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he union are against any company that doesn't surcome to their threats. Most union organized. Luckily not mnay fall for it has they shop there all the time. The numbers is the proof that cannot be denied.
What most people tend to forget is that Wal-Mart is no different than any other big company out there! Have they forced smaller companies to go out of business, yes. But they also hire many of those employees back in their stores with higher pay wages and better benefits!
As far as the products go, they carry the same products that other stores/grocery stores carry, but at lower prices.
I serisouly do not understand what all of the upset is about when it comes to Wal-Mart! I would think most people in the politics forum would LOVE Wal-Mart! They always support Republican candidates and promote conservative morals and values and capitalism! This is the stuff that Republicans love!!!
You are right ! The Wal Mart shoppers are smart shoppers. If they showed their butt cracks in a high class store, they would be asked to leave. By remaining inside Wal mart, and letting it all (or most of it) hang out, they feel....well...they feel like FAMILY. Got your kid on a leash, and he's crawlin' on all fours ? Hot dang ! Give him some candy, wait till the sugar rush hits his adrenals, and put him on "high speed buff" so he can polish the floors.
roflmao (did I do that right?) that is the funniest I think I've read in a long time. you made me cry... lol
What he didn't know was that the locals were getting a lot of help. A grocery chain with nine stores in the area had hired Saint Consulting Group to secretly run the antidevelopment campaign. Saint is a specialist at fighting proposed Wal-Marts, and it uses tactics it describes as "black arts."
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In Mundelein, a town of 35,000 about 20 miles northwest of Chicago, it was Supervalu, a national grocer based in Eden Prairie, Minn., that hired Saint to work behind the scenes, according to Saint documents. Supervalu's objective was to block Wal-Mart from competing with its nine Jewel-Osco supermarkets located within three to ten miles of the proposed shopping center, the documents indicate.
City officials say the effort stalled the development for three years and cost Mundelein millions in lost property and sales taxes.
Mr. Brownson, who has developed shopping centers in 15 states over 25 years, says he learned about Saint's involvement only recently when someone phoned him and spilled the news. "A huge national company conducts a dirty tricks campaign for its own goals, and a city and a developer become collateral damage," he complains.
Another method for killing the free market in America - fake protests and outrage.
Are these supermarket chains to greedy to lower their prices to compete with Walmart?
More like fear. Wal Mart is a POWERHOUSE! No one can stop the powerhouse lol.
i call bs. Either you live in podunk town, usa, where billy's corner market is the only place to buy food, you buy only organic everything (which is impossible), or you're a terrible liar (yes, i said liar.) having done a tour of duty in the grocery business prior to my aviation days, i can assure you that not one person in the entire grocery store can tell you where your food came from. I managed in excess of $250k of grocery inventory every single week and coudln't tell you where any of it was harvested or processed. The only people that may have an idea are those that can read a label on the side of a produce box or a meat carton in the backroom freezer. None of this is readily available information to the general grocery employee. And its certainly not common knowledge that you're required to know in case of customer inquiry.
I call major bs. You have some explaining to do. I stand ready to defend my assertion whenever you're ready.
What most people tend to forget is that Wal-Mart is no different than any other big company out there! Have they forced smaller companies to go out of business, yes. But they also hire many of those employees back in their stores with higher pay wages and better benefits!
As far as the products go, they carry the same products that other stores/grocery stores carry, but at lower prices.
I serisouly do not understand what all of the upset is about when it comes to Wal-Mart! I would think most people in the politics forum would LOVE Wal-Mart! They always support Republican candidates and promote conservative morals and values and capitalism! This is the stuff that Republicans love!!!
What a JOY it must be to be put out of your mom and pop business, then stuffed into a tacky blue uniform so you can be part of a corporate nightmare.
What he didn't know was that the locals were getting a lot of help. A grocery chain with nine stores in the area had hired Saint Consulting Group to secretly run the antidevelopment campaign. Saint is a specialist at fighting proposed Wal-Marts, and it uses tactics it describes as "black arts."
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In Mundelein, a town of 35,000 about 20 miles northwest of Chicago, it was Supervalu, a national grocer based in Eden Prairie, Minn., that hired Saint to work behind the scenes, according to Saint documents. Supervalu's objective was to block Wal-Mart from competing with its nine Jewel-Osco supermarkets located within three to ten miles of the proposed shopping center, the documents indicate.
City officials say the effort stalled the development for three years and cost Mundelein millions in lost property and sales taxes.
Mr. Brownson, who has developed shopping centers in 15 states over 25 years, says he learned about Saint's involvement only recently when someone phoned him and spilled the news. "A huge national company conducts a dirty tricks campaign for its own goals, and a city and a developer become collateral damage," he complains.
Another method for killing the free market in America - fake protests and outrage.
Are these supermarket chains to greedy to lower their prices to compete with Walmart?
And if the shoe was on the other foot...Wal-Mart was funding something to help build support for their plan to build another 500,000 sq ft mega center and run every other grocer in town out of business...You neo-cons would support it 110%.
You know what really gets me about Wal-Mart...Unfortunately I live in an area that Wal-Mart is king, so I've been stuck shopping at them a few times. They have like 42 lanes and never have more than 7 or 8 open. What a sheethole they are!
Right-wingers hate political correctness so let's eliminate P.C. and just admit that Walmart is for poor people and Target is for the wealthy. It is class warfare. Target charges higher prices and provides a better shopping environment that lures white collar shoppers whereas Walmart offers lower prices at the expense of poorer service and a weaker ambience. And this fact is reflected in every element. Target carries many expensive products that Walmart doesn't carry. Target's store layout is more attractive and usually smaller. Target has less congestion. The employees at Target seem to be higher educated, more clean cut and younger. That is probably a result of Target paying better wages which attracts better job applicants. Target doesn't allow groups to loiter or pander for money like Walmart. I've never seen a group of wheel chaired veterans with a can asking for money or a girl scouts group selling cookies at Target. I've never seen benches outside Target with teenagers loitering outside the entrance but this seems to be a regular occurrence at Walmart. Target doesn't allow those groups to loiter because they don't want their customers being harrassed.
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you made me cry... lol
