It was a big week for peeks at what’s to come in the race for the consumer’s whole paycheck as both Walmart and Amazon had big upgrades to announce. Amazon was particularly busy as it spent much of the week at CES in Las Vegas...
Walmart is aiming to solidify its position as America’s largest grocer with a grocery-picking robot called Alphabot that is said to pick, pack and deliver orders fast, the company announced on Tuesday (Jan. 8). Automated grocery systems like Alphabot can reportedly pick and pack orders...
Walmart announced it is now offering grocery delivery in 50 metro areas across the United States. “When it comes to grocery delivery, we’ve got our foot on the gas,” the company wrote in a blog post. “Combined with third-party crowd-sourced delivery providers, we are well...
May 22, 2023
Walmart has opened its second Market Fulfillment Center (MFC) powered by a proprietary storage and retrieval system. The new MFC opened in Bentonville, Arkansas, on Monday (May 22) following a proof-of-concept that was launched in Salem, New Hampshire, in January 2020, Walmart said in a Monday press release. Both MFCs are powered by Alphabot, a system that uses autonomous carts […]
January 08, 2020
Walmart is aiming to solidify its position as America’s largest grocer with a grocery-picking robot called Alphabot that is said to pick, pack and deliver orders fast, the company announced...
September 25, 2018
Walmart announced it is now offering grocery delivery in 50 metro areas across the United States. “When it comes to grocery delivery, we’ve got our foot on the gas,” the...