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Shoppers Drug Mart provides same-day home delivery In Halifax
Instacart is now delivering from Shoppers Drug Mart stores in as fast as one hour
Shoppers Drug Mart is making shopping more convenient with the launch of home delivery services, in partnership with Instacart. Customers across Halifax now have access to same-day delivery of groceries, everyday essentials and over-the-counter medications in 11 Shoppers Drug Mart stores across the city.
“For decades, Shoppers Drug Mart has been a destination for health and beauty products, food staples and general convenient shopping to help make life a little bit easier,” said Matt Carr, Vice President, Merchandising, Shoppers Drug Mart. “Working with Instacart allows us to serve our customers wherever they need us, whether that’s in a store or delivered right to their door.”
“We’re proud to expand our partnership with Loblaw to deliver groceries, household essentials and over-the-counter medications from Shoppers Drug Mart to customers across Halifax in as fast as an hour,” said Andrew Nodes, Vice President of Retail Accounts for Instacart. “Together, Instacart and Shoppers Drug Mart are helping busy people and families stock their pantries and medicine cabinets with household essentials from a local retailer they love and trust.”
Shoppers Drug Mart customers in Halifax can go online to www.instacart.ca/store/shoppers-drug-mart/ or open the Instacart app on their mobile device. From there, customers select their city and store and can begin adding groceries, everyday essentials and over-the-counter medications to their Instacart grocery cart. An Instacart personal shopper will pick, pack and deliver the order within the customer’s designated time frame—in as fast as one hour or up to five days in advance.
For orders of $35 or more, the delivery fee is just $3.99. With an Instacart Express membership for $9.99/month or an annual fee of $99, customers get unlimited, free delivery on all orders over $35. First-time customers of Shopper Drug Mart on Instacart can enter the code INSTASDM10 at checkout for $10 off their first order of $35 or more.
Today, home delivery through Instacart is available in 361 Shoppers Drug Mart stores and 374 Loblaw banners stores across Canada.
