Another cash-constrained dot.com, Peapod, an online grocer, last month sold a 51% stake to Royal Ahold, an offline grocer.

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Home grocery delivery is now common, thanks to companies such as Peapod .

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Webvan Group, one of the new online grocers, will benefit from the problems of Peapod, an older firm and its chief rival.

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Peapod's stock has since tumbled 93% from its 52-week high.

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Peapod, a subsidiary of Royal Ahold and another major grocery delivery service that reaches New England and the mid-Atlantic as well as Chicago, Milwaukee and Indianapolis, charges similar rates (with a small fuel surcharge) in addition to its free pickup.

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