# Walmart's Big Week, Starbucks Gets An AI Brain & Aldi's Coming For Everyone | Fast Five

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Podcast: [Retail Fast Five](https://stenobird.com/podcast/retail-fast-five-6465680)
Published: 2026-04-22T21:45:00+00:00
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In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five, recorded live from London and sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group , Mirakl , Ocampo Capital , Infios , Quorso and Veloq , Chris Walton and special guest Ben Miller of Shoptalk discussed: Walmart expanding its Better Care platform into GLP-1 weight management, connecting pharmacy, telehealth, nutrition, and same-day delivery into one ecosystem ( Source ) Starbucks launching a beta experience inside ChatGPT to recommend and build drink orders while keeping checkout in its own app ( Source ) Instacart acquiring global fulfillment platform Instaleap to accelerate international growth and expand its enterprise tech footprint ( Source ) Walmart unveiling its first Great Value private label redesign in over a decade across 10,000+ items to boost appeal and shopability ( Source ) Aldi using its U.S. stores to test a new globally scalable, modular store format as it rapidly expands toward 3,200 locations ( Source ) There’s all that, plus agentic AI debates, Danny DeVito tattoos, Eddie Murphy Mount Rushmores, favorite Apple products, and the ultimate German food debate. Music by hooksounds.com

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