Aldi launching delivery service in three markets

Aldi, which offers an assortment dominated by private brands, is teaming with Instacart to get into the grocery delivery game. The German retailer, with U.S. operations based in Batavia, Ill., will test the service in Atlanta, Los Angeles and Dallas. Customers can order groceries from Aldi online and receive their deliveries within an hour. Others grocers use Instacart, including Whole Foods Markets and Publix.

Aldi will roll out delivery across the nation if it is successful in the pilot markets, Scott Patton, Aldi's vice president of corporate buying, told Business Insider.

In June, Aldi announced a $3.4 billion capital investment to expand to 2,500 stores nationwide by the end of 2022 to become the third-largest grocery store by count in the U.S. and serve 100 million customers per month.