Walmart is getting into restaurant delivery, beginning with Subway

Walmart could soon start eating DoorDash and Uber Eats’ lunch as it begins to experiment in the restaurant delivery space.

On Thursday, Walmart announced it would begin delivering Subway items as part of Express Delivery this month, either on its own or alongside other products such as groceries. Customers will pay a flat Walmart Express Delivery fee as they do for other items. There are roughly 1,400 Subway locations inside Walmart stores, making it the company’s largest in-store restaurant tenant.

Walmart’s ambitions in restaurant deliveries are far larger than Subway, however. The company has built the groundwork for a restaurant ordering experience within the Walmart app and website, allowing customers to customize food items and sharing the checkout screen with other items.

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