Quick Take — Walmart expands express delivery network to capture last-day Christmas sales

The retailer will accept express delivery orders until 5 p.m. local time on 24 December, with items arriving in as little as one hour depending on availability(while Amazon is testing half-hour delivery).

These deliveries will include hampers, Christmas dinners, even customised ones(note that Lidl has also embarked on the offer of value-for-money dinners), beer and liquor (for the latter ‘only’ in 2,800 shops).

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Below: a Walmart turkey meal (2024).

Quick Take — Lidl USA launches first holiday meal offer for less than $4 per person

Lidl US is betting on value for the holidays by launching its first holiday meal offer, a package that promises to feed a dozen guests for less than the price of a fast-food combo meal.

The promotion, valid from 10 to 24 December at participating shops, offers enough food for 12 people for less than $4 per person. Each item on the shopping list is sold separately, giving shoppers the freedom to expand or reduce the menu to suit their needs. Progressive Grocer

Walmart also does this kind of promotion.

Le Ossa dei Caprotti’ presentation – Soroptimist, 29 October 2025

I really stopped. During that long difficult period we talked about earlier, I stopped completely. It was a time of silence, of isolation. But then, with the end of the court case and Covid, I chose to look forward. I decided to see the Covid crisis as an opportunity to help. From there my personal rebirth and my work in the Guido Venosta Foundation was born