Walmart expands 10% grocery discount for its workers

Extending its holiday food discount to year-round stemmed from employee requests for simpler, more accessible perks, the retailer said.

What happened

Walmart is expanding a 10% worker discount on groceries to be available year-round instead of solely during the holiday season, Kieran Shanahan, executive vice president and chief operating officer at Walmart U.S., said in a LinkedIn video on Tuesday.

The discount for Walmart employees now includes all of the retailer’s food categories, including dairy, frozen, dry goods, meat and seafood, Shanahan said. The discount previously only applied year-round to fresh produce and general merchandise, JD Mahaffey, group director and global head of executive total rewards at Walmart, wrote on LinkedIn.

Why it matters

The expanded grocery discount comes as Walmart ramps up worker benefits as tariffs threaten to drive up prices at the company’s stores and elsewhere.

Walmart is expanding its grocery discount as a perk to help attract and retain associates at a time when consumers have heightened concerns about how much they are spending on food. More than half of respondents who participated in an August survey by the FMI — The Food Industry Association cited tariffs as their top concern related to the cost of food.

In total, the discount now covers 95% of regularly priced items in-store, Mahaffey wrote.

This news brief is based on reporting published by Grocery Dive on 2025-08-14. The original report is linked below.