This chapter compares Walmart's approach of keeping its pharmacy in-house to Target's outsourcing of their pharmacy to CVS in the health and wellness sector. It discusses Walmart's growing role in the healthcare industry, their focus on selling a large portion of the country's food and weight loss products, and how they are reconfiguring their stores for e-commerce and faster delivery.
More of us are going to Walmart, but Aldi just made a big move that has put it on the radar of Big Grocery.
Bill Barker and Deidre Woollard discuss: - Whether Walmart is learning from grocers or grocers are learning from Walmart. - If an Aldi acquisition spells the end of the beloved Winn-Dixie brand. - Why Amazon has struggled with getting grocery right.
Companies discussed: WMT, TGT, KR, ACI, AMZN
Host: Deidre Woollard Guest: Bill Barker Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineer: Dan Boyd
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