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Kale yeah: Whole Foods to offer D.C. grocery delivery this year

The Netflix-era trend of instant and easy access has taken over the way we watch movies, play music, and even buy alcohol. Now, Whole Foods is hopping on the bandwagon too.

Whole Foods will soon offer grocery delivery through Instacart. Photo by Flickr user Chris Martin under a CC BY-SA 2.0 license
Whole Foods will soon offer a grocery delivery service through Instacart. Photo by Flickr user Chris Martin under a CC BY-SA 2.0 license

The health food grocery chain announced Monday that they will partner with grocery delivery service Instacart this year to bring nutritious eats to 15 cities across America, including D.C., in as little as an hour.

And who needs instant movie streaming when you can have instant chia seeds?

Customers will be able to scroll through and select grocery options on Instacart’s website or mobile app, choose a convenient timeframe for delivery, and have their groceries delivered by a “Personal Shopper.” Instacart will also offer an in-store pickup option, so you can skip those lunchtime lines and get your soy milk, stat.

The new service promises a free delivery for first-time customers, after which the service will cost $3.99 for two-hour delivery or a $5.99 surcharge for one-hour delivery.

Unfortunately, D.C. won’t be among the first cities to gain access to the service as Whole Foods begins to get the delivery service off the ground in Boston and Austin, Tx.

D.C. will get its taste of organic delivery later this year, when Whole Foods expands the service to 15 cities.

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