All posts tagged "Walmart"

Walmart has filed a patent for autonomous robotic bees, technically called pollination drones, that could potentially pollinate crops just like real bees. The drones would carry pollen from one plant to another, using sensors and cameras to detect the locations of the crops. First spotted by CB Insights, the robot bee patent appears along five other...

Can Amazon, the company that persuaded people to buy ever more items online, win enough of them...

Food company UMI Ireland has said it’s hoping to find opportunities from Brexit following a major rebrand. The business, which specialises in vegetable products and value-added mushroom dishes, has also won three major awards. It’s based near Armagh on the Edenaveys Industrial Estate, and manufactures vegetable products as well as supplying loose,...

by National Mango Board The National Mango Board (NMB) named Wynn Peterson and Gary Campisi of Walmart the 2016 Mango Retailers of the Year. The award was announced during the NMB’s Annual Mango Industry Reception on October 16, 2016 during PMA’s Fresh Summit Convention & Expo in Orlando, FL. Present at the...

Grocery delivery might have seemed like a peripheral service just a handful of years ago, but the...

Wal-Mart has begun rolling out specialized carts designed to keep employees out on the floor culling produce and reducing wastage, the latest step in a push to improve its fresh food offerings and revive sales growth. The world’s largest retailer has deployed what it calls “quality carts” at 500 stores and plans...