Why Walmart farms out deliveries to ‘gig’ drivers

Retail partnership: Leonard is one of the 16.5 million American ‘gig’ workers – people who currently work in contingent jobs or as on-call workers which come at a lower cost for Walmart than full-time employees. — Reuters

ALPHARETTA: Jeff Leonard slides behind the wheel of his burgundy Hyundai Accord and heads to a nearby Walmart Inc store, where he picks up the package of groceries waiting for him.

Roughly an hour later, the 62-year-old delivers vegetables, flavoured water and cleaning supplies to a shopper’s front door.