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Coverage dated October 9, 2026

Walmart’s multibillion-dollar push to replace workers with robots hits snags on dog food, cardboard boxes: report

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Walmart expects its spending on automation to peak this year and next, but it also believes the new tech will eventually require fewer warehouse workers, cutting down costs.

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  1. Quartz

    Walmart is wrestling with the high costs and complexity of automating its warehouses (opens Quartz)

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    A decadelong, multibillion-dollar push to replace warehouse workers with robots has hit repeated kinks, from cardboard boxes to frozen turkeys

  2. New York Post

    Walmart’s multibillion-dollar push to replace workers with robots hits snags on dog food, cardboard boxes: report (opens New York Post)

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    Walmart expects its spending on automation to peak this year and next, but it also believes the new tech will eventually require fewer warehouse workers, cutting down costs.

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