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Quote: TigerWuI'm almost positive Breyer's has a couple of "pure" ice creams. Not sure if Walmart carries Breyer's though. I would think they would.
My brother in law makes his own ice cream. Pretty easy to do.
May I ask why you don't shop at Walmart?Quote: beachbumbabsIf you shop at Walmart (I don't )
Prices?
Range?
Customer Service?
Company Policies?
Customer Dress Code :o) ?
You got 86'd ?
Just curious. We have a Walmart subsidiary 'ASDA' which used to have some unpopular inherited company policies.
Quote: OnceDearMay I ask why you don't shop at Walmart?
Prices?
Range?
Customer Service?
Company Policies?
Customer Dress Code :o) ?
You got 86'd ?
Just curious. We have a Walmart subsidiary 'ASDA' which used to have some unpopular inherited company policies.
There are some documentaries that discuss this.much.better than I do,.and it's been 20 years, but, short version.
Walmart broke many small, successful retail businesses by either undercutting them into non-profitability or lowering their prices locally below what they paid for things, subsidized by their other stores, until.they killed that competitor, then raised the prices again. 10s of thousands of stores went our of business this way.
Walmart ruined many small manufacturers through ugly tactics, stealing their products' IPs for in-house Manu or taking all the profit margin in one-way contracts.
Walmart was originally a Buy American company who, after the founder died, offshored nearly all their buying to China and Asia, abandoning those American companies they had locked into non-competing exclusive contracts.
Walmart pays so poorly that many, if not all, of their employees qualify for govt assistance. They were/are requiring unpaid work activities like meetings, firing rather than promoting just to save money, and destroyed many local jobs in small communities, leaving themselves as the only option for many people.
Walmart is violently anti-union, firing people for even talking about it, closing departments or stores rather than allowing local law to force a union on them when employees elect one, spying on and taking retribution against employees trying to organize.
So, sometime this year, it will be 19 years I don't shop them. A lot of that is historical, not current, but they haven't changed their ways, just some of their tactics.
I ordered from them once. They had a tread mill that was a couple hundred dollars less than even Amazon.
It arrived with several cracks in the plastic molding. Packed it back up for an easy exchange.
Next one arrived with the computer in pieces and paperwork indicating it was a prior return.
Perhaps my experiences were isolated incidents but that was enough for me. The final straw was the absolute lack of care shown by the customer service rep.
Quote: beachbumbabsThere are some documentaries that discuss this.much.better than I do,.and it's been 20 years, but, short version.
Walmart broke many small, successful retail businesses by either undercutting them into non-profitability or lowering their prices locally below what they paid for things, subsidized by their other stores, until.they killed that competitor, then raised the prices again. 10s of thousands of stores went our of business this way.
Walmart ruined many small manufacturers through ugly tactics, stealing their products' IPs for in-house Manu or taking all the profit margin in one-way contracts.
Walmart was originally a Buy American company who, after the founder died, offshored nearly all their buying to China and Asia, abandoning those American companies they had locked into non-competing exclusive contracts.
Walmart pays so poorly that many, if not all, of their employees qualify for govt assistance. They were/are requiring unpaid work activities like meetings, firing rather than promoting just to save money, and destroyed many local jobs in small communities, leaving themselves as the only option for many people.
Walmart is violently anti-union, firing people for even talking about it, closing departments or stores rather than allowing local law to force a union on them when employees elect one, spying on and taking retribution against employees trying to organize.
So, sometime this year, it will be 19 years I don't shop them. A lot of that is historical, not current, but they haven't changed their ways, just some of their tactics.
Can't blame Walmart for manufacturers going out of business. Those manufacturers saw someone who would order millions worth of product. They should have turned down the orders of it made them lose money.
Walmart also just raised their min to be pretty respectable compared to many other retailers. Where else can unqualified people make $12 an hour?
Quote: beachbumbabsTWalmart is violently anti-union, firing people for even talking about it, closing departments or stores rather than allowing local law to force a union on them when employees elect one, spying on and taking retribution against employees trying to organize.
What's crazy to me, is WM is union in other country's including China?
https://thinkprogress.org/walmart-allows-its-workers-to-unionize-in-other-countries-just-not-in-the-united-states-e73fffdca1f5/
https://archives.cjr.org/the_audit/walmarts_unions.php "The Washington Post is good to report on that difference, showing that Walmart stores have unions in the UK, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, China, and South Africa."
