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Sam's Club stores is axing all self-checkouts from its 600 stores — in favor of controversial new technology. The Walmart-owned warehouse chain, often seen as Costco's biggest rival, is rolling out AI-powered 'Scan & Go' tech that lets shoppers skip the line and walk straight out the door once they're done shopping. The move is controversial because it uses a network of cameras and sensors to track shoppers and their carts. In addition, the checkout-free experience requires all customers to use a smartphone and download the store’s app. This could pose a challenge to older shoppers who may struggle with...

Just days after grocery giant Kroger told The Washington Stand that the abortion drug mifepristone was listed on their Health Savings Club pharmacy website due to an “error” and removed the listing, wholesale giant Sam’s Club has likewise stated that it too erroneously listed the abortion pill on its pharmacy website due to an error committed by a “third-party vendor.” On Wednesday, Live Action News reported that Sam’s Club’s previous online listing of the abortion drug was removed, with a spokesperson telling the outlet, “We use a third-party vendor to aggregate medication pricing, and their tool provided incorrect information.” On...

While the holiday shopping season has already begun, no retail occasion gets more buzz this time of year than Black Friday. If you have a Sam's Club membership, you'll want to keep many deals on your radar before setting foot in the warehouse club. Throughout November, Sam's Club is offering discounts on various products and holding "doorbuster" events each weekend. From Nov. 22 through Nov. 24, the retailer will offer deals on toys and gifts. Then, on Nov. 27 at 9:01 p.m. EST, Plus members will get early online access to Sam's Club's Black Friday deals, which will be available...

Sam's Club offers members an embarrassment of riches regarding food options. From prepared meals to baked goods like fall pies, members can complete their weekly grocery runs at their local warehouse, stocking up their refrigerators and pantries with many items sold in bulk. Equally as impressive is Sam's Club's array of frozen foods, including appetizers, entrées, desserts, and everything in between.

Photo courtesy of FDA Doctors need to be on the lookout for lead poisoning in children as the latest tally of kids exposed to the toxin after consuming pouches of cinnamon-flavored apple puree climbed to 22, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday. In a health advisory the agency sent out to healthcare providers, officials said any provider who has such a patient should report it to local health authorities. The agency added that it is working with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and state and local partners to investigate the link. But there are already...

As electric vehicles (EVs) become increasingly popular, Walmart has announced plans to build EV charging stations at thousands of Walmart and Sam’s Club locations across the country by 2030. “With a store or club located within 10 miles of approximately 90% of Americans, we are uniquely positioned to deliver a convenient charging option that will help make EV ownership possible whether people live in rural, suburban, or urban areas,” wrote Walmart’s Senior Vice President of Energy Transformation Vishal Kapadia in a release. By installing charging stations across the country, Walmart makes owning an EV easier for drivers who worry they...

China’s anti-corruption watchdog has threatened Walmart Inc. with a consumer boycott, accusing the U.S. retail giant of “stupidity and shorted-sightedness” over its removal of Xinjiang-sourced products from its Sam's Club online app in response to the forced labor of religious minorities and the genocide of Uyghur Muslims. The Chinese Communist Party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection accused Walmart and its Sam’s Club chain of boycotting products from the northwestern region of Xinjiang and trying to “muddle through” the controversy by not responding to complaints or releasing a statement, Reuters reported. “To take down all products from a region without a...

Friday afternoon, Walmart (WMT) executives sent out a letter to Walmart and Sam's Club stores as well as supply chain facilities encouraging employees to get vaccinated. The letter noted that as of Friday, "vaccinated customers and members are welcome to shop without a mask," while unvaccinated shoppers are asked to keep wearing masks in stores. Employees who are fully vaccinated will be permitted to work without masks starting May 18, the letter said, adding that some workers may have to continue to wear masks for health or sanitation reasons. The letter added that "masks will also continue to be required...

