Amid the Amazon chatter, Walmart proves it's grocery-war winner

Walmart posted its best quarterly sales growth in the grocery category in nine years, fueled by an improved selection of low-priced produce, meat and bakery items

Walmart Inc’s blowout quarter provided a stark reminder that despite all the buzz around Amazon.com Inc.’s Prime Day and its push into the food business, the Arkansas retailer remains the undisputed goliath of the grocery aisle.

The world’s biggest retailer posted its best quarterly sales growth in the grocery category in nine years, fueled by an improved selection of low-priced produce, meat and bakery items. It’s also rolled out curbside pickup of online food orders to more than 1,800 stores, more than double what it had a year ago, and will offer home delivery to about 40 per cent of