Webvan was a dot-com company and grocery business that filed for bankruptcy in 2001 after 3 years of operation.

[2] At its peak, it offered service in ten US areas: the San Francisco Bay Area; Dallas; Sacramento; San Diego; Los Angeles; Orange County, California; Chicago; Seattle; Portland, Oregon; and Atlanta, Georgia.

[9] Webvan placed a $1 billion order with Bechtel to build its warehouses, and bought a fleet of delivery trucks.

[15] None of Webvan's senior executives or major investors had any management experience in the supermarket industry, including its CEO George Shaheen, who had resigned as head of Andersen Consulting (now Accenture), a management consulting firm, to join the venture.

[3] The company lost over $800 million and shut down in June 2001, filing for bankruptcy and laying off 2,000 employees.

[22] A large number of Webvan's colored plastic shipping tubs are now used for household storage.