportunity for retailers, enabling them to offer an immersive and convenient shopping experience that can attract more customers. - **3D Visualization Technology:** The trend of using 3D visualization technology in virtual grocery shops can be a disruptive innovation opportunity for tech firms, enabling them to create realistic and engaging shopping experiences that can differentiate them from competitors. - **Contactless Delivery:** The trend of offering contactless delivery options for virtual grocery shopping can be a disruptive innovation opportunity for logistics companies, enabling them to offer safe and convenient delivery options that can appeal to health-conscious customers. ### Where This Applies - **Retail Industry:** Virtual grocery shopping can be a disruptive innovation opportunity for the retail industry, as it enables them to offer a more immersive and convenient shopping experience that can attract more customers. - **Technology Industry:** 3D visualization technology can be a disruptive innovation opportunity for the technology industry, as it enables them to create realistic and engaging shopping experiences that can differentiate them from competitors. - **Logistics Industry:** Contactless delivery can be a disruptive innovation opportunity for the logistics industry, as it enables them to offer safe and convenient delivery options that can appeal to health-conscious customers. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Unified Grocery Shopping Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/connected-stores-1.md) - [Virtual Convenience Stores](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/aldi-express.md) - [Virtual Kitchen Gorcery Partnerships](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/kitchen-hub-2.md) - [30-Minute Grocery Pickup Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/fresh-street.md) - [Immersive Virtual Pop-Ups](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/benemart-concept.md) - [Cashier-Free Grocery Chains](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/aisle-24.md) - [Grocery Delivery Service Expansions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/uber-eats-grocery-experience.md) - [Gamified Shopping Carts](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/smart-shopping-cart-1.md) - [AI-Enhanced Grocery Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/instacart-ai-features.md)