Amazon is expanding its same-day grocery delivery service to 1,000 cities and towns across the U.S., the company said Wednesday. It's also introducing thousands of perishable grocery items to its offerings,

The online retail giant plans to expand the service to 2,300 U.S. locations by year’s end in its quest to compete with Walmart.

In 2024, Amazon raked in more than $100 billion in gross sales of groceries and household essentials — excluding Whole Foods and Amazon Fresh