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Walmart to test delivery services with Uber

08 June 2016/Categories: Industry News, Active Travel & Travel Planning, Freight Forwarding, Logistics & Supply Chain, Transport Planning


Walmart has announced that it will trial a last-mile delivery test pilot with Uber, Lyft and Deliv. Walmart will start with tests of grocery delivery through Uber in Phoenix and Lyft in Denver, which is expected to start within the next two weeks.

This is in addition to a pilot that started in March with Deliv involving delivery of general merchandise and grocery for business members in Miami.

The trial involves a customer placing their grocery order online and selecting a delivery window. The Walmart employees will select and prepare their order and then request a driver from one of the services to come to the store, pick up the customer’s order, and take it directly to the customer’s location. The customer is then informed that the order is being delivered by a driver from Uber or Lyft.

A Walmart representative said: ‘We’re thrilled about the possibility of delivering new convenient options to our customers, and about working with some transformative companies in this test. We’ll start small and let our customers guide us, but testing new things like last-mile delivery allows us to better evaluate the various ways we can best serve our customers how, when and where they need us.’

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