Walmart and Sam’s Club announced on Tuesday that pharmacy locations nationwide will begin administering walk-up COVID-19 vaccines in addition to pre-scheduled appointments. Vaccine recipients do not have to be a member of Sam’s Club to get the shot, according to a news release. The company, which has more than 5,100 pharmacy locations, also announced an initiative to combat vaccine hesitancy.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 31-year-old woman accused of walking away from a crash on Beach Boulevard on Friday night before shooting her way into the Sam’s Club across the street is charged with seven counts of aggravated assault, shooting into an occupied building and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Jacksonville police called to reports of shots fired at the shopping club about 9:30 p.m. were told witnesses heard popping sounds and saw a person with a gun go into the business after it had closed for the night. After clearing the store and finding no one injured...

Went to Sam's Club on my lunch break to pick up some items for the office and was VERY pleasantly surprised to find an end cap in a prominent position, with a stack of MyPillows!

Walmart and Sam's Club shoppers will be required to wear face masks to prevent coronavirus spread in all stores starting July 20, the company announced Wednesday. "Currently about 65 percent of our more than 5,000 stores and clubs are located in areas where there is some form of government mandate on face coverings. To help bring consistency across stores and clubs, we will require all shoppers to wear a face covering," the retail giant said in a blog post.

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A Memphis man was arrested after police say he tried to break into a local Sam’s Club to exercise his “freedom of rights.”

Starting life before there was a town as four walls and some dry goods for fur trappers, it served its first beer just 19 years after the town was founded and near-half a century before it was incorporated.The story below is the third in a series on America’s small businesses, their struggles under the shutdowns, and what they’re doing to survive. Over two weeks, The Federalist is traveling the country to tell more stories like this one.HUNTSVILLE, UTAH — Across the Wasatch mountains from the county seat of Ogden, in a tony country neighborhood by the Pineview Reservoir, and around...

last year Buffett donated $169 million to the NoVo Foundation, a charity run by his youngest son, Peter, and Peter’s wife, Jennifer. ... Some of the foundation’s resources are directed towards radical activism that clearly benefits Buffett’s bottom line. In fact, money Buffett donated to the NoVo Foundation has been used to attack companies that compete with Berkshire Hathaway's subsidiaries and holdings. ... In 2017, NoVo donated $3.5 million to the “Clean Clothes Campaign” managed by the liberal Tides Foundation.. ... Why would the NoVo Foundation fund a series of crusades focused on ferociously targeting Walmart and Sam’s Club? It...

This afternoon, over 8,000 Starbucks locations will shut their doors so employees can attend diversity training. If you're looking for your afternoon jolt, you'll have to go elsewhere. Last month, Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson were arrested in a Philadelphia Starbucks while waiting for a business meeting. A video capturing the arrest went viral. The coffee chain's CEO, Kevin Johnson, issued a personal apology on Good Morning America, calling the incident “completely inappropriate” and “reprehensible.” “While this is not limited to Starbucks, we’re committed to being a part of the solution,” Johnson said. “Closing our stores for racial bias training...

When people go into a Starbucks, often the first thing they smell is roasting coffee. That's about to change. Starbucks, stung by phony charges of racism when two black men were arrested for camping out in a Starbucks without making a purchase, has changed its official policies. From now on, not only is anyone welcome to use a Starbucks bathroom without making a purchase, but the public is also welcome to come in and sit at tables and never buy anything. The implications of this are obvious. Some people will use tables as personal offices and never purchase anything....

Hoping to better compete with arch-rival Costco Wholesale (COST, +1.12%) and Amazon.com, Sam’s Club said on Wednesday that it’s now offering free shipping for many items to its premium members as part of a restructuring to its membership programs. The bulk retailer, a unit of Walmart Inc (WMT, +0.35%), says that the bulk of items it sells online will qualify and that there will be no minimum order size for customers who have a “Plus” membership, which costs $100 annually. Exceptions will include merchandise that is only available for curbside pickup such as fresh and frozen food (groceries account for...

Walmart (WMT) is closing hundreds of Sam's Club stores nationwide, according to numerous media reports. Jessica Buckner, an audit team lead at a Sam's Club location in Anchorage, told local TV station KTVA that all Alaska stores are closing as part of a larger downsizing across the U.S. "From what I heard, there's over 260 stores that have been closed down," she said. The wholesale clubs' official closure date is Jan. 26, Buckner said. The closures also affect stores in New Jersey, upstate New York, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Louisiana, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. In some locations, per social...