Forgive me if I’m behind in this, but I live in BFE rural Louisiana and experienced it for the first time yesterday. For the first time ever, I placed an online shipping order and got same day delivery.

Apparently, Spark and Flex are similar to DoorDash and Uber. Drivers download an app, go through a simple process, and start doing same day delivery for the two retail giants. I can see this working in areas like mine for Walmart because of the number of brick and mortar stores that they have. I don’t know if Amazon can pull off same day delivery in my area.

I asked the driver a couple of questions, and it seems that it’s a combination of increased convenience for customers along with Walmart being tired of the inefficient FedEx.

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Posted by Macfly

BR & DS

Member since Jan 2016

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Posted on 5/21/25 at 10:31 am to High C

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Walmart being tired of the inefficient FedEx.

FedEx is absolutely the worst in my neighborhood by delivering to wrong addresses, dropping packages and not delivering on "out for delivery" days.

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Posted by yaboidarrell

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Member since Feb 2017

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Posted on 5/21/25 at 10:37 am to High C

I drove for Flex back in 2019. You deliver Amazon packages in your own personal vehicle and get assigned different routes each shift. One time I had to deliver packages in New Orleans East (area in between Downman Rd and Crowder Blvd). My backseat and trunk were full of packages and here I was driving around one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the country. I still don't know why I didn't quit then and there.

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Posted by Sidicous

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Member since Aug 2015

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Posted on 5/21/25 at 11:05 am to High C

I only recently due to remodeling the pharmacy have had to go inside a Wal Mart in the last couple of 3 years. The discount on gas and free Whopper every quarter of the year are nice little features of the Wally World app. We live just over 1 mile from 1, and within delivery of 4 including superstore and neighborhood markets (BK between us and WM).

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