- At Wal-Mart, Americans spend $36,000,000.oo every hour of every day.
- This works out to $20,928 profit every minute!
- Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St. Patrick's Day than Target sells all year.
- Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot + Kroger + Target + Sears + Costco + K-Mart combined.
- Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people and is the largest private employer.
- Wal-Mart is the largest company in the history of the World.
- Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger & Safeway combined, and keep in mind they did this in only 15 years.
- During this same period, 31 Supermarket chains sought bankruptcy (including Winn-Dixie).
- Wal-Mart now sells more food than any other store in the world.
- 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.
- This year, 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur at a Wal-Mart store. (Earth's population is approximately 6.5 billion).
- 90% of all Americans live within 15 miles of a Wal-Mart.
I'm not sure if we should laugh, cry, be shamed or disgusted by these statistics! I know it will make me rethink my purchases - do I really need it? Thanks Michelle for the info!! --- Rebecca
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2 comments:
nice job, Reb! Now that I sort of now how to do this, LOOK OUT!
I 100% with out a doubt HATE Wal-Mart. They have done so much harm to our economy...shut down mom and pop stores, shut down the local grocery stores...and I don't know if anyone recalls the discovery of over 200 illegal immigrants working at the warehouse in central PA a few years back. yep, in a town where unemployment was at a terrible all time high, Wal-mart was paying illegal immigrants under the table money at a fraction of what a hard working American should be earning.
I was curious this weekend and went to WalMart first before my Target and Wegman's run to see if their prices were indeed lower...and guess what? THEY'RE NOT! When I go to the store, I bring a calculator alot, to see the price per item or price per ounce and Wal-mart prices are no different if not HIGHER than Target or Wegman's. People think that since it's Wal-Mart, it must be the cheapest, well, they aren't so I think everyone should stop going there, support Target, support Wegmans, support yuou local stores, these people that own the little stores in town, they are the small business owners that need the most help in these tough times, they will be the next to close their doors if people keep giving their money to Wal-mart.
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