“The new partnership brings thousands of items – from groceries, alcohol and pantry stacks to home improvement and improvement, personal care, electronics and more – to low-cost Walmart stores to customers’ doors in as little as an hour,” said an Instacart spokesman in a statement to CNN Business.
With Instacart, customers can place orders for delivery and their workers – whether in-store shoppers or its contract workers – will shop for the items; then the contract workers will make the delivery. Alternatively, customers can purchase items for pickup at selected locations. In this case, an in-store store in Instacart as an employee of the retail store will buy goods and pack them for pickup.
“We are always looking for partners to help us better serve our customers. Customers love the value we bring with pick-up and delivery,” Walmart spokeswoman Molly Blakeman said in a statement to CNN Business. “While we continue to expand our own supply of nearly 3,000 stores that reach nearly two-thirds of U.S. households, we are excited about testing and learning in four markets that reach new customers with Instacart.”
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