Grocery delivery, decoded.
One honest cost guide per service — the real fees, the membership break-even math, and where each one actually delivers. No invented numbers. Want the answer for your exact basket instead? Use the best-deal finder.
- No service fee · $7.95 delivery
Walmart+
No service fee, $7.95 delivery, and free once you clear $35 as a member. Here's what Walmart+ really costs, who it pays off for, and where it actually delivers.
Read the cost guide - 5% service · $5.99 delivery
Instacart
Instacart is a marketplace layered over dozens of stores, with moderate fees: 5% service, $5.99 delivery on $35+, and an optional 10% tip. The retailer you pick moves your total far more than the fees do.
Read the cost guide - No service fee · $9.95 delivery
Amazon Fresh
Amazon Fresh has the cleanest fee sheet of any major delivery service — $0 service charge, no tip prompt — but it only pays off if you already keep Prime and push each order past $100. Here's the real math.
Read the cost guide - 5% service · $5.99 delivery
Aldi (delivery)
Aldi is the modeled value leader — about 12% under Walmart on a typical basket and far below Whole Foods. But it runs no delivery app of its own: every order rides on Instacart, and those fees decide whether the savings actually reach your door.
Read the cost guide - No service fee · $9.95 delivery
Whole Foods
Since the Instacart split, Whole Foods delivery runs through Amazon Fresh and needs Prime. Here's the real fee, the break-even math, and the narrow group it actually wins for.
Read the cost guide - 5% service · $5.99 delivery
Sprouts
Sprouts delivers through Instacart across the West, Southwest, and Southeast. Here's the real fee stack, the break-even math, and where it beats — and loses to — the cheaper stores.
Read the cost guide - 5% service · $5.99 delivery
Wegmans
Wegmans runs its home delivery through Instacart across the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and parts of the Southeast. Here's what the fees really add up to on a real basket — and the order sizes where the premium pays off.
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