Organización Soriana reduced its workforce by 4,195 positions at the end of June 2026, representing nearly 5% of its total staff. ^[1] A video recorded inside a Bodega Aurrera store in Mexico on September 1, 2026, shows a family testing ice cream with their fingers before returning the container to the freezer. ^[2] Rodrigo Benet, the financial director of the company, stated that the installation of 600 self-service checkout counters generates significant savings in terms of personnel. ^[3] Soriana implemented AI tools to automate administrative processes, reducing the staff required for these tasks from approximately 40 people at the headquarters to just two. ^[4] The company has 82,064 workers as of the end of the second quarter of 2026, down from 86,259 employees in the same period of 2025. ^[5] In the video, a man opens an ice cream container while standing in front of freezers, and a woman subsequently inserts her finger into the product to taste it. ^[6] The footage was shared by the social media account Quadratín Estado de México, which identified the location as the frozen food section of a Bodega Aurrera branch. ^[7] Walmart de México, the owner of Bodega Aurrera, has not issued a public statement regarding the incident as of the reporting date. ^[8]