Walmart plans to spend $145 million in California over the next year to open a new store, remodel 33 others and expand in-store and online services for shoppers.

The move comes as Amazon continues to dominate e-commerce sales while also moving deeper into the brick-and-mortar world.

A new Walmart supercenter will be opening in Fresno, and store remodels include three locations in Los Angeles County, four in Orange County and four in the Inland Empire.

The move is part of the Bentonville, Ark.-based retailer’s $11 billion capital spending plan for fiscal 2019.

“Walmart has a longstanding commitment to serving the local communities where it operates and the improvements planned for 2018 exemplify our dedication to not only serving our customers but also serving as a community partner,” Todd Siron, a regional vice president for the company’s California operations, said in a statement.

SoCal stores on the remodel list

Los Angeles-area stores on the remodel list include 1600 Mountain Ave, Duarte; 3943 Grand Ave., Chino; and 8333 Van Nuys Blvd., Panorama City.

Orange County stores include 21132 Beach Blvd., Huntington Beach; 2300 N. Tustin St., Orange; 27470 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel; and 30491 Avenida De Las Flores, Rancho Santa Margarita.

Inland Empire stores include 11896 Amargosa Road, Victorville; 1540 E. 2nd St., Beaumont; 1861 S. San Jacinto Ave., San Jacinto; and 479 N. McKinley St., Corona.

All of the remodels are expected to be completed by the fall. They will result in wider aisles, an expanded produce selection and a ravamp of the electronics department, among other upgrades.

Grocery pickup, Mobile Express Scan & Go

Walmart also plans to expand its free online grocery pickup service. That allows customers to shop online and choose a convenient pickup location where the items are then loaded into their cars.

The company currently has grocery pickup at 44 California locations, but it plans to roll out 50 more in the coming year.

Walmart will be expanding its Mobile Express Scan & Go service, which allows shoppers to scan merchandise with their mobile devices while shopping in-store and pay without going through a checkout line. The service is available in San Diego, but the company plans to offer it at more stores.

Like giant vending machines

Walmart also plans to expand its network of pickup towers, which allow customers who have ordered products from home or in-store to pick up their online orders in less than a minute by walking inside the tower and scanning a barcode that’s sent to their smartphone.

The towers, which function like high-tech vending machines, have already been installed in 200 stores; the company wants to expand them to more than 500 additional locations. The first California tower will be in operation later this month at the Chino store at 3943 Grande Ave.

“People have been really excited about this service,” company spokewoman Tiffany Wilson said. “That’s why we’re expanding it to more than 500 more stores.”

Target is also revamping stores

Walmart isn’t the only brick-and-mortar retailer that’s updating its operations.

Target is investing $250 million to remodel 28 stores in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area as part of a bigger plan to revamp more than 1,000 of its stores nationwide by the end of 2020.

The upgrades will include energy-efficient LED lighting, enhanced merchandise presentations, a bigger order pickup counter and an order pickup lane in the parking lot.

A store overhaul in Orange was completed in late 2017 with other remodels coming to Southern California stores in Fullerton, West Hills, Rowland Heights, Rosemead, Inglewood, Manhattan Beach, Los Angeles, Upland, Rancho Cucamonga, Montclair and Mira Loma.

Burt P. Flickinger III, managing director for the retail consulting firm Strategic Resource Group, said food — whether purchased in-store or online — accounts for the fiercest competition among retailers.

“It’s about $1.4 trillion in sales a year,” he said. “No other kind of retail is anywhere close to that. And with restaurant prices going up and with the high cost of living and high taxes like you have in California, people are eating more at home.”

Retailers that offer online ordering and pickup services hope to snag food shoppers — and keep them, Flickinger said.

“It’s the biggest battleground,” he said. “And with the bankruptcy and liquidation of Haggen grocery stores and Fresh & Easy, there is more of a vacuum in retail.”