Uber announced that its on-demand and scheduled grocery delivery is now available to Uber and Uber Eats customers in over 400 cities and towns across the U.S. including major markets like San Francisco, New York City, and Washington, D.C.
This marks Uber’s first major grocery expansion in the U.S., more than doubling the availability of offering and accelerating its grocery rollout this year with a 1,200-store partnership with the Albertsons Companies.
Since launching in July 2020, Uber has seen consistent growth in the U.S. for its grocery category. Major U.S. metro areas now include Miami, Dallas, New York City, San Francisco, Washington D.C., and Phoenix with more to come throughout 2021.
The Albertsons Companies include: Albertsons, Safeway, Jewel-Osco, ACME, Tom Thumb, Randalls and more. They join regional leaders like Southeastern Grocers and New York’s Red Apple Group on the Uber platform.
The expansion of scheduled grocery delivery could be really good for parents who live in areas that have an Albertsons Company grocery store nearby. It will probably be easier for parents to have their groceries delivered to their door rather than try and wrangle a toddler or preschooler through a grocery store on their own.
Uber’s grocery delivery could bring peace of mind to parents who don’t want to risk catching COVID-19 (and/or its variants) by entering a grocery store where people are unmasked and potentially unvaccinated. Nobody wants to unintentionally bring home COVID-19 and risk the chance that their children will catch it.
Uber Eats delivery can bring dinner right to your door. This could save some time for parents who are really busy that night, or who just don’t feel like cooking. The process is contactless, and you don’t necessarily have to encounter the driver who brings your family their dinner.
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