Overview

• After 90 days of service, about 1.6 million U.S. employees now receive a flat 10% discount on approximately 95% of regularly priced grocery items.
• The expanded benefit covers staples from dairy and meat to frozen and dry goods, moving beyond its prior focus on produce and seasonal food offers.
• Chief People Officer Donna Morris announced the immediate rollout in an internal memo citing consistent employee requests for broader savings.
• CFO John David Rainey’s May warning that tariff-driven price increases were becoming unsustainable spurred the policy change to ease cost burdens.
• Walmart expects the new perk to support worker retention and encourage employee spending at its stores ahead of its August 21 earnings release.