Walmart worries that US tariffs will raise Mexican fresh produce prices
09 June 2019 - 20:20
Fayetteville, Arkansas — Walmart CEO Doug McMillon says the retailer is concerned that fresh produce prices would rise if tariffs are placed on imports from Mexico.
“We are concerned about that category. We don’t want prices going up on those fresh items for customers and we will resist it as long as we can, but we can’t tell when those prices have to go up,” McMillon said at Walmart’s shareholders’ meeting...
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