In a slow-motion race of two retail behemoths, Amazon’s trump card was its lucrative cloud-computing business.
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Pasta meals from Trader Joe’s and Walmart may be linked to a deadly listeria outbreak
The USDA says the precooked pasta products, sold at Trader Joe’s and Walmart, could be connected to a nationwide listeria outbreak that has killed four people and sickened at least 20 others.
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Deadly listeria outbreak leads to recall of ready-to-eat fettuccine Alfredo meals
A nationwide listeria outbreak has been linked to 17 illnesses, and three deaths, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection.
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NPR shopped for 96 items at Walmart to track how prices are really changing
NPR has tracked the prices of dozens of items at the same superstore in Georgia, including eggs, T-shirts, snacks and paper towels. Here’s what got cheaper over the past year, and more expensive.
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Walmart becomes latest — and biggest — company to roll back its DEI policies
Conservative groups have filed lawsuits against workplace diversity initiatives that prioritize historically marginalized groups.
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College credit for working your job? Walmart and McDonald’s are trying it
Imagine a world in which your resume relies less on titles or diplomas and acts more like a passport of skills you’ve proven you have.
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A supermarket trip may soon look different, thanks to electronic shelf labels
With electronic shelf labels, prices can change up to six times a minute. Grocers including Walmart, Whole Foods and Schnucks are adopting them.
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Snoop Dogg and Master P sue Walmart and Post for trying to sabotage their cereal
The rappers say that Walmart and Post Consumer Foods neglected their cereal brand and intentionally hid it in stockrooms to prevent it from being sold to customers.
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CVS, Walmart and Walgreens to pay Rhode Island more than $56 million in opioid settlements
Three national drugstore chains will pay Rhode Island more than $56 million as part of the state’s final round of legal settlements with companies accused of flooding communities with addictive opioid painkillers. The settlement money from CVS, Walmart and Walgreens is expected to begin flowing into Rhode Island in early 2024, and continue through 2037, […]
