USA: Walmart opens second Pickup and Fuel location

Walmart has opened its second Pickup and Fuel location in Thornton, Colorado – a 4,000 square feet site that includes a convenience store, a gas station and a pickup location for online shopping, reports The Denver Post.

Retailing giant Walmart has taken a new, bold step into the online grocery shopping business by rolling out its new Pickup and Fuel concept. The new site in Thornton, which offers same-day pickup for groceries ordered online, adds to the existing one in Huntsville, Alabama.

The new concept also includes a convenience store tailored to new customer demands, offering a wide range of grab-and-go food options, coffee, and other healthy snacks and beverages.

Pickup services for online purchases at gas stations has been an ongoing trend across the world during the last two years. Walmart´s new concept challenges its two major competitors for online grocery shopping, Amazon and Kroger.

Only three months ago Amazon announced plans to open 20 convenience stores in the U.S., with at least half of them offering pickup services, as part of new pilot program.