SAN FRANCISCO and DEERFIELD,
Ill., March 9, 2020
/PRNewswire/ -- Following a successful roll-out of Postmates
on-demand delivery service of items available at select Walgreens
stores in New York City and
Brooklyn last October, Walgreens
and Postmates announced today that the service will now be
available in 13 additional cities.
Consumers in Los Angeles,
San Francisco, San Diego, Phoenix, Las
Vegas, Portland (OR),
Washington DC, Chicago, Atlanta, Charlotte, Miami, Ft.
Lauderdale and Houston can
now get their health and wellness and other convenience products,
including select over-the-counter medications, delivered to them
from Walgreens stores via Postmates.
"We are thrilled to expand delivery service from Walgreens
stores to more cities, especially Los
Angeles, where we are the market leader with more than 120%
more market share than the closest competitor," said Craig Whitmer, vice president, merchant business
development at Postmates. "The drug store/convenience category is
one that customers turn to for convenience on the Postmates
platform."
To celebrate today's announcement, Postmates is offering a
one-time free delivery, starting today through Sunday, March 15. Shoppers can click here to get
started. They will need to enter the code WALGREENS at checkout on
Postmates.com or in the Postmates app.
"Convenience is becoming increasingly important to our shoppers.
They are looking to retailers, like Walgreens, to help them save
time in their busy lives," said Stefanie
Kruse, vice president, digital commerce and omni-channel at
Walgreens. "It's all about getting customers what they need, when
and where is most convenient for them.
We look forward to making our core product assortment available
in these new cities through our expanded ongoing collaboration
with Postmates, a leader in the industry providing on-demand
delivery to customers, direct-to-their-door, or wherever they
are."
To order items available at more than 1,700 participating
Walgreens stores, those who are interested can visit Postmates.com
or download the Postmates mobile app. They will pay zero delivery
fees when they subscribe to Postmates membership service, Postmates
Unlimited, for $9.99 per month.
About Postmates
Postmates is a leader in on-demand
food delivery. The platform gives customers access to the most
selection of merchants in the US with more than 600,000 restaurants
and retailers available for delivery and pickup, many of which are
exclusive to Postmates. The market leader in Los Angeles and markets across the southwest,
Postmates covers 80% of US households, across all 50 states.
Customers can get free delivery on all merchants by joining
Postmates Unlimited, the industry's first subscription service.
Learn more or start a delivery by downloading the app or visiting
www.postmates.com.
About Walgreens
Walgreens (walgreens.com), one of the
nation's largest drugstore chains, is included in the Retail
Pharmacy USA Division of Walgreens
Boots Alliance, Inc., (Nasdaq: WBA) a global leader in retail and
wholesale pharmacy. Walgreens is proud to be a neighborhood health,
beauty and retail destination supporting communities across the
country, and was named to FORTUNE* magazine's 2019 Companies that
Change the World list. Approximately 8 million customers interact
with Walgreens in stores and online each day. As of August 31, 2019, Walgreens operates
9,277 drugstores with a presence in all 50 states, the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, along with its
omnichannel business, Walgreens.com. Walgreens also provides
specialty pharmacy and mail services and offers in-store clinics
and other health care services throughout the United States, most of which are operated
by our health care strategic partners.
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