Walmart Inc. is testing its own network of independent delivery drivers as it aims to offer home grocery delivery to 100 metro areas by the end of the year.
The retail giant said Wednesday it will begin using Spark Delivery, a crowd-sourced delivery-driver network named after Walmart’s yellow star logo, to accomplish its grocery-delivery goals. The new delivery system will rely on drivers using their own cars to make deliveries. Walmart will use Delivery Drivers Inc. to help recruit, vet and pay drivers for Spark Delivery.
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