Amazon is expanding its same-day grocery delivery service to 1,000 cities and towns across the U.S., the company said Wednesday. It's also introducing thousands of perishable grocery items to its offerings,

The online retail giant plans to expand the service to 2,300 U.S. locations by year’s end in its quest to compete with Walmart.

You can order cookware for same-day delivery, but now you can add everything you need alongside it for grandma’s chicken soup recipe,” Doug Herrington, CEO of Worldwide Amazon Stores, stated.