There’s yet another online grocery delivery service in town: On Sept. 5, Walmart announced it is testing Spark Delivery, which it described in a statement as “a crowd-sourced delivery platform.”
Spark Delivery—named after the Walmart Spark, the yellow symbol at the end of its logo—is in a pilot in Nashville, Tenn. and New Orleans. Walmart plans to scale to “a few more metro areas” this year.
Spark Delivery includes an in-house platform that enables independent drivers to sign up for windows of time and provides order details and navigation assistance.
The service uses drivers who partner with last-mile contractor management company Delivery Drivers, Inc.,
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