Amazon now offers same-day delivery of perishable groceries in 2,300 US cities

Amazon announced connected Wednesday that customers successful implicit 2,300 cities and towns successful the U.S. tin present get caller groceries done its Same-Day Delivery service. The e-commerce elephantine says it volition grow the work to further cities successful 2026.

Amazon archetypal launched the quality to bid perishable items via Same-Day Delivery in August, a determination that was seen arsenic a mode for the institution to vie much straight with Instacart and Walmart+ successful the quick-commerce space.

Since launch, customers person ordered caller fruits, vegetables, dairy, meat, seafood, baked goods, and frozen foods alongside electronics, books, pantry staples and snacks, and mundane household essentials similar insubstantial towels and toothpaste.

Amazon says its “specialized temperature-controlled fulfillment network” ensures that shoppers person perishable groceries intact, and that orders acquisition a six-point prime cheque upon accomplishment and earlier leaving for delivery. Plus, temperature-sensitive products are delivered successful insulated bags.

Fresh groceries present marque up 9 of the apical 10 most-ordered items for accelerated delivery, Amazon says.

The apical bestsellers for Same-Day Delivery are bananas, Haas avocados, strawberries, honeycrisp apples, limes, blueberries, blackberries, integrated bananas, navel oranges, and bath tissues.

The institution besides notes that perishable market income person grown 30 times since January, and that customers who adhd caller groceries to their Same-Day Delivery orders store astir doubly arsenic often arsenic those who don’t.

Same-day transportation is escaped for orders worthy much than $25 for Prime members. If an bid doesn’t conscionable the minimum amount, subscribers tin inactive take same-day transportation for a $2.99 fee. For customers without a Prime membership, the work is disposable with a $12.99 fee, careless of the bid size.

Amazon says it has grown its perishable enactment disposable for Same-Day Delivery by implicit 30% since August, and has included thousands of fashionable items from Whole Foods Market.