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WILKES-BARRE — A new service app for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton area that debuts next week promises to do the grocery shopping for you — plus the company behind the app is seeking over 100 “shoppers” to handle orders.
Beginning Tuesday, Instacart is launching locally to deliver orders from Wegmans, PriceRite, CVS and Petco in as little as one hour.
Over 153,000 local households will have access to Instacart, the nation’s largest on-demand grocery delivery service.
According to Kristen Marion of Marion PR, spokesperson for Instacart, it is a fast-growing retail delivery service whose shoppers hand-pick and deliver items from local stores.
“Instacart received an overwhelming volume of requests for expansion into this region and is excited to now be delivering to the area,” Marion said.
Service areas include: Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Exeter, Harding, Dupont, Avoca, Pittston, Wyoming, Hudson, Luzerne, Edwardsville, Kingston, Shavertown, Plymouth, Sugar Notch, Mountain Top, Moosic, Taylor, Old Forge, Dunmore, Clarks Summit, Chinchilla, Throop, Dickson City, Blakely, Jessup, Olyphant, Archbald, Mayfield and Carbondale.
Instacart is also bringing income-earning opportunities to the area with plans to bring on more than 100 new shoppers.
“Over the past year, we’ve seen incredible demand in the Scranton and Wilkes-Barre area,” said Dave Osborne, Senior Regional Director. “We work with a variety of local retailers to provide the freshest, highest quality groceries to our customers.”
Heather Pawlowski, vice president of e-commerce for Wegmans, said customers are often busy and that any extra time in their week can make a difference.
“That’s where we can help — by giving them the option to have Wegmans delivered fresh to their door,” Pawlowski said. “We’re excited to launch delivery from our local stores in partnership with Instacart as they move into the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre market. Together, we’re able to provide our customers with a seamless shopping experience with the quality and service they’ve come to expect from Wegmans, without leaving their house.”
How Instacart works
• Customers go online to www.Instacart.com or open the Instacart mobile app on their iPhone or Android device, select their city/store, add items to a virtual cart, then choose a delivery window (within one hour, within two hours, or up to seven days in advance) and check out.
• An Instacart shopper accepts the order on his/her smartphone, uses the Instacart shopper app to guide them through shopping, and then delivers the order to the customer in the designated timeframe.
• For orders of $35 or more, the delivery fee is $5.99. Many customers also take the opportunity to save big over time by signing up for Instacart Express membership, which enables unlimited, free one-hour delivery on orders of $35 or more. After a free trial period, Instacart Express membership is just $14.99 a month or $149 a year.
• First-time users can enter the code HISCRANTON at checkout to get $20 off an order of $35 or more, plus a free first-time delivery.
• For more: https://www.instacart.com/faq.
