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bucolic_frolic

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3. Reduced hours and layoffs, spoilage and uncertainty

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Oct 27, 2025, 07:32 PM

Oct 27

Retailers are all about quantity and scheduling. Can they cancel or reduce contracts from suppliers? And that will back up to manufacturers. More layoffs.

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Walmart Set To Lose Billions From SNAP Benefits Stopping in November [View all] BumRushDaShow Oct 27 OP

Not just Walmart. mdbl Oct 27 #1

Grocery store profits are minuscule. Losing snap will hurt a lot. cbabe Oct 27 #2

Reduced hours and layoffs, spoilage and uncertainty bucolic_frolic Oct 27 #3

So much winning! synni Oct 27 #4

They are huge donors. vanlassie Oct 27 #20

The CEO is Doug McMillon-- not a Walton RazorbackExpat Tuesday #34

Gee, that's terrible for Walmart. Wednesdays Oct 27 #5

over 9 % reduction in sales possibly IbogaProject Oct 27 #19

They wanted him. They got him. BlueKota Oct 27 #6

Food assistance markie Oct 27 #7

And many Walmart employees use snap kerouac2 Oct 27 #8

Starving families, layoffs just before the Holidays, Buddyzbuddy Oct 27 #9

You should create a thread with this post. raccoon Tuesday #25

Thank you, I did in GD. Buddyzbuddy Tuesday #35

"Starving families, layoffs just before the Holidays" is the point durablend Tuesday #28

Respectfully, a friendly suggestion, you might want to add Buddyzbuddy Tuesday #36

True durablend Tuesday #37

The true spirit of Christmas isn't it? Irish_Dem Tuesday #32

And farmers will get screwed again. nt Trueblue Texan Oct 27 #10

You gotta wonder........ popsdenver Oct 27 #11

I also wonder popsdenver Oct 27 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author Bayard Oct 27 #21

That is an ugly assumption you cannot make Bayard Oct 27 #22

It's a mathematical certainty it's a large chunk. Hassin Bin Sober Oct 27 #23

Small rural hospitals and clinics are closing and now Walmart will lose SNAP and Medicaid income. They'll close ChicagoTeamster Oct 27 #12

Urban Hospitals, Also ColoringFool Oct 27 #14

Miller and Trump are jumping for joy. Sadistic bastards. Irish_Dem Tuesday #33

Don't forget Putin popsdenver Tuesday #42

Why the idea that billionaires corporations oligarchs only motivation is money is too simplistic. betsuni Oct 27 #15

Gosh, maybe if we frame starving people on purpose AllyCat Oct 27 #16

They might trip over them on their way to a ball. travelingthrulife Tuesday #44

Watch them keep raising prices. They don't care. littlemissmartypants Oct 27 #17

They are in a race popsdenver Tuesday #43

Start hitting the big boy oligarchs in the wallet and we'll see either a budget or stop-gap spending measure real quick. artemisia1 Oct 27 #18

Lots of places samplegirl Tuesday #24

Meh OC375 Tuesday #26

You mean the ones that'll donate to MAGA/Republicans anyway? durablend Tuesday #29

So, 1/78th of that family's wealth? (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Tuesday #27

That's lost revenue. Lost profit would only be about 3 percent of that unblock Tuesday #30

Wally World is also getting hit with the tariffs BumRushDaShow Tuesday #31

The author makes many mistakes FBaggins Tuesday #40

Maybe they shouldn't of samplegirl Tuesday #38

Those denying benefits spend more on one lunch than SNAP participants receive in a month. twodogsbarking Tuesday #39

there's a silver lining in every dark cloud mike_c Tuesday #41