1. Americans spend $36,000,000 at Wal-Mart Every hour of every day.
2. This works out to $20,928 profit every minute!
3. Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St. Patrick's Day (March 17th) than Target sells all year.
4. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot + Kroger + Target + Sears + Costco + K-Mart combined.
5. Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people and is the largest private Employer, and most speak English.
6. Wal-Mart is the largest company in the history of the World.
7. Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger & Safeway combined, and keep in mind they did this in only 15 years.
8. During this same period, 31 supermarket chains sought bankruptcy.
9. Wal-Mart now sells more food than any other store in the world.
10. Wal-Mart has approx 3,900 stores in the USA of which 1,906 are Super Centers; this is 1,000 more than it had 5 Years ago.
11. This year 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur At a Wal-Mart store. (Earth's population is approximately 6.5 Billion.)
12. 90% of all Americans live within 15 miles of a Wal-Mart.
You may think that I am complaining, but I am really laying the ground work for suggesting that MAYBE we should hire the guys who run Wal-Mart to Fix the economy because the fools in Washington sure can't do it!
I shop at a little mom-and po down the road. You can only shop with a basket over your arm, because the aisle are so narrow nobody would get by you. I know the owner, I know his wife, heck I even know their kids. So what if they're a tad more expensive than a supermarket. I'm sticking with them. I think Walmart is scary. If Walmart ran the world, they'd make us pay our income taxes everytime we went shopping...
Odysseus101: I shop at a little mom-and po down the road. You can only shop with a basket over your arm, because the aisle are so narrow nobody would get by you. I know the owner, I know his wife, heck I even know their kids. So what if they're a tad more expensive than a supermarket. I'm sticking with them. I think Walmart is scary. If Walmart ran the world, they'd make us pay our income taxes everytime we went shopping...
agreed. i only shop at walmart if i can't get what i need everywhere else first.
Odysseus101: I shop at a little mom-and po down the road. You can only shop with a basket over your arm, because the aisle are so narrow nobody would get by you. I know the owner, I know his wife, heck I even know their kids. So what if they're a tad more expensive than a supermarket. I'm sticking with them. I think Walmart is scary. If Walmart ran the world, they'd make us pay our income taxes everytime we went shopping...
The mom & pop stores around here are a thing of the past. A few have started Farmers Market co-ops though & I do like to shop there when they are in my area every 2 weeks.
We do have a store called Sprout's, it is primarily and organic market. 99% of my produce comes from them.
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2. This works out to $20,928 profit every minute!
3. Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St. Patrick's Day (March 17th) than Target sells all year.
4. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot + Kroger + Target + Sears + Costco + K-Mart combined.
5. Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people and is the largest private Employer, and most speak English.
6. Wal-Mart is the largest company in the history of the World.
7. Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger & Safeway combined, and keep in mind they did this in only 15 years.
8. During this same period, 31 supermarket chains sought bankruptcy.
9. Wal-Mart now sells more food than any other store in the world.
10. Wal-Mart has approx 3,900 stores in the USA of which 1,906 are Super Centers; this is 1,000 more than it had 5 Years ago.
11. This year 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur At a Wal-Mart store. (Earth's population is approximately 6.5 Billion.)
12. 90% of all Americans live within 15 miles of a Wal-Mart.
You may think that I am complaining, but I am really laying the ground work for suggesting that MAYBE we should hire the guys who run Wal-Mart to Fix the economy because the fools in Washington sure can't do it!