Walmart’s Jet.com arm has confirmed to CNBC that it will not deliver fresh groceries anymore, roughly one year after it started offering this option in New York.
The retailer will focus on selling dry goods and other general merchandise, since fresh food had been the smallest part of Jet.com’s business. Walmart bought Jet.com for USD 3.3 billion in 2016, in order to acquire talent and juice its own digital operations.
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