As we enter the Christmas shopping season...

[Charger_Fan]

I got this in an e-mail today. Not sure how accurate it is, but still...

HOW BIG IS WAL-MART?

1. At Wal-Mart, Americans spend $36,000,000 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.

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
(including Winn-Dixie).

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
SuperCenters; 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.

The only thing it left out was how Wally World's managed to help turn China into a wealthy country with no scruples.
May they go out of business within the coming year.


Oh & Merry Christmas. hehe

[Troy]

If you got it in an email then surely it's well-researched, double-checked, and absolutely true!

Troy

[Charger_Fan]

That's gotta be it, I thought #2 was a bit eager.

Sorry for my spam contribution Troy, I think I'll go hug my Charger now.

[draftingmonkey]

Don't know the accuracy of the numbers, but there was a special on the History Channel (I think) a couple of months ago.  There are so many of the goods sold at Walmart that the output of one city is about 70%+ for Walmart and a sea port was build to accommodate all those goods being over here. 
Heck, if a sea port in China is shipping 70% of the goods to the USA for Walmart, that's a mighty big number.

[Silver R/T]

I do not shop at wal mart so I don't really care

[bull]

I do not shop at wal mart so I don't really care

Then why post?

[TK73]

I do not shop at wal mart so I don't really care

Then why post?

Can only have one useless, inane comment per thread, be sure to monitor this one so he doesn't "double-dip"...

[Guns N Rotors]

10. Wal-Mart has approx 3,900 stores in the USA of which 1,906 are
SuperCenters; this is 1,000 more than it had 5 years ago.

I love that statistic.

I look at it like this...
How many excavators, truck drivers, pavers, brick layers, electricians,
painters, laborers, iron workers did those 3,900 stores employ when
they where being built?   

[68chrgrwife]

If anyone has hbo or showtime on demand (I am not sure which one has it) scroll thru the movies...the Walmart documentary is in there...watch it and you will learn so much it will make you sick.

[skip68]

I like Target's clearance stuff! Especially when I shop for kids things! 
Wal-Mart has become a "if I have to go there, store !" At least for me! 
Mrs.Skip68

[TruckDriver]

I have heard some of that stuff before. And I live within 15 minutes if two Super Wal-Marts in two different cities.

[Lowprofile]

10. Wal-Mart has approx 3,900 stores in the USA of which 1,906 are
SuperCenters; this is 1,000 more than it had 5 years ago.

I love that statistic.

I look at it like this...
How many excavators, truck drivers, pavers, brick layers, electricians,
painters, laborers, iron workers did those 3,900 stores employ when
they where being built?   

and I wonder how many illegals were on those work crews? 

If anyone has hbo or showtime on demand (I am not sure which one has it) scroll thru the movies...the Walmart documentary is in there...watch it and you will learn so much it will make you sick.

I have seen that movie and I agree......it did make me sick. I try to avoid "China-Mart" as much as possible. And not just because of their ties to China, but because of their business practices.

[RECHRGD]

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and I wonder how many illegals were on those work crews?

A few years back I was the project manager for the electrical on one of their large distribution centers in central Washington.  We were required to have all of our safety / warning signs printed in bi-lingual so the non-english speaking laborers would not kill themselves.    Bob