Ah! Sounds about right. Walmart bought ASDA in 1999 when ASDA was in a bad way. There were some grumbles about those management styles coming to the UK and it did happen to an extent.Quote: beachbumbabsThere are some documentaries that discuss this.much.better than I do,.and it's been 20 years, but, short version.
Walmart broke many small, successful retail businesses by either undercutting them into non-profitability or lowering their prices locally below what they paid for things, subsidized by their other stores, until.they killed that competitor, then raised the prices again. 10s of thousands of stores went our of business this way.
Walmart ruined many small manufacturers through ugly tactics, stealing their products' IPs for in-house Manu or taking all the profit margin in one-way contracts.
Walmart was originally a Buy American company who, after the founder died, offshored nearly all their buying to China and Asia, abandoning those American companies they had locked into non-competing exclusive contracts.
Walmart pays so poorly that many, if not all, of their employees qualify for govt assistance. They were/are requiring unpaid work activities like meetings, firing rather than promoting just to save money, and destroyed many local jobs in small communities, leaving themselves as the only option for many people.
Walmart is violently anti-union, firing people for even talking about it, closing departments or stores rather than allowing local law to force a union on them when employees elect one, spying on and taking retribution against employees trying to organize.
So, sometime this year, it will be 19 years I don't shop them. A lot of that is historical, not current, but they haven't changed their ways, just some of their tactics.
Quote: WikipediaThe company has featured prominently in lists of "Best companies to work for", appearing in second place in The Times newspaper list for 2005. It offers staff a discount of 10% on most items (exceptions include fuel, stamps, lottery, giftcards and tobacco related items).
The company was fined £850,000 in 2006 for offering 340 staff at a Dartford depot a pay rise in return for giving up a union collective bargaining agreement. Poor relations continued as Asda management attempted to introduce new rights and working practices shortly thereafter at another centre in Washington, Tyne and Wear.
Some compromise was reached by June of that year, when a five-day strike was called off after Asda management and the GMB union reached an agreement.
Relations have improved since.
The Big Four supermarkets in the UK have certainly grabbed market share and have squeezed the pips out of many small producers and stamped all over smaller businesses. Milk prices paid to dairy farms were forced way below production costs and that pretty much killed off home delivery of milk. Almost destroyed the UK dairy industry for a long time. It's hard to find a butchers shop or greengrocers shop or fishmonger nowadays, because those businesses just couldn't survive in this 'nation of shopkeepers'
There's some mega mergers going on right now with Tesco buying the wholesaler Booker/Macro and ASDA trying to merge with Sainsburys. Meanwhile ALDI and LIDL are growing massively after invading us from Europe. The supermarkets also pretty much closed down most small independent gas stations by sheer market dominance and low pricing.
plus ça change
I still wonder if you are keeping secret that you got 86'd for not meeting the Walmart customer dress code.
Only Jokin' Babs :o)
https://www.humortimes.com/10004/walmart-institutes-dress-code-for-shoppers/
Quote:1. No pajamas. We understand that many of our stores are open 24 hours a day, but that does not mean you can get up in the middle of the night, throw on a robe and slippers and come on down for some donuts and milk.
2. Pants must be worn around the waist and underwear concealed underneath. That is why it is called underwear. This includes underdrawers, underpants, and undies. If you do not understand the meaning of under, we will be more than happy to explain it to you.
3. Ladies, no bra tops. Men, no midriff tank tops. We get it. It’s summertime and it’s hot outside. We just don’t need you to make it any hotter, if you get our meaning.... etc. etc.
Quote: beachbumbabsThere are some documentaries that discuss this.much.better than I do,.and it's been 20 years, but, short version.
Walmart broke many small, successful retail businesses by either undercutting them into non-profitability or lowering their prices locally below what they paid for things, subsidized by their other stores, until.they killed that competitor, then raised the prices again. 10s of thousands of stores went our of business this way.
Walmart ruined many small manufacturers through ugly tactics, stealing their products' IPs for in-house Manu or taking all the profit margin in one-way contracts.
Walmart was originally a Buy American company who, after the founder died, offshored nearly all their buying to China and Asia, abandoning those American companies they had locked into non-competing exclusive contracts.
Walmart pays so poorly that many, if not all, of their employees qualify for govt assistance. They were/are requiring unpaid work activities like meetings, firing rather than promoting just to save money, and destroyed many local jobs in small communities, leaving themselves as the only option for many people.
Walmart is violently anti-union, firing people for even talking about it, closing departments or stores rather than allowing local law to force a union on them when employees elect one, spying on and taking retribution against employees trying to organize.
