Posted on 08/17/2017 2:34:35 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Competition is heating up among U.S. grocery chains, but Americans are increasingly buying their food at Walmart.
The retailer on Thursday said food sales had grown to their highest level in five years, as Walmart expands its grocery business both in stores and online by adding more organic produce. The company is also testing grocery delivery in New York, and has taken aggressive steps to compete with Amazon.com.
Weve seen strong results from the rollout of online grocery, which is now in more than 900 U.S. locations, Doug McMillon, president and chief executive of Walmart, said in a Thursday call with analysts. Were expanding this service in many of our markets around the world.
Food sales make up more half of Walmarts revenue, accounting for nearly $200 billion worth of groceries each year, said Joseph Feldman, an analyst for Telsey Advisory Group in New York. (By comparison, the countrys second-largest grocery chain, Kroger, brought in $115.3 billion last year.)
Theres been a real effort to improve fresh foods produce, meats and theyve been very aggressive in keeping prices low, Feldman said. Big picture, were feeling pretty good about Walmart.
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I prefer the Inorganic Produce....
I will not support WMT. I’ve always disliked shopping WMT, but was drug there against my will by the other half. Not anymore.
We have a Walmart Superstore here in Prescott AZ, and it is really a great store to shop for food - great prices and great selection of surprising quality brands. We also have a wonderful Trader Joe’s. So we buy the regular stuff at great prices at WM and the cool stuff at TJ’s.
Their meats, cheeses and produce are better quality.
Never buy meat or produce at Walmart.
I am in supermarket heaven TJs, Walmart, Fresh Market, Fresh Thyme, Target, and 2 local chains/ Eight or so grocery stores within 2-3 miles of our home.
Pre-processed foods though? Sure. Cheerios are Cheerios, doesn't matter if you buy at WalMart or the grocery store.
WalMart always has a fair price. You can do better on loss leaders at the grocery store, but if you want, say, Cheerios, and they're not on special? WM is the place to go, at least local to me.
What's interesting - again, to me at least - is that oftentimes, the "markdown" (not a loss leader, just a "lower price") price at the grocery is approximately equal to that of WM. Tells me what the real price of the stuff is, and how much the markup at the grocery store is.
Not on a weekly basis for two people - much too much stuff you have to buy.
Never buy meat or produce at Walmart.
You probably haven't been in the kind of Walmart Superstore I'm talking about. They have some superb meats. We've had sandwiches made with sliced mesquite turkey from the Walmart deli and they were so good. Their strawberries are great in season. They've got the best deviled egg potato salad. Bananas are great and so are the Fuji Apples.
Within 4 miles we have our choice including TJ’s, Sprouts, Aldi, Grocery Outlet, Smart & Final as well as all the regular stores like Vons, Food Maxx, Albertsons, and Walmart. I never go to Vons, Albertsons, or Walmart.
We also have a Sams Club and Costco in that perimeter.
My fave is Smart &final. Ours has fresh produce and everything.
Man, I’d spend all day going around getting samples. No need to cook. :)
You may not have been in the kind of Walmart Superstore I’m talking about. They have some superb meats. We’ve had sandwiches made with sliced mesquite turkey from the Walmart deli and they were so good. Their strawberries are great in season. They’ve got the best deviled egg potato salad. Bananas are great and so are the Fuji Apples.
Aldi has better prices than Costco!! Love, love, love Aldi.
Yep. Aldi has changed our lives, and it’s not hyperbole to say so.
That said, I’m not a huge fan of some of their meats. Hamburger and chicken is fine, everything else seems to be low quality.
I think Aldis vary in quality from store to store. Mine has terrific produce, better than any other store in town. Beef, not so much.
But I think Walmart’s meat prices are high.
Aldi’s produce seems to be better and cheaper than Walmart.
I was until a day or two ago ... never again.
I’ve shopped at both and I don’t think the prices are that great at either. Quality is the same as everyplace else, but Costco you have to buy stupid amounts a lot of time. I’ve bought plenty of meat and produce at WM though, absolutely nothing wrong with it, but it’s not escpecially cheap. I can get much better deals at FoodMax. Costtco does have a great fresh baked large pizza for ten bucks though.
So what store doesn’t take EBT? Why single out Walmart?
Bill, you said “Cheerios are Cheerios, doesn’t matter if you buy at WalMart or the grocery store.”
Unfortunately, you’re wrong. I learned this the hard way. I won’t go into how I learned it but suffice it to say, the Cheerios you purchase at Walmart or Target or even Costco don’t necessarily come from the General Mills factory. GM sells their recipe to companies who manufacture the cereal and order the boxes. What you get in the box depends on that particular factory and if they’re abiding and purchasing their ingredients as they’ve been instructed to.
Walmart and Sam’s Club, especially, I’ve noticed certain items don’t taste quite right sometimes. Almost, but not quite.
Buyer beware.
After relocated to West Virginia two years ago, I’ve noticed that Walmart is the best and sometimes the only place to buy groceries in small towns like Spencer, WV. I use to hate Walmart. Now I am grateful.
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