With 156 stores locally, North Texas is a ‘fantastic location for us to bring all of the future in one place at one time,’ says Walmart supply chain executive...
With 156 stores locally, North Texas is a ‘fantastic location for us to bring all of the future in one place at one time,’ says Walmart supply chain executive Dave Guggina.
D-FW is also Walmart’s largest market with 156 Walmart and Sam’s Club stores and it is where it competes with national and regional competitors that also count D-FW as key to their businesses.The last big piece of the new supply chain is a 740,000-square-foot distribution center in Lancaster that will supply stores with perishable groceries kept in refrigerated units cooled as low as minus 15 degrees. It’s been under construction since late 2021.Retrofitting Walmart’s 1.
Electrician Igor Meocec builds out a computer work station in the area of the perishable grocery distribution center in Lancaster that will store meat.Customers will see food delivered to stores with greater accuracy, Guggina said. Items arrive undamaged, fresher and on time, resulting in fewer empty shelves.
Way before there was Amazon, Walmart was always held up as the supply chain leader in retailing when founder Sam Walton realized he could lower prices by bringing in-house distribution to stores. He started building regional distribution centers for goods that didn’t require temperature control.Walmart moved on to perishable distribution centers once it entered the grocery business. It has the largest perishable distribution network in the country.
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