Walmart is 'Progressive Grocer's' 2019 Retailer of the Year

Most of the innovations that retailers have been furiously pursuing can be said to have been designed to save time, enhance convenience or otherwise make it easier for consumers to acquire their basic daily needs.

Among retailers that sell groceries, Walmart has been head and shoulders above the pack in the reinvention of routine buying and selling. It’s one of the reasons that Progressive Grocer, Store Brands’ sister publication, selected the Bentonville, Ark.-based mega-merchant as its 2019 Retailer of the Year.

Jim Dudlicek, Progressive Grocer's editorial director, recently visited Walmart in Bentonville to talk with key people about how the nation’s largest grocer is reshaping grocery from the ground up. Click here to read Dudlicek’s story.