So, sometime this year, it will be 19 years I don't shop them. A lot of that is historical, not current, but they haven't changed their ways, just some of their tactics.
I don’t necessarily disagree with all of that, but if that’s how you feel about Walmart, why do you shop on Amazon? Almost all of those complaints apply to them as well, and they are probably even more egregious that Walmart in some of those things.
Quote: beachbumbabsThere are some documentaries that discuss this.much.better than I do,.and it's been 20 years, but, short version.
Walmart broke many small, successful retail businesses by either undercutting them into non-profitability or lowering their prices locally below what they paid for things, subsidized by their other stores, until.they killed that competitor, then raised the prices again. 10s of thousands of stores went our of business this way.
Walmart ruined many small manufacturers through ugly tactics, stealing their products' IPs for in-house Manu or taking all the profit margin in one-way contracts.
Walmart was originally a Buy American company who, after the founder died, offshored nearly all their buying to China and Asia, abandoning those American companies they had locked into non-competing exclusive contracts.
Walmart pays so poorly that many, if not all, of their employees qualify for govt assistance. They were/are requiring unpaid work activities like meetings, firing rather than promoting just to save money, and destroyed many local jobs in small communities, leaving themselves as the only option for many people.
Walmart is violently anti-union, firing people for even talking about it, closing departments or stores rather than allowing local law to force a union on them when employees elect one, spying on and taking retribution against employees trying to organize.
So, sometime this year, it will be 19 years I don't shop them. A lot of that is historical, not current, but they haven't changed their ways, just some of their tactics.
I don’t necessarily disagree with all of that, but if that’s how you feel about Walmart, why do you shop on Amazon? Almost all of those complaints apply to them as well, and they are probably even more egregious that Walmart in some of those things.
Quote: gamerfreakI don’t necessarily disagree with all of that, but if that’s how you feel about Walmart, why do you shop on Amazon? Almost all of those complaints apply to them as well, and they are probably even more egregious that Walmart in some of those things.
To me, the difference between the two was that Wal-Mart makes a large amount of what they sell and they made a deliberate choice of manufacturing in China. Amazon supports thousands of small American businesses. It's not a huge difference, and admittedly the gap is closing.
Quote: billryanTo me, the difference between the two was that Wal-Mart makes a large amount of what they sell and they made a deliberate choice of manufacturing in China. Amazon supports thousands of small American businesses. It's not a huge difference, and admittedly the gap is closing.
That is one thing I like about amazon. It’s an open marketplace where pretty much anyone can sell their product.
I’m referring more to how they treat their employees than anything else.
But I am a hypocrite either way because I shop at both.
Quote: billryanTo me, the difference between the two was that Wal-Mart makes a large amount of what they sell and they made a deliberate choice of manufacturing in China. Amazon supports thousands of small American businesses. It's not a huge difference, and admittedly the gap is closing.
That is one thing I like about amazon. It’s an open marketplace where pretty much anyone can sell their product.
I’m referring more to how they treat their employees than anything else.
But I am a hypocrite either way because I shop at both.
Quote: billryanTo me, the difference between the two was that Wal-Mart makes a large amount of what they sell and they made a deliberate choice of manufacturing in China. Amazon supports thousands of small American businesses. It's not a huge difference, and admittedly the gap is closing.
That is one thing I like about amazon. It’s an open marketplace where pretty much anyone can sell their product.
I’m referring more to how they treat their employees than anything else.
But I am a hypocrite either way because I shop at both.
Quote: RSI demand gamerfreak be banned forever for spamming!
Wow who’s the hypocrite now?!
This forum really needs to rate limit posting. This always happens to be on mobile.
https://youtu.be/lNPN4tLlgxQ
When Walmart starts to become expensive, shoppers will go elsewhere. It's the circle of life.
Quote: djatcI don't see Walmart at fault, more so the consumers. They want cheap prices over everything else, so Walmart won out by giving the people what they want.
When Walmart starts to become expensive, shoppers will go elsewhere. It's the circle of life.
Not if any other store that pops up gets undercutted by WalMart until that new store goes out of business.
Find a popular local shop. Open a starbucks across the street. There isn't enough business for both. But, even if locals prefer their own place 70/30 that will be enough to drive the local place under most of the time. Then they have a prime location for themselves.
I swear they are hiring people from the police mug shot book.
