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Walmart tightens grip on the first mile – suppliers' optionality is the price

Summary by The Loadstar
In a nutshell: Bentonville’s new ‘Prepaid Consolidation’ program, announced earlier this year, promised lower costs and simpler shipping. The trade-off now is that once you’re inside Walmart’s network, you may never leave it. For most of the past two decades, Walmart’s relationship with its prepaid suppliers rested on a simple bargain: you arrange the truck, you pick the carrier, you get the freight to our distribution center (DC) on time, and .…
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The Loadstar broke the news on Tuesday, August 18, 2026.
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