Interesting to me as I also picked up groceries this morning at Walmart. The only thing they were out of was a two pack of Barilla alfredo sauce. They simply substituted two single jars.
It really is easier doing your shopping by computer. I do wonder if it is a good thing for them. It must take up a lot of man hours for their employees for a free service.
They must be pushing it tho. The employees are unusually friendly as if that is taught to them.
It is easier for us, and faster and less expensive man hours for a new hire to gather and bag our orders versus a 15 year checker pushing our purchases thru the scanners.
Also, it eliminates someone stocking your buddies goods instead of what is ordered.
Our Walmart had a new manager, and I discussed with her how certain items were all ways out of stock and competitive brands were on hand. Yet those out of stock products were available at competitors.
She started looking at what was ordered and out of stock and realized that something was wrong.
Since, then most of the outs have been taken care of with the new manager.