It is the retailer’s first foray into food processing in the US. This is bad news for US processor Dean Foods, which supplies Wal-Mart’s in-house milk. Wal-Mart confirmed that Dean Foods would continue to supply some of its in-house white and chocolate milk to other Wal-Mart supermarkets and Sam’s Club membership-based wholesale stores. The retail giant is the largest grocer in the US with at least 5000 locations. Australian supermarket giant Woolworths will be sitting up and taking notice.
US retail giant Wal-Mart Stores says it will build a dairy processing plant in Indiana to supply in-house milk to about 600 stores.
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