![]() For instance, Insider reported on Thursday that Walmart is acquiring Delivery Drivers, which is the company behind Walmart’s Spark platform that sees gig workers deliver orders to customers. Since then, the partnership expanded to states across the country.Īlthough Walmart has partnered with third-party delivery services like DoorDash, the retail giant has also been focused on building out its own delivery efforts. The termination will end a partnership that began in April 2018 as a pilot to deliver Walmart groceries to customers in the Atlanta metro area. “As for our agreement to part ways with DoorDash, we’d like to thank DoorDash for their partnership and support of our customers the past several years,” a spokesperson from Walmart told TechCrunch in an email. The termination will go into effect in September. “We’d like to thank Walmart for their partnership and are looking forward to continuing to build and provide support for merchants in the years ahead with our leading Marketplace and Platform offerings,” a spokesperson from DoorDash told TechCrunch in an email.ĭoorDash is said to have sent Walmart a 30-day notice and a letter earlier this month to end their partnership. Sources familiar with the matter told Insider that DoorDash decided to end its partnership with Walmart because it was no longer mutually beneficial and because the delivery company wanted to focus on “its long-term customer relationships.” The news was first reported by Business Insider. DoorDash is ending its partnership with Walmart after more than four years of delivering the retail giant’s products to customers.
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