Wal-Mart Helps Neighbors in Community

An example of a grocery retailer aiming at improved local community regarding services tailored to current emergencies.

Walmart launches ‘Neighbors Helping Neighbors’ program
Partnership with Nextdoor allows customers to shop for their neighbors when making a trip to Walmart   By Michael Browne in SupermarketNews

Walmart Neighbors Helping Neighbors The Neighbors Helping Neighbors initiative follows recent moves by Walmart to make other shopping services contact-free, such as checking out with Walmart Pay and curbside pickup and delivery services.

Walmart and online neighborhood hub Nextdoor announced Thursday the “Neighbors Helping Neighbors” program, an effort to make it easier for neighbors across the United States to help one another during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Through the new program, Nextdoor members in cities across the country can now request assistance — or offer to help someone in their community — with shopping for their essential items at Walmart. According to the companies, this support network makes it easier for vulnerable community members to coordinate the pickup and delivery of their groceries, medications and other essentials with a neighbor who is already planning a shopping trip to their local Walmart store — completely contact-free.

The Neighbors Helping Neighbors initiative follows recent moves by Walmart to make other shopping services contact-free, such as checking out with Walmart Pay and curbside pickup and delivery services..... "