Walmart decorates over 150,000 cakes a week. The company says they employ 6,000 cake decorators across the nation.

The company is unveiling new AI tools primarily intended for store employees, including a real-time translation platform in over 40 languages.

But there’s no sugar-coating the importance the company places on its custom cake business. Its army of icing artisans are the highest paid hourly workers in a typical U.S. Walmart, excluding managers ...

Inside a Walmart store in New Jersey, a worker puts the finishing touches on a cake with an edible ink Sponge Bob on top. A colleague creates a buttercream rosette border for a different cake ...

The school graduation season is the busiest time of year for the Walmart workers who hand-decorate cakes per customers’ orders. The cakes and optional fillings come pre-baked and frozen from ...

After 11 years with Walmart, she said she now makes about $24.40 an hour.Despite their elite status within Walmart, the retailer's cake decorators have attracted detractors on social media.The ...

NEW YORK — Inside a Walmart store in New Jersey, a worker puts the finishing touches on a cake with an edible ink Sponge Bob on top. A colleague creates a buttercream rosette border for a ...

Over 6,000 Walmart cake decorators produce over 150,000 cakes weekly, with peak demand during graduation season. The role involves decorating, ordering supplies, using edible imaging and ...