More than 1,100 of Walmart stores already offer
curbside pickup of online grocery orders, and that should double this year.
For
curbside pickup of both waste and recyclables, instituting automated collection, in which a mechanical arm replaces human labor, can greatly improve collection efficiency; retrofitting trucks, standardizing bins and educating the citizens are other significant steps.
Not exact matches
In 2017, Walmart has also introduced a membership - free, two - day shipping program, a discount for customers who pick up an online order at a order rather than have it shopped,
curbside grocery
pickup at hundreds
of stores and other novel services such as having a Walmart store worker drop off an online order on the way home after their shift.
Easterbrook said if 20 percent
of drive - through customers use
curbside and another 20 percent use the lanes for
pickup only, restaurants could serve another 20 cars per hour, lifting business at U.S. drive - throughs that account for some 70 percent
of sales in the country.
The final version
of the app will also ask customers to choose table service, counter or drive - through
pickup, or
curbside delivery.
Walmart also announced it was expanding its
curbside pickup service for online grocery orders to 14 new markets for a total
of 54 by early summer.
Finally, a variety
of strategies, such as in - store and
curbside pickup can be used in physical stores that can support online sales.
Curbside Pickup is available at 1,200 Walmart stores, with another 1,000 by the end
of the year.
At
Curbside Pickup locations shoppers can get what they need without having to park or get out
of their car, and
Curbside's unique location capabilities notify the staff that shoppers are approaching so their items are ready.
Every community is different in terms
of composting options — some people do it themselves in their backyard / garden or worm bin, others have
curbside compost
pickup, then there's farmer's market drop - off, etc..
The biggest takeaway for residents
of Seattle, San Francisco and other places that offer
curbside compost
pickup is to take advantage
of that service — and pat yourself on the back for using it.
Nordstrom
curbside pickup adds a whole new level
of convenience to shopping.
The cost
of Green Cones is far cheaper and greener, compared to
curbside pickup.
Or the literal busloads
of tourists who pull into the shop, order a few pizzas, and disgorge their mountain
of trash into the can — all
of which needs to be hauled by hand to the landfill site because there's no
curbside pickup here, but that probably never occurs to them.
It wouldn't be surprising to see Walmart offer
curbside for some
of the smaller online sales in the future, given that most
of the kinks have already been worked out — ranging from staffing to alerts to even the parking spaces needed to serve the
pickup customers.
Walmart has been busy beefing up its e-commerce in the last year, snapping up online brands like Bonobos and Modcloth, equipping hundreds more
of its stores to handle
curbside grocery
pickup for online orders, and adding many more features to its shopping app.
It has instead tapped into its large brick - and - mortar footprint to roll out
curbside grocery
pickup in a number
of locations across the U.S., allowing customers to shop online or on mobile, then pull up at their local store to grab their order.
More crucially for the world's largest retailer, shopper visits also increased, rising 1.3 % and showing that Walmart's massive investments in features like grocery
curbside pickup, in - store order retrieval, its own mobile payment app and the expansion
of its online assortment are spurring shoppers to come into stores.
While the U.S. e-commerce battle today rages between Walmart and Amazon, with the two competing on everything from
curbside pickup options, to free delivery, and even keyless entry for at - home - deliveries, as
of late, Target has also been rapidly rolling out new technology to adapt to the new way customers shop.
Walmart has followed suit with free 2 - day shipping without a membership, EBT support for online grocery orders,
curbside grocery
pickup and delivery (the latter
of which is now expanding), hefty ship - to - store discounts, free shipping from Sam's Club and its integration with Instacart, and more.
Walmart has been investing in online grocery for years, starting with limited tests
of curbside pickup that later expanded across the U.S.
Numerous casual dining chains now have
curbside pickup, which eliminates the logistical stress
of going inside to pick up your food.
Hang mops and brooms on hooks high on the wall and install a small cabinet to serve as a recycling holding zone for items you can't dispose
of with regular
curbside pickup, such as batteries.