Number of stores offering grocery pickup doubles in area
ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 22, 2016 – Grocery shopping is about to get a whole lot easier for Orlando shoppers. In response to customer demand, Walmart, the largest grocer in the U.S., will double the amount of stores in the Orlando area offering its online grocery pickup service in August. The free service will soon be available in eight stores, enabling customers to order groceries online and pick them up at their local Walmart store without even leaving their cars.
“At Walmart, we have always been known for saving our customers money and, with services like grocery pickup, we are also saving them valuable time,” said Phillip Keene, director of communications for Walmart in the Southeast. “Our customers have told us that grocery pick up is a game changer. They are now able to complete their grocery shopping in a matter of minutes – between errands or on their way home from an after school activity – without even unbuckling their seat belts.”
Walmart’s grocery pickup service features 30,000 items with 90 percent of customers choosing to add fresh meat, dairy or produce to their baskets. Other top items selected by grocery pickup shoppers include after school snacks, diapers and large dog food bags. Select stores also offer top selling seasonal items, currently including Back to School supplies. All items are priced at the same low prices customers find in their local Walmart store.
In addition to expanding its online grocery pickup service, Walmart recently launched Walmart Pay, a fast, easy and secure way for customers to pay with their smartphones in Walmart stores. Walmart Pay and online grocery pickup are part of Walmart’s initiative to make the shopping experience seamless and simple.
Walmart’s Online Grocery service will be available at the following Orlando-area stores starting Aug. 29:
•Walmart Neighborhood Market, 825 Casa Verde Blvd., Lake Mary, FL 32746
•Walmart Neighborhood Market, 9047 Curry Ford Road, Orlando, FL 32825
•Walmart Supercenter, 1450 Johns Lake Road, Clermont, FL 34711
•Walmart Supercenter, 11250 E. Colonial Drive, Orlando, FL 32817
These stores join three dozen other Florida stores in offering online grocery pickup, including locations in Bradenton, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Jacksonville, Naples, Orlando, Pensacola, Sarasota, Tampa, and West Palm Beach. Additional stores offering the service in the Orlando area include:
•Walmart Supercenter, 1601 Rinehart Road, Sanford, FL 32771
•Walmart Supercenter, 3101 W. Princeton St., Orlando
•Walmart Supercenter, 550 U.S. Highway 27, Clermont
•Walmart Supercenter, 10500 W. Colonial Drive, Ocoee
How it Works
•Order and Choose a Pickup Time: Customers visit walmart.com/grocery online or through the Walmart Grocery mobile app, enter their zip codes to select a local store and begin creating their shopping lists. During checkout, they select a time to pick up their orders.
•Personal Grocery Shoppers Fill the Basket: Highly-trained personal shoppers carefully select the freshest produce, meats and other items each customer requested.
•Pick Up and Go: Once a customer arrives at the pickup location, there will be reserved parking spaces marked in orange, and a designated number to call to alert an associate. An associate will quickly retrieve the prepared order and load it into the customer’s car.
