- Walmart is the king of American grocery stores, selling more groceries than the next two companies combined.
- The retailer relies heavily on AI to get fresh produce on shelves faster.
- Take a peek inside Walmart’s state-of-the-art fresh food distribution center.
Walmart is the largest grocery store in the United States, with more shoppers buying their groceries there than at any other retailer.
To keep the shelves of its 4,600 U.S. stores well-stocked, the retailer relies on a vast network of 42 regional distribution centers that receive and sort palletized goods.
Walmart on Wednesday unveiled one of its most advanced, AI-powered refrigerated warehouses designed to handle perishable goods like meat, dairy, and produce.
The company said construction on two new facilities has been completed and three more are underway, while five existing fresh produce distribution centres are also being upgraded with the technology.
Let’s see how it works:
The machine picks up the pallet and scans the contents…
“We know in near real time what’s in stock, how much is in stock and where it is,” said Dave Gugina, Walmart’s vice president of supply chain. CNBC“And we know we can achieve a level of proficiency that is much greater than we could ever achieve with manual processes or traditional software.”
