Amazon tests two-hour delivery from Rite Aid
- Amazon is testing two-hour delivery from Rite Aid on products in several categories, including health and personal care, cosmetics and grocery essentials.
- Prime delivery from Rite Aid will be available in Newark, New Jersey, and Burbank, California.
- Prescriptions and pharmaceuticals from Rite Aid are not available through the delivery partnership.
Amazon has partnered with Rite Aid to offer fast delivery in Newark, New Jersey, and in Burbank, California.
According to information sent to Retail Leader, Amazon’s Prime customers in those cities can get two-hour delivery on products in several categories: health and personal care, cosmetics and grocery essentials.
“Rite Aid’s availability on Amazon provides our local Prime members in Newark, New Jersey, and Burbank, California, with even more selection and convenience as they continue to shop for health and personal care, cosmetics and grocery essentials online and trust they will be delivered to their door fast,” said an Amazon spokesperson. “We’re consistently looking for ways to offer more choice, flexibility and value for Prime members, so we look forward to expanding our two-hour delivery window offering to more Rite Aid locations in the future.”
Amazon notes that prescriptions and pharmaceuticals from Rite Aid are not available through the delivery partnership. Amazon has its own prescription delivery service through Amazon Pharmacy, first launched in 2020. Earlier this year, the e-commerce retailer launched RxPass, a monthly add-on for Prime members that offers unlimited generic prescription delivery for a $5 monthly fee.
Amazon already offers two-hour delivery from other third-party retailers that include Bristol Farms, Bartell Drugs, Pet Food Express, Cardenas Markets and Save Mart in select cities, according to the release sent to Retail Leader. The retailer last year introduced Buy with Prime, which lets third-party retailers sell products directly to consumers using the Amazon Prime platform.
Amazon in January made the Buy with Prime platform widely available to U.S. merchants — the program was previously only available to invited merchants. Amazon earlier this year said Buy with Prime had increased shopper conversion for third-party merchants by an average of 25%.