Walmart and Postmates Team up to Expand Retailer’s Online Grocery Delivery Program
April 10 2018 - 8:15AM
Business Wire
Postmates to Power Walmart’s Online Grocery
Delivery Program in Charlotte, with More Areas Around the Country
to be Added Soon
Walmart and Postmates today announced an agreement to help
expand the retailer’s popular Online Grocery Delivery option to
more than 40 percent of U.S. households. Postmates will help power
the Walmart’s Online Grocery Deliveries, beginning today in
Charlotte, NC with further expansion planned in the coming
months.
“Customers are busy, they are managing jobs, soccer practice,
dance lessons and social schedules; so we are on a mission to do
more than keep a little extra money in their pockets,” said Mark
Ibbotson, executive vice president, Central Operations, Walmart
U.S. “With the help of Postmates, we’re making grocery shopping
even easier by bringing the everyday low prices of Walmart right to
the front door of customers in Charlotte with more areas to be
added soon.”
With the help of Walmart’s personal shoppers and Postmates’s
delivery network, thousands of Charlotte customers will be able to
shop for and have fresh groceries delivered to their doorsteps.
Personal shoppers must complete a three-week training program
learning how to select the freshest produce and the best cuts of
meat for Online Grocery customers.
“Both Walmart and Postmates strive to make the lives of our
customers easier,” said Dan Mosher, senior vice president, merchant
lead, Postmates. “With our growing fleet of 160,000 couriers, we
are confident that we’ll be providing Walmart customers with the
ultimate convenience.”
Walmart Grocery Delivery brings customers the convenience of
shopping when and where they want for quality, fresh produce, meat,
seafood and bakery items, along with pantry staples, consumables
and seasonal general merchandise. To use delivery, customers in
Charlotte place their orders online at Walmart.com/grocery or on
the existing Walmart Grocery App, switch to the Delivery tab, and
select a delivery window at checkout. After orders have been picked
by Walmart’s personal shoppers, a member of the Postmates Fleet
retrieves the order from a Walmart store and delivers it right to
the customer during their specified delivery window.
Groceries can be delivered to customers as soon as the same day.
Walmart’s Online Grocery Delivery carries a simple $9.95 fee and a
$30 minimum order - no subscription, no price markups. Customers
can get their first order delivered for free with promo code
FRESHCAR with a $50 minimum order.
The retailer also offers an Online Grocery Pickup service that
allows customers to order their groceries online and pick them up
in stores without ever getting out of their cars. The service,
which has become a customer favorite and touted as a “Grocery Hero”
for moms on the go and time-strapped families, is now available in
1,200 stores, nearly 20 in Charlotte, with 1,000 more to be added
this year.
About Walmart
Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) helps people around the world save
money and live better - anytime and anywhere - in retail stores,
online, and through their mobile devices. Each week, nearly 270
million customers and members visit our more than 11,700 stores
under 65 banners in 28 countries and eCommerce websites. With
fiscal year 2018 revenue of $500.3 billion, Walmart employs
approximately 2.3 million associates worldwide. Walmart continues
to be a leader in sustainability, corporate philanthropy and
employment opportunity. Additional information about Walmart can be
found by visiting http://corporate.walmart.com, on Facebook
at http://facebook.com/walmart and on Twitter
at http://twitter.com/walmart.
About Postmates
Postmates helps people unlock the best of their cities – and
their lives, with an insanely reliable on-demand "anything"
network. Launched in 2011, Postmates has the largest on-demand
delivery fleet in the U.S. of more than 150,000 Postmates operating
in more than 50 U.S. metropolitan markets. It provides access to
over 250,000 merchants and completes more than 2.5 million
deliveries a month. Headquartered in San Francisco, with 550
employees, Postmates is building a movement. Have chips but no
guac? Postmate it. Your date night? Postmate it. Game day? Postmate
it. Run out of caffeine? Postmate it. Learn more:
www.postmates.com.
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