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| There are more than enough reasons to boycott Walmart. Here are just a few: 1. Employees there get no health benefits. 2. Full time workers there are in a minority - health insurance costs are less that way. 3. Employees can't even afford to shop there, that's how low their wages are. 4. The product they sell is inferior - it's cheaper in every sense of the word. 5. Their goods are produced by using Third World Country labor. |
xxx | Close WalMart? What's WalMart? Seriously, I have not set foot in one for years, with the notable exception being that the Buffalo Public Schools used WalMart as their exclusive provider for Class Rings this year. UGH. Laura did want a class ring, as it was her senior year, but seriously, I didn't know where the place was. She thought that was awfully cool, to not know where WalMart even IS. And when we left, she said, "I feel so soiled!" And then we sent a letter to the BPS protesting their choice and urging them to choose more wisely in t he future. Needless to say, no response... Amy L. |
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I decided long ago not to shop at Walmart
because of its inequitable treatment of its employees and their obscene profits. Janet |
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Walmart News - January 8, 2007 Rather than getting better, the news has only gotten worse. http://www.hightowerlowdown.org |
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| xxxxxxWal Mart Wine Wal-Mart announced that, on January 1, 2007, that it will begin offering customers a new discount item - WALMART's own brand of wine. The world's largest retail chain is teaming up with Ernest & Julio Gallo Winery of California to produce the spirits at an affordable price, in the $2- $5 range. Wine connoisseurs may not be inclined to throw a bottle of WalMart brand into their shopping carts, but "there is a market for inexpensive wine," said Kathy Micken, professor of marketing at University of Arkansas, Bentonville. "But the right name is important." Customer surveys were conducted to determine the most attractive name for the Wal Mart wine brand. The top surveyed names in order of popularity were: 10. Chateau Traileur Parc 9. White Trashfindel 8. Big Red Gulp 7. World Championship Riesling 6. NASCARbernet 5. Chef Boyardeaux 4. Peanut Noir 3. I Can't Believe it's not Vinegar 2. Grape Expectations 1. Nasti Spumante The beauty of Wal-Mart wine is that it can be served with either white meat (Possum) or red meat (Squirrel). |
Wal Mart Wine
Wal-Mart announced that, on January 1, 2007,
that it will begin offering customers a new
discount item - WALMART's own brand of wine.
The world's largest retail chain is teaming
up with Ernest & Julio Gallo Winery of
California to produce the spirits at an affordable
price, in the $2- $5 range.
Wine connoisseurs may not be inclined to
throw a bottle of WalMart brand into their
shopping carts, but "there is a market
for inexpensive wine," said Kathy Micken,
professor of marketing at University of Arkansas,
Bentonville.
"But the right name is important."
Customer surveys were conducted to determine
the most attractive name for the Wal Mart
wine brand. The top surveyed names in order
of popularity were:
10. Chateau Traileur Parc
9. White Trashfindel
8. Big Red Gulp
7. World Championship Riesling
6. NASCARbernet
5. Chef Boyardeaux
4. Peanut Noir
3. I Can't Believe it's not Vinegar
2. Grape Expectations
1. Nasti Spumante
The beauty of Wal-Mart wine is that it can
be served with either white
meat (Possum) or red meat (Squirrel).