Walmart Plans Estimated $29M Investment in Maryland

Building on its commitment to save customers time and money in new ways, Walmart expects to spend an estimated $29 million this year in Maryland through the remodeling of 6 stores, as well as the launch and continued expansion of several customer-focused innovations.

“Walmart continues to innovate how it serves customers, helping them save time and money by creating a seamless shopping experience that empowers customers to shop when, where and how they want through consumer-focused technology,” said Jason Leisenring, Regional General Manager, Walmart. “While we are excited to be able to expand this technology to even more stores across Maryland this year, the company is also focused on implementing innovations that support our associates and make their daily tasks easier so that they may continue to learn, grow and succeed in their roles.”

2019 Walmart Remodels in Maryland

Walmart plans to remodel stores in the following locations:

• 2775 Dorchester Sq., Cambridge
• 1 Frankel Way, Cockeysville
• 2399 North Point Blvd., Dundalk
• 8155 Elliott Rd., Easton
• 1000 E Pulaski Hwy, Elkton
• 303 Fallston Blvd, Fallston

2019 Walmart Innovations in Maryland

Walmart will continue to innovate to help customers save time and money by creating a seamless shopping experience that gives them the options to shop when, where and how they want. The following are examples of the customer-focused innovations that will be launching or expanded this year in Maryland.

(1) Grocery Pickup

• Busy customers love Walmart’s grocery pickup option. It gives them the convenience of shopping online and the ease of quickly picking up groceries without having to leave their cars. The best part: it’s all at no additional cost. Walmart plans to expand the popular program to more than 10 stores across the state by the end of the year. The company also recently introduced Walmart Voice Order, which allows customers to simply say “Hey Google, talk to Walmart” and the Google Assistant will add items directly to their Walmart Grocery cart.

(2) Grocery Delivery
• Walmart’s convenient grocery delivery service is also proving to be a hit with customers. This year, Walmart plans to add the service to 12 stores, increasing its coverage area in the state.

(3) Walmart Pickup Towers
• Walmart Pickup Towers are 16-feet tall, high-tech vending machines capable of fulfilling a customer’s online order in less than a minute once they arrive at the store. It’s easy to do-- once the order is ready, step up to the Pickup Tower and scan the barcode sent to your smartphone to retrieve your item. This year, Walmart plans to add 2 Pickup Towers to stores across the state.

(4) FAST Unloader
• Today, product is unloaded as it arrives at the store through a complex, highly manual process that has seen little innovation over the last 50 years – until now. Anew system in Walmart backrooms- known as FAST-automatically scans and sorts items that come off trucks based on priority and department, allowing associates to spend less time unloading in the backroom and more time on the sales floor with customers. This year, Walmart plans to expand the technology to 18 stores across the state.

(5) Autonomous Floor Scrubber
• The autonomous floor scrubber uses assisted autonomy technology to perform the task of cleaning and scrubbing the concrete floors in stores. The company plans to expand the technology to 15 stores across the state this year.