Walmart’s new grocery delivery service and Amazon’s meal kits expansion are the latest efforts by the two retail giants to snare United States grocery shoppers.
To compete with Amazon, Instacart, and other services, Walmart is offering customers in certain U.S. cities unlimited grocery deliveries for USD 98.00 (EUR 87.00) annually, TechCrunch reported. Amazon Prime membership, which is USD 119 (EUR 106) annually, offers free delivery - and free next-day delivery - on groceries and most other merchandise.
Walmart is offering the “Delivery Unlimited” service in Houston, Texas; Miami, Florida; Salt Lake City, Utah; and Tampa, Florida, according to Business Insider.
Meanwhile, Amazon is expanding its meal kits, which launched in March in select Whole Foods Market stores as well as Amazon Go stores, to additional Whole Foods stores.
“Amazon Meal Kits are now available in select Whole Foods Market stores in several states on the West Coast, East Coast, and in the Midwest. In addition, Amazon Meal Kits are available in Amazon Go stores and select cities via AmazonFresh and Prime Now,” an Amazon spokesperson told SeafoodSource.
The Amazon meal kits are now available in Whole Foods stores in Connecticut, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., Grocery Dive reported.
In March, the kits, which include a Seared Salmon with Fennel and Pea Risotto option, debuted at select Whole Foods stores in San Francisco, California; Southern California; Nevada; and Arizona.
The Amazon Meal Kit selection rotates monthly, featuring eight different eight different kits and two from each category - poultry, meat, vegetable and seafood. One of the new offerings is a Pesto Salmon and Roasted Potatoes with Gribiche Sauce meal kit.
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