Walmart

Walmart's 2025 Thanksgiving meal basket was priced under $40 and marketed to feed 10 people (about $4 per person), while Walmart's 2024 Thanksgiving basket was priced at about $56 and marketed to feed eight people (about $7 per person); the 2025 basket contained 15 items compared with 29 items in the 2024 basket.

Large supermarket chains commonly use loss-leader strategies by selling staple holiday items such as turkeys at or below cost to attract shoppers and drive sales of higher-margin products like wine, desserts, and seasonal décor.

John Furner became president and chief executive officer of Walmart U.S. in 2019.

Doug McMillon became chief executive officer of Walmart in 2014.

Walmart's stock price increased approximately fourfold since Doug McMillon became CEO in November 2013.

Sparky is a generative AI–powered shopping assistant developed by Walmart to provide conversational and personalized shopping assistance.

Walmart serves about 270 million customers and members globally each week and operates more than 10,750 stores and clubs across 19 countries, in addition to multiple e-commerce sites.

Walmart employs over 2 million people (more than 2 million jobs).

Walmart employs approximately 2.1 million workers.

Walmart has expanded technology-based initiatives, including investments in e-commerce and artificial intelligence, and has increased wages and benefits for its workforce.