Walmart test-drives new Walmart Pickup Grocery concept

 

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Walmart on Monday morning officially unveiled its Walmart Pickup Grocery pilot with a ribbon-cutting ceremony here, according to local CBS affiliate KFSM-TV 5News. The concept store allows shoppers to order online and pick up their order in as little as two hours without having to leave their car. Shoppers also can schedule a pick-up three weeks in advance. 

 

When the customer arrives for pick-up, they drive up to a touch screen kiosk, enter their last name, and are directed to a pick-up bay where employees meet them with their order.

 

"We look at this as an opportunity to allow customers to shop how they want to, when they want to," said Jeff Davis, Wal-Mart U.S. EVP and CFO, who discussed the concept during an analyst presenation in June. "Within this depot it will have access to about 10,000 items. Many of those items are driving the majority of the volume in the neighborhood market. So as you can imagine, these are high volume items and it’s not only in grocery and fresh and dry, but also it includes anything in our over-the-counter market. The beautiful thing about this is it’s the same everyday low pricing, so it’s the same pricing they will be able to get if they had gone to a neighborhood market or a Supercenter."