For a $3 fee, Walmart store staff with put together a grocery package you order online to be picked up when you want.
Last week, the retail giant made available to its Ottawa customers, the option to set up a pickup package. The service will be made available at other locations if there is demand for it.
Walmart says the service costs $3 and customers must place an order for a minimum of $50 and at least one day ahead of planned pickup.
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Walmart’s senior vice president, ecommerce, says the company wants to make it convenient for customers to do their grocery shopping while at work or waiting at the doctor’s.
Walmart is following suit after other companies such as Loblaw and Amazon Canada launched similar operations. Loblaw added its “Click and Collect” service at three stores in Toronto last October, while Amazon Canada currently offer delivery for a selection of dried goods with AmazonFresh available only in a limited number of U.S. markets.
Online sales of fresh food currently represent only a small percentage of grocery ecommerce sales in Canada, Retail Prophet’s founder, Doug Stephens believes it is a trend that will soon catch on.
