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Soon, Walmart will put groceries right in the fridge while you're out

The service, dubbed Walmart InHome, will first start in Pittsburgh, Kansas City, and Vero Beach, Florida

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Fees and other details of the new service, like what smart-home hardware would be required, weren’t disclosed

Matthew Boyle | Bloomberg
Walmart Inc. already sells more food than anyone else. Now it wants to put those groceries right in your fridge.

Beginning this fall, about 1 million people in Pittsburgh, Kansas City, and Vero Beach, Florida, will be able to get cereal and celery while away from home. Walmart staffers -- sporting wearable cameras -- will arrive in company-owned cars and unpack the food in customers’ kitchens.

“Once we learned how to do pickup well, we knew it would unlock the ability to deliver,” Chief Executive Officer Doug McMillon said in a statement. “What if we not only cover the last

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