Costco rolls out curbside pickup with Instacart at a few clubs. Could the service expand to more locations?

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Curbside pickup, which has grown dramatically in popularity and availability during the coronavirus pandemic, is now being offered at Costco's three New Mexico clubs.

The Albuquerque clubs have rolled out the new service with Instacart for members who can purchase about 2,000 items including groceries and select non-food items. Costco also partners with the online and on-demand grocery company for same-day deliveries.

But the added convenience comes at a price. There's a $10 pickup fee on each order and the minimum order is $100, Costco says on its website, adding each pickup warehouse has "dedicated pickup parking spaces."

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"Item prices are the same as warehouse pricing at the time the order is placed," the website notes. "Item prices may fluctuate up or down from the price quoted when the order was placed."

Costco said in a statement to USA TODAY that the company is testing curbside pickup on "a limited basis in one market at this time."

On its website, Costco said store employees prepare the orders and deliver to members' vehicles and that curbside pickup "adds an additional expense to our low-cost business model and limited markup structure."

Back in December, Richard Galanti, Costco’s chief financial officer, said the company did not have plans to add buy online, pickup in-store like competitors. Sam's Club and BJ's Wholesale Club added curbside to locations nationwide over the summer.

“We continue to look at it and scratch our heads a little bit,” Galanti said during the Dec. 10 earnings call. “But at this juncture, we don't have any current plan to do so."

Retailers including Best Buy, Macy's, Kohl's, Old Navy and Signet Jewelers also added curbside pickup during the pandemic as shoppers try to make fewer trips.

Costco has started to offer "Order Online Pickup in the Warehouse" for select items, including some electronics and jewelry.

For curbside pickup, Instacart works with more than 60 grocery retailers, including Albertsons, Aldi, Food Lion, Publix, Sprouts, The Fresh Market and Wegmans, and offers pickup at more than 3,300 stores across 30 plus states.

Instacart also delivers from 500 national, regional and local retailers and offers same-day delivery with several non-grocery retailers including the Disney store, Sephora, Bed Bath & Beyond, Best Buy, Big Lots and Staples.

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