Walmart Files for (Another) High-Tech Shopping Cart Patent
Most of us probably think that aside from the occasional wonky wheel, shopping carts are pretty good as-is. Put stuff in, wheel said stuff around. Done. Walmart, however, seems hellbent […]
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Walmart Acquires Cornershop, While Jet.com Gets in a New York State of Mind
Walmart announced yesterday that it is expanding its digital presence in Latin America with the $225 million acquisition of Cornershop, an online marketplace for on-demand delivery from supermarkets in Mexico […]
With its own Grocery Delivery Service, Walmart Grabs More Data
Walmart is leaving no stone unturned when it comes to getting you your groceries. As of today, that includes testing out its own delivery service (h/t Food Dive). The retailing […]
Walmart to Sell Gobble Meal Kits — but Only Online
Gobble announced a partnership today to sell its meal kits through Walmart’s e-commerce site (via Fortune). The move will get Gobble’s meal kits in front of Walmart’s vast online audience. […]
The Weekly Spoon: Grocery Tech Exploding; Zest Labs Sues Walmart; Apeel Raises $70M
This is the post version of our weekly (twice-weekly, actually) newsletter. If you’d like to get the weekly Spoon in your inbox, you can subscribe here. In the immortal words of […]
Zest Labs Sues Walmart for $2B Alleging Food Waste Tech Theft
Fighting food waste is a big problem with a big business opportunity for the growing number of companies trying to reduce it. Whenever there’s big money to be made, lawsuits […]
Walmart, Amazon and Target Make Same-Day Delivery Moves (on the Same Day)
Walmart announced yesterday that it was partnering with Postmates to expand the retailer’s online grocery delivery ambitions. This new delivery option started in Charlotte, NC, as of yesterday, and will […]
Walmart’s New Patent Filings Look to Farming, Drones, and “Bee Robots”
Not to be outdone by Amazon, Walmart has rolled out a series of updates to its grocery business recently, including a partnership between its Sam’s Club wing and Instacart, the […]
Walmart Believes Its New Freshness Technology Can Reduce Food Waste
A crucial area for technology in the food world’s battle against waste zooms in on the ability to track the freshness of produce as it travels from farm to […]
Walmart Issued Patent for Robot Shopping Cart
Yesterday, U.S. Patent No. 9,908,760 B2 was awarded to Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. for “Shopping facility assistance systems, devices and methods to drive movable item containers.” Translation, robot shopping carts could […]
BuzzFeed and Walmart Launch Tasty Line of Cookware
BuzzFeed, maker of the wildly popular Tasty cooking video series, announced today that it is teaming up with Walmart to debut an exclusive line of Tasty cookware. The move is […]
Fro-No? Wim Yogurt Closes Doors As Team Heads To Walmart
Wim, the company behind a frozen yogurt machine which utilizes proprietary pods to create fro-yo at home, has suspended operations according to a message on the company’s website. It was […]
