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obxhead

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10. The Walmart Effect should be a required class in every HS.

Reply to RiverLover (Original post)

Fri Nov 28, 2014, 02:52 PM

Nov 2014

Walmart comes in, restructures companies mostly by outsourcing to China, then continues to force lower prices from distributors until they go out of business.

One day walmart will lock the doors of all of their stores and we will be a 4th world country because of their diligent price cuts.

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How Walmart is Devouring the Food System (Infographic) [View all] RiverLover Nov 2014 OP

k and r and thank you for posting this truly disheartening information. niyad Nov 2014 #1

Whoa! Faux pas Nov 2014 #2

I do what I can by never shopping at Walmart. SheilaT Nov 2014 #3

I listen to a food show, a podcast-KCRW's "Good Food" RiverLover Nov 2014 #7

Me too. Enthusiast Nov 2014 #9

Thank You For Sharing cantbeserious Nov 2014 #4

It's truly tragic, what they've been allowed to do here. RiverLover Nov 2014 #6

Great graphic A Little Weird Nov 2014 #5

Kicked and recommended a whole bunch! Enthusiast Nov 2014 #8

The Walmart Effect should be a required class in every HS. obxhead Nov 2014 #10

I buy nothing from the Waltons. Nothing. 99Forever Nov 2014 #11

I buy all my milk from a local dairy that puts it's milk in glass bottles, with a return deposit! LongTomH Nov 2014 #12

This is why we shop at Kroger Omaha Steve Nov 2014 #13

It's a monopoly and must be broken up. Each store to have a seperate owner. grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #14

K and R! BobbyBoring Nov 2014 #15

Great Question socalsportbiker Nov 2014 #17

yes, good question... handmade34 Nov 2014 #18

WalMart is not actually the best buy airplaneman Nov 2014 #20

By reversing the policy and legislative choices that leave those individuals in poverty Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2014 #26

First hand experience Kilgore Nov 2014 #23

Are the farmers mostly corporate farmers? JDPriestly Nov 2014 #16

k&r... spanone Nov 2014 #19

I would rather die a million times than give them a penny . olddots Nov 2014 #21

K & R Quantess Nov 2014 #22

I'd Like To See A Boycott Go National colsohlibgal Nov 2014 #24

+1 grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #28

This is why I shop at Wegman's/Aldi/Trader Joe's tabbycat31 Nov 2014 #25

Winco Foods is employee owned QED Nov 2014 #27

Thanks. sharing! librechik Nov 2014 #29

Thanks librechik!!! RiverLover Nov 2014 #30

We need to drive a stake through the heart of this beast. City Lights Nov 2014 #31