Walmart Unveils 16-foot-tall, High-Tech Vending Machines as Part of $ 35.6M Remodeling in Nebraska

Omaha World Herald Retail & FoodService July 10, 2019

Walmart says it plans to spend about $35.6 million in Nebraska during the next year for the remodeling of seven stores.

The renovations will include installation of “pickup towers’’ — 16-foot-tall towers that Walmart describes as high-tech vending machines capable of fulfilling a customer’s online order in less than a minute.

Gretna residents got their first look Friday at the newly remodeled Walmart Supercenter at 11350 Wickersham Blvd. during a grand reopening celebration.

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