Vons Offers Online Grocery Shopping

Supermarket chain Vons, a unit of Safeway Inc., said it now offers online grocery ordering and delivery to customers in many parts of Los Angeles and Orange counties.

Other chains such as Albertson’s Inc., Stater Bros. Markets and Bristol Farms have launched similar programs in the Southland.

All these services charge a delivery fee, usually about $10, and prices for goods are generally the same as those in their stores.

Pleasanton-based Safeway had launched online delivery service in the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento, Portland, Ore., and Vancouver, Wash.