Walmart Resumes Counting Customers in Stores and Grocers Reinstate Limits as Coronavirus Cases Surge

November 17, 2020 Lauren Thomas, CNBC

Walmart beginning Saturday is resuming monitoring and counting the number of customers entering its stores, to make sure it doesn’t exceed capacity limits, as coronavirus cases surge at record rates across the country.

Walmart Teams Up with Cruise to Pilot All-Electric Self-Driving Delivery Powered by 100% Renewable Energy

” What’s unique about Cruise is they’re the only self-driving car company to operate an entire fleet of all-electric vehicles powered with 100% renewable energy, which supports our road to zero emissions by 2040.”

Devanco Foods Hickory Smoked Beef Bacon Launches At Walmart

November 3, 2020 Devanco Foods

As a part of Walmart’s “Made in the USA” initiative, Devanco Foods launches its namesake Beef Bacon at Walmart stores across the Midwest and Northeast. Known as “America’s Steak Bacon™,” the chef-inspired, cured whole-muscle beef bacon is easy to prepare, cooks in half the time, and has fewer calories, fat and sodium than typical pork bacon.

Walmart Ends Contract With Robotics Company, Opts For Human Workers Instead, Report Says

November 3, 2020 Melissa Repko, CNBC

At some Walmart stores, robots have roamed the sales floors and helped check if shelves were stocked. But the big-box retailer has now decided to end its contract with the robotics company behind those machines after finding that people can do about the same work, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.

Walmart Turns Four Stores Into E-Commerce Laboratories as Online Sales Surge

November 2, 2020 Melissa Repko, CNBC

Walmart is turning four of its stores into laboratories that test ways to turn the retailer’s huge physical footprint into a more powerful edge for e-commerce.