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Wal-Mart, America's Largest Grocer, Is Now Selling Ugly Fruit And Vegetables

4:55pm July 20, 2016

by Maria Godoy

Lots of tasty, nutritious produce ends up in landfills because it doesn't meet retail beauty standards. Now Wal-Mart is testing sales of wonky apples and spuds in hundreds of Texas and Florida stores.

Wal-Mart says most of the stores it plans to close will be gone by the end of the month.

Wal-Mart To Close 269 Stores, Including 154 In U.S.

6:08pm January 15, 2016

by Laura Wagner

Most of the American outlets on the chopping block are Wal-Mart Express stores. Those are the company's smallest-format locations. Wal-Mart also said it will open 300 new stores in the coming year.

Wal-Mart employee Adriana Cajuso takes payment from customer Yoalmi Matias at a store in Miami. By mid-2016, Wal-Mart says, customers will have the option of paying via their smartphones.

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Wal-Mart To Launch New Mobile Pay System In 2016

5:39pm December 10, 2015

by Camila Domonoske

There's already Apple Pay, Android Pay and Samsung Pay. Prepare for Wal-Mart Pay: a feature in Wal-Mart's app that will allow shoppers to check out with their smartphones.

Joining Amazon, Google and other companies, Walmart will test drones for commercial uses like home deliveries.

National

Ready, Set, Drone: Walmart Joins Amazon, Google In Testing Delivery Drones

7:50pm October 26, 2015

by Laura Wagner

Walmart has applied to U.S. regulators for permission to test drones for home delivery and curbside pick up.

Wal-Mart employee Dayngel Fernandez stocks shelves in the produce department of a Miami store in February. Activists say the company's recent corporate policy changes don't address systemic labor and environmental problems.

Why Wal-Mart's Labor Issues Run Deeper Than Too Much Justin Bieber

5:06pm June 05, 2015

by Eliza Barclay

Wal-Mart has said it will turn up the heat and turn down the Justin Bieber music at stores to appease employees. But it's not addressing the most glaring problems in its supply chain, activists say.

Jessey Drewsen, 25, lives near the H Street Wal-Mart in Washington, D.C. She says she doesn't like the store, but that she goes there for cheap supplies like pens.

When Wal-Mart Comes To Town, What Does It Mean For Workers?

3:58pm April 03, 2015

by Jennifer Ludden

Wal-Mart has long been criticized for low pay and erratic work schedules. So when the retailer arrives in a community, it stirs controversy — but it also brings jobs and low prices.

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A woman pushes a cart at a Costco store in Hackensack, N.J., in 2013. Big-box stores are effective delivery devices for fattening foods, economists argue in a new study.

Have Big-Box Superstores Helped To Make Us Fat?

2:21pm February 23, 2015

by Alan Greenblatt

A study argues that the density of restaurants and large-scale food retailers in parts of the U.S. has been a major factor in the rise of obesity. But some see it as a "chicken and egg" problem.

Economy

AFL-CIO Supports Black Friday Strikes Against Walmart

4:00am November 28, 2014

by Doreen McCallister

Since 2012, Our Walmart, an employee labor group, has been staging strikes on the day after Thanksgiving. The group wants workers to get more full-time jobs and make a living wage of $15 an hour.

Economy

CVS Pulls Apple Pay, And Many See A Fight Over Mobile Wallets

3:25pm October 27, 2014

by Bill Chappell

Rite Aid took the same step, leading many observers to note that the two companies are part of a group of retailers that's developing its own payment system, called CurrentC.