Natural Grocers and Instacart Partner for Grocery Delivery

Instacart, the grocery delivery service whose Personal Shoppers hand pick and deliver items from local stores, announced that it has partnered with Natural Grocers to provide grocery delivery service to customers in Portland in as little as one hour.

Natural Grocers will be the fifth Portland-area grocery store offering delivery service through Instacart, which will deliver to residents and businesses in Hillsboro, Beaverton, Tigard, Tualatin, Lake Oswego and Downtown Portland from Natural Grocers’ Beaverton store.

Customers can choose from the full selection of Natural Grocers’ local, natural and organic products on the Instacart marketplace. In addition to offering only USDA Certified Organic fresh produce, and natural and organic meat and grocery items, customers can find a large selection of vitamins and supplements. “Our customers trust us to only source products that meet the highest health, safety and environmental responsibility standards,” says Kemper Isely, co-president of Natural Grocers. “By partnering with Instacart, we can offer Portland-area residents the same great selection, with the added convenience of same-day delivery straight to their home or office – which is especially valuable to those who are busy and don’t have time to make it into our store.” Customers can place orders on the web or while on the go using Instacart’s iOS and Android apps. Instacart Personal Shoppers receive orders on their smartphone devices, handpick the items at Natural Grocers and then make the delivery. “Instacart and Natural Grocers are both committed to providing the highest quality products and superior service,” says Nilam Garenthiran, head of business development and strategy, Instacart. “Given Natural Grocers’ unique selection of healthy living items, it’s exactly the type of store our customers have been wanting to see in the Portland area. For this reason and more, we’re excited to add Natural Grocers to the Instacart marketplace.” Customers can open an account at www.instacart.com and get free delivery on their first order of $10 or more. Instacart also offers Instacart Express – an annual membership that eliminates delivery fees for all orders of $35 or more. The cost is just $99.