More people are now using Apple Pay after more merchants and retail establishments started to offer the mobile payment service in their stores, just in time for the upcoming holiday shopping rush. 

On Tuesday, the Cupertino-based company officially revealed that a good number of grocery and retail stores located in cities around Chicago, New England, as well as southeast Texas decided to sign up for the services offered by Apple Pay. 

Some of the new Apple Pay merchants that will join Whole Foods in offering the services include Shaw's Supermarkets, Bi-Lo, Albertson's, Jewel Osco, Associated Food Stores, Winn-Dixie, as well as Harvey's. 

MacWorld printed a list of retail shops that now accept payments from Apple's mobile wallet, including major department stores like Bloomingdale's and Macy's. Clothing stores like Aeropostale, American Eagle Outfitters, The Disney Store and Nike also accept the mobile payment, as well as footwear shops and sports brands like Foot Locker, including Kids Foot Locker, Lady Foot Locker, House of Hoops, and Run by Foot Locker. Footaction and Sports Authority also signed up to receive Apple Pay transactions. 

Other major retailers like Babies "R" Us, BJ's Wholesale Club, Champs Sports, Duane Reade, Meijer, Office Depot, Panera Bread, RadioShack, Six:02, Staples, Toys "R" Us, Walgreens and Wegmans are also mentioned to accept payments from Apple Pay, while big gas stations like Chevron and Texaco, including retail stores like ExtraMile as well as Petco and Unleashed by Petco have Apple Pay in their systems. 

Fast food giants McDonald's and Subway also accept Apple Pay as payments for all food purchases. 

Also, the website listed the banks that signed up to become the credit and debit partners of Apple Pay, including American Express, Bank of America, Barclaycard, CapitalOne, Chase, Citi, J.P. Morgan, M&T Bank, MasterCard, Merrill Lynch, Navy Federal, Credit Union, PNC, Regions, U.S. Bank, U.S. Trust, USAA, Visa, as well as Wells Fargo. 

Apple Pay users are excited to try making their purchases with mobile payment transactions for the first time. Some even took their reactions to Twitter, saying that the process was "smooth and seamless," "brilliant and easy," and "it just magically worked."