Footlongs, Fresh Produce & A Side Of Legislation | Fast Five
From Omni Talk Retail by Omni Talk Retail
June 10, 2026 · 1h 8m
About this episode
The episode discusses Walmart's partnership with Subway, Amazon's grocery delivery expansion, and New York's legislation on personalized pricing.
In this week's Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Quorso, and Veloq, Chris Walton and special guest Chap Achen, Senior Director, Analyst for Digital Commerce and Supply Chain at Gartner, discussed: • Walmart partnering with Subway to deliver made-to-order restaurant meals alongside groceries and household essentials through its Express Delivery service, and why Chris sees it as another example of Walmart executing a cohesive long-term growth strategy built around convenience, loyalty, and retail media expansion: https://www.wsj.com/business/retail/now-you-can-get-a-subway-sandwich-with-your-walmart-delivery-5a003b24 • Amazon expanding Fresh Same-Day Delivery in London, allowing customers to add groceries to the same basket as millions of other products, and whether this signals the future of grocery retail as Amazon continues playing the long game in global commerce: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/retail/amazon-grocery-same-day-delivery-uk • New York passing legislation aimed at limiting so-called surveillance pricing, and whether regulating AI-driven personalized pricing strikes the right balance between consumer…
People in this episode
Host: Chris Walton
Guest: Chap Achen
Topics covered
- grocery delivery
- retail partnerships
- AI in retail
- legislation
- consumer protection
- digital commerce
Keywords
- Walmart
- Subway
- Amazon
- grocery delivery
- AI pricing
- New York legislation
- digital commerce
- retail strategy
Sponsors
A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Ocampo Capital, Quorso, Veloq
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Walmart, Subway, Amazon, Gartner
Places: New York, London
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