Top Online Grocery Delivery Apps of 2022
                     
Introduction 
Grocery forms a part of basic day-to-day needs for humans, hence 
people tend to spend hours on their grocery shopping runs. Weekly 
grocery shopping has been a common practice for decades. People 
generally spend hours going to a grocery shop, picking the best 
grocery from the options available, and contemplating their choices. 
Although this seemed like a crucial thing to be done, the arrival of on-
demand apps has shown people that it is not always necessary to 
waste hours on grocery shopping. These apps provide various benefits 
for all parties involved; they allow customers the convenience to shop 
from home, sellers the option to sell their groceries before they go 
bad, and give part-time employees an added source of income.
List of the 21 Best On-Demand Grocery 
Delivery Apps
Many grocery businesses have become on-demand while many other 
aggregators have also come up to give a platform to the ones that don’t 
have the necessary resources to go online. As a result, there are many 
on-demand grocery apps that are flourishing in the market. Some of 
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Instacart is one of the leaders in the online grocery market when it 
comes to North America. It covers almost 85% of the US and almost 
65% of Canada. Instacart has tie-ups with grocery giants like 
WholeFoods, Costco, Safeway, etc. and via them delivers more than 
300,000 items. Instacart has partnered with more than 25,000 stores 
and raised 6 rounds of funding. The company was valued at $8 billion 
by the end of 2019.
2. Postmates
Postmates is an on-demand app that took its inception in May 2011. The 
app is kind of a tech-driven courier service but for your daily needs. The 
app makes use of mobile devices and GPS to match your requirements 
with nearby products and deliver them to you. The company has 
partnered with McDonald’s, Walgreens, Starbucks, Chipotle, etc. and can 
process more than 8 million monthly orders. The company has around 
250,000 merchants that serve 3500+ cities. The company is valued at 
US$1.85 billion.
3. Shipt
This is another grocery-delivery business that operates throughout the 
US. It has more than 50,000 shoppers and an estimated annual revenue 
of $120 million. The company has partnered with retailers like Target, 
Whole Foods, Publix, Costco, etc. It has an employee base of 604+ 
people who work hard to deliver all grocery related needs of their 
customers.
4. Big Basket
Big Basket is one of the leading grocery service providers in India. 
They work better than their rivals Grofers, Nature’s Basket, Reliance 
Fresh, etc. because of their popularity. They sell more than 18,000 
products and have 1000 plus brands selling fruits, vegetables, rice, 
pulses, beverages, spices, meats, personal care products and multiple 
other items. They have excellent customer service which makes them 
popular throughout the country.
5. Farmigo
This on-demand app is a great online farmers app that allows its 
customers to order dairy products, snacks, meats, etc. The main aim of 
this app is to provide its customers with fresh produce and get items 
directly from farmers at a rate and quality better than the supermarket. 
The company receives revenue of almost US$ 3.5 million every year.
6. Peapod
Peapod is a Chicago based grocery delivery business. It offers groceries 
in more than 24 US markets including Washington, Boston, New York, 
Virginia, Indiana, Illinois and Chicago. The app allows its customers to 
make grocery lists
7. FreshDirect
As the name suggests, FreshDirect focuses on providing the freshest 
products to its customers. The main target audience for FreshDirect 
are the people who are concerned about what they consume, want to 
know where it comes from and are willing to pay extra for freshness. 
The company was founded by David McInerney in the year 1999 and 
since then it has provided daily grocery to multiple cities in the North-
east US including New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington, 
Delaware, Connecticut, etc. 
8. Instashop
Unlike most grocery delivery businesses, Instashop started as a company 
that focuses on a particular niche and tries to fulfill all their needs. They 
focus on young professionals for their business. The company is based in 
Dubai and was founded in the year 2015. The company that started as 
just an on-demand grocery delivery business has now expanded and also 
consists of products related to pharmacy, butcher, pet shop and maids 
services. It currently has more than 50 supermarket partners, 150 
employees and more than 350,000+ active consumer base.
