By Arriana McLymore

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Subscribers to Amazon.com’s Prime service can now receive strawberries, milk, meats and frozen dinners on the same day they order them as the company expands its fast-delivery option to perishable food items, Amazon announced on Wednesday.

It is the latest move by Amazon to compete with grocery delivery services offered by Walmart+ and Instacart.

Shoppers in more than 1,000 U.S. cities – including Phoenix; Raleigh, North Carolina; and Tampa, Florida – can get ice cream delivered to their doors within hours, while Amazon plans to expand the service to 2,300 cities by the end of the year. The company announced in June that it is investing $4 billion to bring same-day and next-day delivery services to more than 4,000 rural U.S. communities by the end

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