Mexico’s Walmart pressures suppliers on pricing, forcing some to ditch Amazon

An employee passes inside a Walmart store in Mexico City, Mexico March 28, 2019. Picture taken March 28, 2019. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

MEXICO CITY: Walmart’s Mexico unit has penalised food companies supplying groceries to rival Amazon, pressure that has forced some to pull their products from the world’s largest online retailer, four people familiar with the matter said. 

The tough tactics come as the two giants battle for supremacy in one of their most important foreign markets, one that Walmart currently dominates.