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Walmart expands Ibotta partnership for digital savings

- Retail
Unique to this program, rebates will be redeemed and cash provided directly to customers’ Walmart accounts to be used for future Walmart purchases, applied toward a Walmart+ membership, used for grocery delivery and more.

EFI receives grant from Walmart Foundation

- General News
Equitable Food Initiative, the workforce development and certification organization that partners with growers, farmworkers, retailers and consumer groups, announced that the Walmart Foundation has awarded it a new one-year grant of $700,000.

PHOTOS: Walmart refreshes produce department

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Gone are the citrus fruits and purple organics signage along the wet rack, replaced with the signature Walmart blue denoting “Fresh Fruits & Vegetables, Local, Organic.”

Kroger pilots drone grocery delivery

- Retail
Kroger is designing bundled product offerings ideal for meeting customer needs within the current weight limits for drone delivery, which is about five pounds.

EFI named qualified certifying organization for Walmart

- General News
Equitable Food Initiative, the workforce development and certification organization that partners with growers, farmworkers, retailers and consumer groups, announced that it has been recognized as a third-party-verified certification program for Walmart U.S.’s new pollinator health commitments.

Walmart to require IPM from all produce suppliers to protect pollinators

- Retail
Walmart announced a landmark pollinator health policy today, the most far reaching to date of any U.S. food retailer.

Carrefour to acquire Walmart’s Grupo BIG in Brazil

- Retail
Regulatory News: Grupo Carrefour Brasil has entered into an agreement with Advent International and Walmart for the acquisition of Grupo BIG Brasil SA, Brazil’s third-biggest food retailer.

Walmart to use IFCO RPCs for fresh produce

- Retail
IFCO Systems, the world’s largest operator of Reusable Plastic Containers for fresh food packaging, and Walmart, today announced the completion of a multi-year business agreement that will expand the retailer’s use of IFCO RPCs and make IFCO Walmart’s exclusive RPC packaging provider for select fresh fruits and vegetables distributed in the U.S.

UNFI names Walmart veteran senior vice president of produce

- Retail
Dorn Wenninger brings to UNFI more than 25 years of experience in the procurement, sales, marketing, and operations of several prominent packaged foods and retail companies.

Walmart expands automated micro warehouses to expand online grocery

- Retail
The company isn't taking humans entirely out of the process, particularly for items like fresh produce.