4 months after Walmart introduced plans to spend US $6 billion to deliver 9 extra of its shops to Mexico, the retail large’s CEO and several other prime executives met with President Claudia Sheinbaum and emerged from the assembly pledging compliance with the administration’s complete technique for financial growth referred to as Plan México.
“We met on the Nationwide Palace with Doug McMillon, President and CEO of Walmart Inc., and his group,” Sheinbaum wrote on her official X account on Tuesday. “They reaffirm their investments in our nation and their dedication to becoming a member of Plan México.”
Nos reunimos en Palacio Nacional con Doug McMillon, presidente y director ejecutivo de Walmart Inc., y su equipo. Confirman las inversiones que tienen en nuestro país y su compromiso de integrarse al Plan México. pic.twitter.com/cgBgx3q64p
— Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo (@Claudiashein) August 5, 2025
Walmart is well-positioned to assist Plan México. Of its 33,000 suppliers, 85% are small and medium-sized Mexican firms, and 83% of the merchandise it sells within the nation are made in Mexico. That matches properly with Plan México’s emphasis on home manufacturing and lowered dependence on imports, particularly from Asia.
Native job creation can be a precedence of Plan México, and Walmart’s introduced funding is predicted to deliver 5,500 extra direct jobs to the 200,000 individuals it now employs in Mexico.
In addition to the opening of 9 new shops in its Bodega Aurrerá, Sam’s Membership, Walmart Supercenter, and Walmart Categorical codecs, the funding will embrace the development of two distribution facilities within the state of Tlaxcala and the Bajío area. These facilities will incorporate synthetic intelligence and superior robotics to optimize logistics.
The Walmart CEO’s assembly with Sheinbaum follows the resignation of Ignacio Caride as normal director of Walmart Mexico and Central America final week.
Cristian Barrientos Pozo, present normal director of Walmart Chile, will assume the place of normal director for the Mexico and Central America unit on an interim foundation whereas the corporate seeks a everlasting substitute.
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