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‘Tis the season of fun, and Marc Ruffolo, our Chief Toy Officer, is the man in charge of stocking our shelves with must-have toys. 🎄 It’s a big job at Canada’s #1 toy shop: kids and parents across the country rely on Marc and his team of elves to find the season’s top toys and bring them to Walmart. Click below to Learn more about “the best job in the world”, as Marc describes it! Fun fact: Marc’s birthday just happens to be on Christmas Eve!! Happy early birthday, Marc! 🎂🎉
We've officially opened a brand new, state-of-the-art warehouse order fulfillment system at our distribution in Cornwall, Ontario - the first of its kind at Walmart Canada! This 40,000-sqaure-foot distribution centre uses innovative tech to better support our associates, with a more efficient and user-friendly way to deliver goods to stores. This $20-million investment will ultimately improve our world-class supply chain. Click on the link below to learn more!
Big news: Walmart Canada is eliminating single-use plastic shopping bags! That’s nearly three-quarters-of-a-billion plastic shopping bags each year - enough bags to circle the earth nearly 10 times! The changes apply to in-store purchases along with online grocery pickup and delivery orders. The phased approach will see all of Walmart’s more than 400 Canadian locations make the change by Earth Day 2022. This is the latest step on our journey to becoming a regenerative company, and follows a 10-store pilot that began in August 2021. A special thanks to associates from across the business including the teams in our pilot stores, sustainability, marketing, eCommerce and operations team who are helping us prepare to go bagless.
We’ve been named one of Greater Toronto’s Top Employers for the second year in a row!! This year’s Greater Toronto’s Top Employer winners were featured in a special magazine included in The Globe and Mail. The award, presented by Media Corp, recognizes workplaces with forward-thinking policies and exceptional HR programs. Click here to read more about why we were chosen: https://lnkd.in/evRcR5Q3. We’re proud to be a people-first organization that puts the well-being of our associates at the centre of everything we do. Thank you to all our associates who make Walmart Canada a great place to work and grow careers!
Welcome to the Walmart Canada family, Foodmaestro! 🎉🙌🎊 We’re proud to announce our plans to acquire Foodmaestro, a Toronto-based data platform serving retailers and consumer package goods companies across Europe and North America with strong capability to turn substantial amounts of data into usable attributes. 🤝 Acquiring Foodmaestro allows us to offer a better, more personalized online shopping experience for our customers, such as highlighting products that are safe for those with food allergies or healthier options for people living with diabetes. This is about enhancing the online experience for our customers to help them Live Better. Welcome Jaed Khan and team! Click here to learn more: https://www.walmartcanada.ca/newsroom/2021/11/30/walmart-canada-to-acquire-toronto-start-up-foodmaestro-to-enhance-online-experience-for-customers-and-to-help-them-live-better
Walmart Canada and Duo Bank are launching the first Walmart Rewards Mastercard Installment Plan! This new program provides our customers with flexible ways to pay for larger purchases. Customers can split in-store and online general merchandise purchases into six equal installments billed to their Walmart Rewards Mastercard monthly, when the total purchase is $199.99 or more. “This is a very exciting new service for our customers and one they’ve asked for. Offering the flexibility to pay in installments along with our everyday low prices and Walmart Rewards is just one more way for us to make a difference in Canadians’ lives. We will continue to expand our financial services offering to provide more access, value and inclusion for all Canadians.” - Jennifer Jones, Vice President - Financial Products, Services and Payments. Click here to learn more: https://lnkd.in/gjJtWghr Stay tuned for more news from our financial services team!
Remembrance Day is a time for Canadians to remember and pay tribute to the sacrifices made by our veterans and all those who fought for our freedom. In this personal story, Ed Wirun, Walmart Canada’s Market Leader for southern Alberta, shares what Remembrance Day means to him. Ed’s grandfather enlisted in the Canadian military at the start the Second World War when he was just 17 and fought from 1939 to 1945. “My grandfather never wanted anyone to feel sorry for him,” Ed writes. “Until the day he died, he was extremely proud of what he did for his country.” His grandfather’s military service inspired Ed to join the military himself a week after his 17th birthday – the same age as his grandfather. Click here to read his story: https://lnkd.in/g4654bR7 Thank you to all our veterans for your service and your sacrifice. Lest we forget.
After following her heart to the U.S., Eunice Celma discovered her profession at Walmart. Today, Eunice Celma is a digital team lead for Walmart Store 5753 in Alexandria, Virginia. Just over six years ago, though, she was in El Salvador studying to be a chef. Her story is a perfect example of what can happen when potential and opportunity meet!
When a Small Gesture Makes a Big Impact A story from Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, proves that everybody has the power to save a life.
Walmart Continues To Progress Beyond the Plastic Bag Walmart continues to reinvent the retail experience as we move toward a more sustainable future. At the heart of these efforts is something that seems simple: the plastic bag.
