- Walmart is America’s grocery king, selling more food than the next two largest companies combined.
- The retailer is leaning heavily into AI to get perishable foods to store shelves even faster.
- Take a look inside one of Walmart’s state-of-the-art distribution centers for perishable goods.
Walmart is the biggest grocery store in the US, with more shoppers getting their groceries there than from any other retailer.
To keep the shelves of its 4,600 US stores well-stocked, the retailer relies on a vast network of 42 regional distribution centers that receive and sort pallets of merchandise.
On Wednesday, Walmart pulled back the curtain on one of its state-of-the-art AI-powered refrigerated warehouses designed to handle perishable goods like meat, dairy, and produce.
The company says it has completed two all-new builds, with three more on the way, while five existing perishable distribution centers are being upgraded with the tech.
Take a look to see how it works:
The machine raises the pallet and scans the contents…
“We know what we own, in what quantity and where it is, all in near real time,” Dave Guggina, executive vice president of Walmart’s supply chain, told CNBC. “And we know that at a level of proficiency that is significantly improved than what we’ve been able to achieve with manual processes or legacy software.”
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