Walmart’s Entrance into Beef Supply Chain Not Expected to Drive Near Term Changes to Cattle Industry

February 5, 2020 CoBank

“Walmart sees opportunity and is moving up the supply chain at a time of historically high margins for beef processors,” said Will Sawyer, animal protein economist with CoBank. “We believe their current beef strategy is something of a test, not only for Walmart and its suppliers, but also its customers.”

Walmart Takes a Step Toward Owning the Food Chain

Although Walmart’s plant is a step toward a farm-to-shelf meat production, Walmart doesn’t actually operate the facility, nor does it own any cows or butcher the meat.

Walmart Opens Beef-Packing Plant

Walmart’s plan to control a portion of the beef supply for its stores took a step forward Friday with the opening of a south Georgia meat processing plant owned by Walmart Inc.

How Walmart’s Alphabot is Helping to Revolutionize Online Grocery Pickup and Delivery

January 10, 2020 TJ Stallbaumer, Walmart Blog

In Salem, New Hampshire, a Walmart supercenter is rolling into the future. Alphabot, a first-of-its-kind piece of tech, is now fully operational and working with associates. Its goal? To revolutionize the online grocery pickup and delivery process for associates and customers.

What Happened When Walmart Realized ‘Good Enough’ Wasn’t

Walmart has earned much praise under CEO Doug McMillon the past couple of years for learning how to compete in the age of Amazon, but it wasn’t that long ago that the retailer was dangerously content being the world’s largest retailer.