DETROIT – A popular grocery delivery service has launched in Detroit, offering customers one-hour delivery services in multiple cities in Metro Detroit.
Grocery delivery service Instacart launched Thursday for the first time in Michigan, focusing on Detroit and the surrounding areas.
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“Over the past year we’ve seen incredible demand in the Detroit area,” said Dave Osborne, Instacart
general manager. “We work with a variety of local retailers to provide the freshest, highest quality
groceries to our customers. Expansion into Detroit gives us an opportunity to initiate service in the
Michigan market. We’re also excited to build a world class shopper community, where we can offer fun
and flexible jobs for our shoppers, who ultimately deliver this amazing service to the community.”
Customers can order groceries from retailers like Meijer, Kroger, Whole Foods Market, Plum Market, Petco, and Costco.
Those interested in the delivery service can sign up at Instacart.com. After sign-up, customers select their city and store and add items to their virtual cart. After the items are chosen, customers are asked to pick a delivery time which is usually within an hour or two from the time the order is submitted.
Areas of service include are:
Dearborn, Warren, Allen Park, Taylor, Woodhaven, Flat Rock, Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor, Westland, Canton,
Plymouth, Livonia, Northville, Grosse Pointe, St. Clair, Royal Oak, Madison Heights, Shelby Charter
Township, Macomb, Rochester Hills, Troy, Farmington Hills, Commerce Charter Twp, South Lyon,
Pinckney, Brighton, Village of Clarkston, White Lake, and Harrison Charter Township.
Metro Detroiters are being offered a free 1-year trial for new customers. The yearly membership for unlimited one-hour deliveries is $99 per year or $14.99 per month.
The service is also available on the Instacart app.