Sam's Club and Instacart Partner to Offer Home Delivery

The two companies are teaming up to offer home delivery of groceries in three cities.

February 28, 2018

Sam's Club is launching a same-day delivery service for groceries in St. Louis, Austin and Dallas. The company is teaming up with Instacart to help with the deliveries.

Sam's club hopes to expand the delivery service to other cities within 2018.

Grocery deliveries will be free for people who are members of Instacart Express. Those who are not will have to pay fees depending on how much a customer spends and how fast they want their order.

The scale is:

● $5.99 on purchases of at least $35

● $9.99 on purchases that total less than $35

● $7.99 for one-hour delivery on purchases of at least $35

● $11.99 for one-hour delivery on purchases that cost less than $35

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