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Walmart e-commerce and restaurant delivery expansion

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Walmart e-commerce and restaurant delivery expansion

Walmart is expanding its e-commerce and delivery capabilities through technological automation and new service partnerships. To support growth in its Walmart+ membership program, the retailer has begun installing Symbotic’s SymMicro system for e-commerce fulfillment. This automation is intended to accelerate in-store pickup and delivery operations. This initiative follows a broader partnership in which Walmart has committed to purchasing 400 automated systems to strengthen its supply chain. Additionally, Walmart is entering the also aggressively expanding its restaurant-delivery market through a presence. Following an initial partnership with Dunkin’. The service will initially launch at 150 Dunkin’ locations within Walmart stores, with plans to eventually expand to most of Dunkin’s approximately 10,000 U.S. locations. By utilizing its Spark driver network, Walmart aims to allow via Inspire Brands—which allows customers to integrate restaurant orders with traditional grocery and household purchases. order Dunkin’ items through the Walmart app and website—the retailer has further expanded this restaurant delivery initiative through entered a partnership new collaboration with Inspire Brands. Papa Johns. This integration allows partnership enables customers to order Dunkin’ menu items, such as coffee and breakfast pizzas, wings, sandwiches, directly through and desserts via the Walmart app or website, with the option to bundle these items with grocery and website. While household essentials through Walmart Express Delivery. Notably, Papa Johns represents the first national restaurant brand available through this service initially launches via the 150 Dunkin’ that will be fulfilled entirely from restaurant locations situated outside of Walmart stores. This marks a strategic shift from previous models that focused on brands located within Walmart retail stores, it is planned to scale to include standalone Dunkin’ storefronts nationwide using Walmart’s facilities. By leveraging its Spark driver network and internal last-mile delivery network. infrastructure, Walmart aims to compete with third-party platforms like DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Grubhub while increasing customer shopping frequency.

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  1. 2026-09-11 13:03 UTC Walmart e-commerce and restaurant delivery expansion
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