Walmart

Walmart is partnering with Instacart to offer same-day delivery starting in a few U.S. markets, making it the latest major grocery chain to team up with Instacart in its fight against Amazon and Whole Foods. The partnership is currently in a pilot phase in four markets across California and Oklahoma. Walmart’s partnership comes at a key time. Consumers are relying on grocery delivery demand at an unprecedented...

El Paso is marking the anniversary of a shooting at a crowded Walmart by remembering the 23 people killed.

A Florida man is facing felony charges for pointing a gun at another Walmart shopper who had told him to wear a mask

Discount grocer Aldi said Tuesday it will open more than 70 stores by the end of the year, with hopes of attracting new customers and wooing some away from grocery rivals including Walmart and Kroger.

Walmart and Sam’s Club became the latest chains to mandate mask use in stores, joining Starbucks, Costco and Apple. Those stores require masks even in states where face coverings in public spaces are not mandatory.

Walmart and Sam’s Club customers will soon be required to put on a mask or face covering before shopping in stores.  The big-box retailer announced the new policy Wednesday and said it will take effect July 20. It said the majority of its approximately 5,000 stores and clubs  — about 65% — are in areas where there’s already some kind of...

Prosecutors say the man accused of killing 22 people and wounding two dozen more at a Walmart in Texas is expected to be reindicted Thursday as he faces another murder charge in the mass shooting that targeted Mexicans.

Walmart will no longer place “multicultural hair care and beauty products” in locked cases in any of its stores, the company confirmed Wednesday.

Nineteen employees at the Sam’s Club distribution center in Worcester have tested positive for the coronavirus, city officials said Tuesday. “It looks like we have another cluster at the Sam’s Club distribution center in Worcester,” City Manager Edward Augustus Jr. said. “That facility is not open to the public, so it is just Sam’s Club employees there.” Back in...

Two more Walmarts in Massachusetts have been temporarily closed after concerns of coronavirus, according to a company spokesperson. As company officials monitor ongoing cases, Walmart announced Wednesday they have decided to close the store in Avon and the Abington location for a second time. “While we followed our process at our Abington store, we have made the decision to close…

A Walmart store in Quincy, Massachusetts, remained closed Tuesday for cleaning after an outbreak of the novel coronavirus that killed an employee and sickened 10 others. The store abruptly shut down Monday afternoon to be sanitized and is not expected to reopen until it has been inspected by city health officials. According to the city, the fatal case was a…

A Quincy Walmart store is closed after 11 employees tested positive for coronavirus and one died.

Eleven employees of a Walmart in Quincy, Massachusetts, have tested positive for coronavirus, and one of those workers has died. Shoppers were greeted by yellow tape Monday afternoon. The store abruptly shut down around 3:30 p.m. “We just came over here, but it’s closed,” said one customer. The city says the employee who died is a woman who’s a...

The Walmart in Worcester, Massachusetts, is getting ready to reopen after a coronavirus outbreak sickened dozens of employees. Professionally deep-cleaned, the Walmart store in Worcester is leaving customers with concerns after 81 of its roughly 400 employees tested positive for COVID-19. “I think it’s quite possible they open tomorrow,” said Worcester City Manager Ed Augustus. “I know our inspectional services…

Authorities are investigating a shooting at a Walmart in Manchester, New Hampshire Sunday afternoon. Manchester Police responded to the parking lot of the Walmart on Gold Street around 2:15 p.m. for a report of a shooting. One person, who hadn’t been shot, was transported to an area hospital for precautionary reasons, while a second person showed up at the...

An outbreak of COVID-19 at a Walmart in Worcester has resulted in another 58 employees testing positive this week.

A Worcester Walmart remains closed as 23 of its employees have tested positive for coronavirus. “The guidance that we generally put out is that if someone tests positive, it’s identified who their immediate contacts are and then you identify the contacts as you know,” Secretary of Health and Human Services Marylou Sudders said Thursday. “If it’s a broad contagion,...

Some local grocery and retail workers are participating in a national protest calling for safer working conditions and increased pay as they continue to work amid the coronavirus pandemic. To convey their concerns, they plan to call out of work Friday as part of a nationwide employee “sickout” involving Target and Whole Foods, as well as Amazon, Instacart, FedEx and Walmart. The grassroots...

Employees at Walmart, Fedex, Target, Instacart, Amazon and Whole Foods are planning a strike today, according to several reports, protesting what they call unsafe working conditions.

A Walmart store in Worcester is set to undergo a deep cleaning Thursday after nearly two dozen workers tested positive for the new coronavirus this month, forcing the location to shut down. Worcester City Manager Edward Augustus said Wednesday that 23 employees of the store off Route 146 had tested positive for COVID-19, the disease cause by the novel coronavirus….