In less

than two weeks, Fayette residents will be able to order

and have their groceries delivered with a click of the

mouse.

Starting

May 1, California-based Webvan.com

will start servicing Fayette and the rest of metro

Atlanta with an on-line store that offers groceries,

non-prescription drugs and general merchandise.

The company

started servicing the San Francisco market last summer

and Atlanta is its second market. The company hopes to be

in 26 markets within the next three years.

Webvan is a

full-service on-line grocer that provides free delivery

on orders over $50 and offers competitive pricing on

items, according to a spokesman.

Customers

register at webvan.com

and can place their orders 24 hours a day, seven days a

week. The customer chooses a 30-minute delivery window

and orders are hand-delivered at the chosen time.

Company

spokesman Amy Nobile said the company made appearance at

this year's Atlanta Home Show and was quite happy with

the reaction.

"People

were just blown away," she said.

The

distribution center in Suwanee relies heavily on

technology, which is where the company saves costs.

"We're

cutting out a lot of the middle men," she said.

Webvan

partners with local producers to insure that only the

freshest products are delivered to customers' doors, said

Nobile.

The company

also offers the customer myriad choices. Webvan features

more than 350 types of cheeses and 300 varieties of fresh

produce.

In deciding

to make Atlanta its second market served, Webvan looked

at recent statistics on Internet use in the region. A

Wall Street Journal survey shows Atlantans had the second

highest percentage of adults making purchases on the

Internet in the last three months.

For

information check out webvan.com.