DoorDash and Albertsons Partner Up for Same-day Grocery Delivery From Almost 2,000 Stores

One of the top food delivery apps, DoorDash, announced this week that it has expanded its grocery delivery service by partnering up with Albertsons Cos. to offer on-demand grocery delivery from nearly 2,000 of its stores.

This includes Safeway, Vons and Jewel-Osco.

Shares of DoorDash closed up 3.51% on Monday, while Albertsons gained 2.87% on the news.

“As expectations for convenience, speed and ease continue to grow, consumers can now order groceries and essentials on-demand for delivery within an hour through DoorDash’s top-rated marketplace with no time slot, queues or minimum order size required,” the company said in a release. Albertsons will be offering over 40,000 grocery items from stores for delivery.

Both companies said the partnership includes a new custom loyalty program, expanded delivery hours, a meal kit offering, prepared meals and specialty items.

As part of the partnership, customers in select markets can order groceries through their local Albertsons store’s website for same-day delivery. The service is powered by DoorDash Drive.

DoorDash Drive is the company’s white-label fulfillment platform that provides direct delivery for any business.

Over one-quarter of shoppers said they plan to buy groceries online more frequently, according to Coresight Research’s online grocery survey conducted in April.

“Grocery delivery is really at its infancy, and what the pandemic did was really accelerated the need to get more things inside the neighborhood brought to you,” DoorDash CEO Tony Xu told CNBC’s “TechCheck.”

In separate news, Uber announced on Monday that it is acquiring the remaining 47% interest in grocery delivery start-up Cornershop that it didn’t already own in an all-stock transaction.

Disclaimer: We have no position in any of the companies mentioned and have not been compensated for this article.