Amazon.com Inc. added a new grocery subscription benefit for Prime members and consumers who use electronic benefit transfer (EBT) payments. The subscription will be available in more than 3,500 cities and towns around the U.S., the online retailer announced April 23.
Subscribers will get unlimited grocery deliveries on orders of $35 or more from Whole Foods, Amazon Fresh and various local and specialty grocery retailers on Amazon.com, the retailer said. It will cost $9.99 per month for Prime subscribers, or $4.99 for EBT recipients.
Amazon is No. 1 in the Top 1000. The database is Digital Commerce 360’s ranking of the largest North American online retailers. Amazon is also No. 3 in the Global Online Marketplaces database, which ranks the 100 largest global marketplaces.Amazon acquired Whole Foods in 2017. Whole Foods has 517 U.S. stores, according to its website, while Amazon has about 40 Amazon Fresh locations.
How Amazon’s new grocery subscription works
The subscription allows Prime members and EBT recipients to make unlimited grocery orders over $35. In addition to the grocery retailers owned by Amazon, subscribers can also get deliveries from Cardenas Market, Save Mart, Bartell Drugs, Rite Aid, Pet Food Express, Mission Wine & Spirits, and others depending on location.
Subscribers select a one-hour delivery window for their orders, Amazon said. They also get priority access to recurring reservations for weekly grocery orders. The subscription also includes 30-minute pickup orders from the grocery retailers.
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