Quote: JohnzimboMy favorite oxymoron, other than jumbo shrimp....is Super Walmart
I went to a Super Walmart recently and I was shocked at how much bigger a Super Walmart is compared to a normal Walmart! O.O Super Walmart is Disney World. Regular Walmart is The Youth Fair for an analogy. ;)
Quote: JohnzimboMy favorite oxymoron, other than jumbo shrimp....is Super Walmart
Military Intelligence.
Quote: billryanMilitary Intelligence.
Gasp! You take that back! The military is smart and trying to protect us! O.O
I have many other explanations, however, I would get suspended for mentioning most of them.Quote: RSI’m convinced Nathan is a bot. I mean, it’s the only explanation....
Perhaps, if I just add in Trump is a....perverted, racist, rapist pig I will be given a pass?
Quote: AxelWolfI have many other explanations, however, I would get suspended for mentioning most of them.
Perhaps, if I just add in Trump is a....perverted, racist, rapist pig I will be given a pass?
Try it on Tuesday. You plan on being busy for the next couple days after that anyways.
Quote: AxelWolfIs it just me, or does Walmart have a knack for hiring people that hate life and are the least qualified for anything?
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Depends on where you live. There are lots
of refugees from Bosnia here, guess where
they work.
Quote:Walmart wants to get in on the act of giving bees a helping hand while investing in advanced robotics.
Walmart filed a patent in March for autonomous robot bees that can pollinate like their real insect counterparts. Tiny cameras on the robots -- also called pollination drones -- not only detect and spot the locations of the crops that need pollinating, but the sensitive sensors on the drones will assure that successful pollination occurs.
Five other patents were also filed that same month by Walmart for additional farming drones, including one drone that monitors the ongoing health of various crops and another that can hunt down plant pests, hopefully erasing the need for use of harmful pesticides that endanger bees in the first place.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/robotic-bees-are-a-real-thing—and-the-company-funding-them-might-surprise-you/ar-AAx4NAE?ocid=spartanntp
Quote: RSI’m convinced Nathan is a bot. I mean, it’s the only explanation....
Apparently Nathan has been met by a forum member and is a live female human being. I have offered her money to stop posting but she did not accept.
Quote: rxwineWalmart news
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/robotic-bees-are-a-real-thing—and-the-company-funding-them-might-surprise-you/ar-AAx4NAE?ocid=spartanntp
Black Mirror Season 3 Episode 6. On Netflix..Actually one of my favorite episodes of the series
Quote: SOOPOOApparently Nathan has been met by a forum member and is a live female human being. I have offered her money to stop posting but she did not accept.
I am not aware that Nathan has ever met anyone from the forum. Not saying it didn't happen. Just that, in the one instance where it was set in a thread, they missed connections.
If anyone HAS met Nathan and would vouch for it, I would be interested in hearing about it in PM.
Quote: beachbumbabsIf anyone HAS met Nathan and would vouch for it, I would be interested in hearing about it in PM.
Not only meet but see driver's license or other ID. I mean, I could find someone to pretend to be someone for a small sum of money as could anyone.
Quote: RSNot if any other store that pops up gets undercutted by WalMart until that new store goes out of business.
IDGAF I just want cheap stuff
Just like the rest of us
some people are hearing this audio as sounding like "yanny" and some people are hearing this as sounding like "laurel."
here's the really freaky thing for me. when I first heard it a couple of days ago I could only hear "yanny." now, today, I can only hear "laurel."
there are all kinds of scientific and non-scientific explanations out there.
it's a trip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p4MpT-VgSo
Quote: GWAEI have listened to it a bunch of times and it has always been clear to me that it is laurel. Not even close to be confused with yanny.
All I hear is Yanni.
Quote: HunterhillAll I hear is Yanni.
All I hear is who gives a flying F.
Haven't listened nor will I listen.
Could care less what it sounds
like, it's a media hustle trying
to lead us around by the nose.
Look how well it's working.
This is why the media is still
stunned that Trump won and
is still there. They thought we
would do whatever they direct
us to do, and it failed miserably.
This time.
#TeamGoldDress
Quote: EvenBobAll I hear is who gives a flying F. This is why the media is still
stunned that Trump won
this has nothing to do with Trump
who gives a flying F if it came for the mainstream media or the social media or from your neighbor down the hall? it's just a light, little something that's interesting to some people. not to you, obviously.
you could lighten up a little buddy.
it's not worth taking it all that seriously
a few posts and threads back you were ranting about who will be the first female POTUS.
who gives a flying F?
