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N O TI C Safer, healthier food and other products U D O NTR Providing safer, healthier and more affordable food and other I HEALTHIER FOOD OPTIONS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY products is central to our mission to help people save money 55 Y and live better. In addition to providing food access in thousands Our Great For You icon—which has scored in the top tier In 2018, we set a goal of reducing by 10% our footprint of T priority chemicals in formulated consumables products sold in I of communities around the world, we work to strengthen of nutritional standards—helps customers build healthier N 56 TU policies, standards and practices to sustain the safety and quality diets. As of May 2022, approximately 30% of items in fresh Walmart U.S. and Sam’s Club U.S. We asked suppliers to reduce R priority chemicals by accelerating reformulations and certifying O produce and food items across the Great Value, Marketside P of our assortment. We also engage our customers and work with P and Parent’s Choice private brands qualify for the Great for products. As of 2020, we had achieved a 17% reduction against O others on industry-wide efforts in consumer education, food our 2017 baseline. In FY2023, we plan to update our policy and 53 and product safety and access to the food and products people You icon. In 2021 we began work to update the standard to our program commitment. Y want and need. match 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and aim T I to benchmark our assortment against the updated standard. IL B { Read more: Safer, healthier food & other products A FOOD ACCESS In FY2022, we launched our Built for Better program on IN A Beyond bringing a food assortment to thousands of Walmart.com, which helps customers identify products that ST U are made with the well-being of people and the planet in mind. S communities through our stores and clubs, we also offer grocery pickup at approximately 5,200 Walmart U.S. stores and Sam’s The Built for Better—For You icon helps customers identify Y Clubs. In FY2022, over 55% of our Walmart U.S. net sales were items focused on their family’s well-being, from more nutritious IT options (like Great for You) to those made without materials or N from grocery items and over 60% of our Sam’s Club net sales U ingredients they may not want. M were from grocery and consumables. OM C In addition, our stores, clubs and distribution centers in the U.S. FOOD SAFETY 52 to Feeding Y donated more than 696 million pounds of food Walmart maintains a global food safety compliance program T America food banks in FY2022. Since 2006, our stores, clubs I R to assist Walmart associates and suppliers in meeting our G and distribution centers have donated more than 7 billion E expectations for safety. Our Global Food Safety Compliance NT pounds of food. Currently, SNAP benefits can be used for I team assesses food safety risks, sets standards, implements & grocery pickup and delivery orders in 49 states as well as on S and trains associates on the required controls and monitors C I Walmart.com. TH the effectiveness of the program. In FY2022 we trained over E 54 980,000 associates around the globe on at least one food safety course. 39

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