US retail giant Walmart is to partner with taxi service Uber to run a pilot delivery programme.
The company has also teamed up with Uber’s competitor Lyft and crowdsourced same-day delivery company Deliv.

Walmart will start with tests of grocery delivery through Uber in Phoenix and Lyft in Denver, which is expected to start within the next two weeks.

In a blog post announcing the programme, Walmart said: “We’re thrilled about the possibility of delivering new convenient options to our customers, and about working with some transformative companies in this test. We’ll start small and let our customers guide us, but testing new things like last-mile delivery allows us to better evaluate the various ways we can best serve our customers how, when and where they need us.”