We found the effects of tariffs and extreme weather, relief (finally!) in the egg cooler, plus one case of shrinkflation.

Weekly grocery runs have turned into a coin flip for a while now. There are times when you’re able to glide through billing in minutes, and other days, you’re trapped in a standoff with a self-checkout machine that refuses to acknowledge your bag of apples—twenty minutes and counting.

Walmart and Google say AI agents are moving retail beyond search, embedding automated decision-making directly into shopping and delivery workflows.