Grocery Stores That Take Apple Pay (In-Store & Delivery/Pick-Up Options)

Many grocery stores accept Apple Pay as a payment method. We called major grocery chains throughout the U.S. to verify the availability of Apple Pay. Below, we list all of the major grocery chains, grocery delivery/pick-up services, and third-party delivery services that take Apple Pay, as well as those that do not.

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Grocery Stores That Take Apple Pay at the Register

To use Apple Pay in stores at a self-checkout station or cashiered register, you need to add your debit or credit card information to the Wallet app on your iPhone.

Once Apple Pay is set up, to pay with your iPhone, you’ll double-click the side button and authenticate with Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode, then hold your phone to the contactless payment machine. To use your Apple Watch, follow a similar process: double-click the side button, and hold your watch up to the contactless payment machine.

The following grocery stores accept Apple Pay in-store:

Albertsons
ALDI
Amigos
BI-LO
BJs.com (BJ’s Wholesale Club)
Carrs
Costco
Cub Foods
Davis Food & Drug
Dierbergs Markets
Duane Reade
Farm Fresh Food & Pharmacy
Food Lion
FoodMaxx
Giant Food
Hannaford
Harveys Supermarket
Hornbacher’s
Jewel-Osco
Lucky Supermarkets
Market Street
Meijer
Pavilions
Publix
Raley’s
Randalls
Safeway
Save Mart Supermarkets
Schnucks
Shaw’s
SHOP ‘n SAVE
Shoppers
Sprouts Farmers Market
Star Market
Stater Bros.
Stop & Shop
Supervalu Food Stores
Target
Tom Thumb
Trader Joe’s
United Supermarkets
Vons
Walgreens
Wegmans
Whole Foods Market
Winn-Dixie

Note: Our previous research details how to get cash back with Apple Pay.

Grocery Delivery and Pick-Up Services That Take Apple Pay

Grocery Store Delivery and Drive-Up Services

To use Apple Pay for a grocery store delivery or drive-up service, you will need both the Wallet app and the store’s app on your iPhone. Add items to your cart in the store’s app and, when checking out, choose Apple Pay as your method of payment.

The following brick-and-mortar grocery stores accept Apple Pay for their pick-up and delivery services:

Albertsons Delivery & Pick Up
Bashas Grocery Delivery
Carrs Grocery Delivery
Food Lion Delivery
Raley’s Pick-up & Delivery
Shoppers Store Pickup
Target Drive Up

You can also use Apple Pay for Thrive Market’s delivery service. Thrive Market is an online-only, organic grocery website and app that delivers groceries by mail. Membership is required to shop and costs about $60 per year.

Third-Party Grocery Delivery Services

You can use Apple Pay to pay for third-party delivery services the same way you pay for grocery store deliveries — you will need both the Wallet app and the delivery service’s app. Just choose Apple Pay as your payment method during checkout.