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That's backwards. WalMart is a suburban store.

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A couple of years back i vowed never to buy meat,or vegetables from a supermarket again. All well and good at the time but 18 months later this just wasn't finacially possible.

Things change. impecable morals are nice,putting food in your kids bellies is just as nice,maybe more so.

Just to add, i was also over smug when i made my moral stand;)

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Then they probably cant afford a PC and internet connection either and can live in blisful ignorance.

I think that is a pretty tiny percentage of walmarts clientelly overall. Take a look around the parking lot, Walmart has a pretty classless demographic, a bit like timmies. There are plenty of new upmarket cars in the lot there alongside dbds beloved spandex clad underclass.

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Whats that got to do with Walmart in particular? There are other cheap food sources, in Ontario No Frills and the Loebs equivalent spring to mind....

Walmart is (relatively) cheap, but its not the only cheap store.

If Walmart wasnt leading the charge towards offshore prodict sourcing and lower wages and hours for those still working here, then maybe more people would be earning better wages, and fewer people would be counting their pennies.

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The whole 'chinese tat' thing wrt Walmart amuses the crap out of me. Shop in Loblaws/Crappy Tire/Toys R Us/ Pier One/Sears/Home Depot hell just about anywhere and you'll be buying product made in China/India/SE Asia. Thats a function of globalisation and consumer preference to spending less for stuff. Walmart might be an enabler but they didn't invent global sourcing. Even MEC that paragon of ecofriendly, right on, cuddly capitalism sources from China. It's the way that the retailler manages the ethical issues surrounding low cost country sourcing that is the differentiator. Walmart at one of the scale and MEC at the other.

I abhor the Walmart ethos, size, scale frankly spending more the 5 mins in the retail barns makes me want to start hurting people for no apparent reason. Thats a reason not to shop there, but not buying Chinese product is not IMHO.

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Quite right.

Just to add though. If you fall off your high horse, expect a sore ass.

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At least Ill be able to sleep it off with a clear conscience.:p

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Wal-mart rocks!!:D

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Oooops. The local WM staff just got official union recognition.

That store'll be a hole in the ground come spring.

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I wonder why ppl come here and offer opinions but at the same time try to insult, B at the end of the day everyone can say whatever they like whether u like Walmart or Not but u dont Insult.

Personally I dont Like walmart but I dont have a bad view about them.

lets keep it polite guys or are some ppl feeling the cosh n crunch...

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I wasn't trying to insult. The local WM outlet just got unionised. I know what happened to the last branch, also near here, that did the same.

Shut down. Pronto.

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Rationalising the pricing strategy. They advertise they are continually rolling back prices, so surely what you pay for an item today is always too much?

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The problem isn't just that they source from China but that they purport to be All American while doing so.

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So what are your thoughts about people working for walmart...............and i'd becareful....

Nothing wrong with walmart, same as every other place around, yeah i have read the reports and reports on other stores as well :unsure:

At least when i have a trolley full they help me the car, our local store is also very friendly and helpful :p:p

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I like Walmart has pretty much everything you need at reasonable prices (some of its crap ..but you get what you pay for), by and large stores are clean, well laid out and the service is good....so much better then Zellers IMO. If I am in the States though , I find Target better then Walmart and for Grocery shopping you can't beat Walgreens