The company delivered over 8 billion items the same or next day in the U.S., it said in a Tuesday (Feb. 3) press release.
Half of the items delivered at that speed were groceries and everyday essentials, according to the release.
“One of the big reasons customers join Prime is to save time and money, and our record-breaking delivery speeds are helping members save more of both,” Doug Herrington, CEO of Worldwide Amazon Stores, said in the release.
During 2025, Amazon expanded the geographic reach of Same-Day and Next-Day Delivery to Prime members in more than 4,000 smaller cities, towns and rural areas across 44 states; integrated thousands of perishable groceries into its existing Same-Day Delivery service; and expanded Same-Day prescription delivery through Amazon Pharmacy, leveraging Amazon’s existing Same-Day Delivery network, per the release.
The company also extended the reach of Amazon Now, which delivers everyday essentials, fresh groceries and locally in-demand items in under 30 minutes. It expanded Amazon Now in India, Mexico and the United Arab Emirates, and began testing the service in the United States and the United Kingdom.
When Amazon announced in December that it was testing 30-minute delivery in parts of Philadelphia and Seattle, the company said it was using smaller facilities that are designed for efficient order fulfillment and strategically placed close to customers’ homes and workplaces.
“Amazon continues to deliver faster speeds on a broader selection while also improving workplace safety for employees and delivery partners,” the company said in its Tuesday press release, speaking of all its delivery services. “The company’s speed improvements come primarily from placing products closer to customers. The teams picking, packing and driving to customers’ homes are doing the exact same work for orders that arrive the same or next day as orders that used to arrive in two or more days.”
PYMNTS Intelligence found in 2023 that a small but significant share of consumers steer clear of grocers’ physical stores completely, turning to their digital devices to purchase food and beverages.
Fourteen percent of consumers said that in the previous 30 days, they had exclusively purchased groceries using interconnected devices, according to the PYMNTS Intelligence and PayPal collaboration “Consumer Interest in an Everyday App.”