9. Safeway
Safeway is a known name in the US, it has been a leading grocery chain 
in North America for many years now. Like most grocery chains, Safeway 
also started its own grocery delivery app in order to expand its business 
to new customers. The company has a broad product portfolio which is 
one of the things that makes this chain so popular. Safeway has an 
extensive network of manufacturers, distributors and facilities. It has 
more than 1678 stores in the US and Canada. 
10. Walmart Grocery Delivery
Walmart grocery delivery app is an extension of the Walmart store. 
Walmart has been a common name in the US for a long time so people 
were extremely surprised when they launched their own delivery 
service. Under this, people can find most of the products they get in the 
store. This is a great way to get groceries delivered to your doorstep 
directly from your favourite store. With Walmart delivery, you can easily 
select the time slot for the delivery. You get the products with an 
additional fee that ranges between $8-10. You can also take a 
subscription that costs $13 for a month or $100 per year and get 
deliveries for free.
11. Google Express
Google express is like a virtual mall offering products from multiple 
online as well as offline stores. This service is focused on delivering dry 
grocery items like canned food, cereal, coffee etc. The delivery system 
is working in most of the cities in the U.S. including Walmart, Target, 
Best Buy, Costco, Kohl’s, Walgreens etc. 
12. AmazonFresh
AmazonFresh is a new service by Amazon. This delivery service is 
offered as an extension to the Amazon Prime membership. If you are 
already a Prime member, you can easily get products from 
AmazonFresh. Currently, AmazonFresh is only offering grocery 
deliveries to its old and new prime members. Although it is known for 
its grocery delivery, AmazonFresh more than that, you can get 
products like fruits, vegetables, canned goods, packaged snacks, raw 
meat but you can also get household supplies like batteries, paper, 
cleaning products, grooming products etc.
13. Reliance Fresh
Reliance Fresh is another Indian grocery-delivery business. It has its 
own physical stores and also offers online deliveries in some parts of 
the country. The company was founded in the year 2006 by Mukesh 
Ambani and V. Subramaniam. You can find grocery, fruits, vegetables 
and get most of your basic needs fulfilled from just one store. 
14. Grofers
Grofers is an Indian online grocery delivery business that was founded 
in the year 2013 by Saurabh Kumar and Albinder Dhindsa. It is currently 
operational in more than 17 Indian cities including Bangalore, Mumbai, 
Delhi, Pune, Surat, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, 
Kolkata etc. The app connects customers to local merchants and offers 
groceries, vegetables, fruits and essential goods. With Grofers, you can 
either pay in cash or via any other online options. Many discount 
features are not available if a consumer orders products in cash.
15. Kroger
Kroger is one of the largest supermarket groups in the US. When they 
saw how big the delivery business had become, they decided to 
partake in it themselves, that is how Kroger delivery was born. The 
company operates in 35 states with more than 2800 stores and 24 
regional chains. 
16. HelloFresh
With headquarters in Berlin, HelloFresh is an online retailer that delivers 
products you would need for various recipes. Unlike other grocery 
delivery apps where you buy fruits and vegetables aimlessly, HelloFresh 
allows you to buy only the grocery items you need. HelloFresh works on 
a subscription model where you can pay $50-100 per week for 
receiving all three meals for the day. They also have separate family 
plans and veggie plans. Their business model is to simply provide the 
ingredients necessary for preparing a meal. They provide the products 
only as per the amount required which makes sure you are not wasting 
any groceries. 
Conclusion
When it comes to an on-demand app, you don’t hold any real 
products or have many full-time employees. The only thing you have 
is your app and its functionality, that is the only tangible thing for 
your business. Everything else can be controlled and managed, but 
if you have an app that doesn’t satisfy the needs correctly your 
company is bound to fail. It is necessary to understand the grocery 
market, realize what your customer needs, understand the current 
scenario, and then develop an app that fits perfectly in this 
ecosystem.