Sam's Club enters the same-day grocery delivery wars

Sam&#39;s Club just became the latest retailer to try its hand at home grocery delivery.The warehouse store&nbsp;<a href="https://corporate.samsclub.com/newsroom/2018/02/27/sams-club-joins-forces-with-instacart-to-offer-same-day-delivery-of-groceries-and-everyday-essentials" target="_blank">announced Tuesday</a>&nbsp;it&#39;s teaming up with delivery service Instacart to bring customers items like produce, frozen foods and even small appliances straight to their doorstep in as little as an hour.The new service will be available in Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth and St. Louis to start. But the company says it hopes to expand it across the U.S. in the coming months.The announcement from Sam&#39;s Club comes as the grocery delivery game continues to heat up.After&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newsy.com/stories/amazon-set-to-buy-whole-foods-for-13-7-billion/" target="_blank">Amazon acquired Whole Foods</a>&nbsp;last year, big grocery chains like Aldi and Kroger have partnered with Instacart to keep up with the competition.But earlier this month, Amazon unveiled a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newsy.com/stories/amazon-2-hour-whole-foods-delivery-now-in-select-cities/" target="_blank">new grocery delivery service</a>&nbsp;of its own. The company added Whole Foods groceries like fresh produce and meat to its Prime Now delivery service, which sends items to a customer&#39;s door within about two hours.<hr>Trending stories at <a href="http://www.newsy.com">Newsy.com</a><ul class="inline-related-links"><li><a href="http://www.newsy.com/stories/ga-senate-blocks-50m-tax-break-after-delta-severs-nra-ties/">Georgia Senate Blocks Tax Break After Delta Cut Ties With NRA</a></li><li><a href="http://www.newsy.com/stories/warren-buffett-says-berkshire-made-29-billion-from-tax-cuts/">Warren Buffett Says Berkshire Made $29 Billion Just From Tax Cuts</a></li><li><a href="http://www.newsy.com/stories/big-name-companies-cut-ties-with-the-nra/">A Bunch Of Big-Name Companies Cut Ties With The NRA</a></li></ul>

By: Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN

(CNN Money) -- Sam's Club is jumping into the grocery delivery race.

Walmart's warehouse chain announced a partnership with Instacart to offer same-day delivery on groceries and household essentials in three markets: Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, and St. Louis. Sam's Club said same-day delivery in more areas is coming soon.

Instacart is an online service that contracts with delivery people who select items from store partners and then bring them to customers' doors. Target, Costco, Albertsons, Aldi, Kroger and Whole Foods have agreements with Instacart.

Sam's Club members will get discount prices and same-day shipping. Instacart shoppers will now have access to Sam's Club without a membership.

Walmart said last month that it was closing around 10% of stores and cutting about 10,000 jobs. The company didn't say whether it will start using Instacart for Walmart-branded stores, but it has been testing new ways to order and deliver groceries, which made up more than half of sales last year.

It has a partnership with Google Home voice speaker and Uber delivery. Walmart said in September that it would test a service called Deliv that can safely bring groceries straight into your fridge even if you're not home. And it scooped up same-day delivery tech service Parcel.

Earlier this month, Amazon announced Prime members in four cities can get free two-hour delivery on Whole Foods. Amazon plans to expand that service across the United States by the end of the year.

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Sam's Club enters the same-day grocery delivery wars

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