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Wal-Mart vs. Polit-Morons
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Posted on 08/11/2019 7:39:42 AM PDT by Leo Carpathian

Wal-Mart vs. Polit - Morons

1. Americans spend $36,000,000 at Wal-Mart Every hour of every day.

2. This works out to $20,928 profit every minute!

3. Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St. Patrick's Day (March 17th) than Target sells all year.

4. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot + Kroger + Target +Sears + Costco + K-Mart combined.

5. Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people, is the world's largest private employer, and most speak English.

6. Wal-Mart is the largest company in the history of the world.

7. Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger and Safeway combined, and keep in mind they did this in only fifteen years .

8. During this same period, 31 big supermarket chains sought bankruptcy.

9. Wal-Mart now sells more food than any other store in the world.

10. Wal-Mart has approx 3,900 stores in the USA of which 1,906 are Super Centers; this is 1,000 more than it had five years ago.

11. This year 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur at Wal-Mart stores. (Earth's population is approximately 6.5 Billion.)

12. 90% of all Americans live within fifteen miles of a Wal-Mart.

You may think that I am complaining, but I am really laying the groundwork for suggesting that MAYBE we should hire the guys who run Wal-Mart to fix the economy.

This should be read and understood by all Americans… Democrats, Republicans, EVERYONE!!

To the 535 voting members of the Legislature.

It is now official that the majority of you are corrupt morons.

a. The U.S. Postal Service was established in 1775. You have had 244 years to get it right and it is broke .

b. Social Security was established in 1935. You have had 84 years to get it right and it is broke .

c. Fannie Mae was established in 1938. You have had 81 years to get it right and it is broke .

d. War on Poverty started in 1964. You have had 45 years to get it right; $1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to "the poor" and they only want more.

e. Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965. You have had 44 years to get it right and they are broke .

f. Freddie Mac was established in 1970. You have had 49 years to get it right and it is broke .

You have FAILED in every "government service" you have shoved down our throats while overspending our tax dollars.

Folks, keep this circulating. It is very well stated. Maybe it will end up in the e-mails of some of our "duly elected' (they never read anything) and their staff will clue them in on how Americans feel.

AND

I know what's wrong. We have lost our minds to "Political Correctness”!

Someone please tell me what the HELL's wrong with all the people that run this country!

We're "broke" & can't help our own Seniors, Veterans, Orphans, Homeless etc.

In the last few months we have provided aid to Haiti, Chile, and Turkey…And now Pakistan previous home of bin Laden. Literally, BILLIONS of DOLLARS!!! (And you can’t agree to a simple $5B for a wall to help keep us safe?!!!)

Our retired seniors living on a 'fixed income' receive no aid nor do they get any breaks…

AMERICA: a country where we have homeless without shelter, children going to bed hungry, elderly going without 'needed' meds, and mentally ill without treatment - etc, etc.

And the CRAZIES in California want to give "free" medical care to illegal aliens. This is stupid!!! My friends, nothing is "free". You and me, the working Americans will be taxed to pay for this giveaway!!

Imagine if the *GOVERNMENT* gave 'US' the same support they give to other countries. Sad isn't it?

99% of people won't have the guts to forward this.

I'm one of the 1% -- I Just Did

"GOD BLESS AMERICA. IN GOD I TRUST"


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: ahjeez; crap; government; politicians; walmart
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1 posted on 08/11/2019 7:39:42 AM PDT by Leo Carpathian
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To: Leo Carpathian
"2. This works out to $20,928 profit every minute!

People who say that do not know business costs.

2 posted on 08/11/2019 7:53:03 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: SkyDancer

Well, it’s $600,000 revenue every minute. It’s likely $20,928 is close.


3 posted on 08/11/2019 8:00:53 AM PDT by TheZMan (I am a secessionist.)
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To: Leo Carpathian

I remember when Walton’s 5&10 was just a mom and pop store on the west side of the Bentonville Square. Met him many times in the 1950s and 60s.


4 posted on 08/11/2019 8:06:12 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: TheZMan

I’m talking about what does it cost WalMart to open its doors; what is their daily ‘nut’ as my business prof mentioned. People think that if they buy something for a dollar and sell it for two they’ve made a dollar profit. Not so.


5 posted on 08/11/2019 8:08:57 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: Leo Carpathian

“You may think that I am complaining, but I am really laying the groundwork for suggesting that MAYBE we should hire the guys who run Wal-Mart to fix the economy.”

The politicians would take less than three years to break Walmart.


6 posted on 08/11/2019 8:20:09 AM PDT by DugwayDuke ("A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest")
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To: SkyDancer

It seems to me that most retailers are experiencing narrower margins and are making this up with more house brands, fewer human employees, fewer options. “Sales” often follow the Dell format: constant and with no real price reduction.

Chalk it up to higher utilities, higher taxes, mandated salaries and benefits, and increased transport costs.

Just observing my local Walmart:

fewer items from far fewer vendors
fewer employees
more self-checkouts
many products cheaper at Tractor Supply (local)or Home Depot/Menards (travel)
more choice at True Value
Many *lower prices* are a negligible few cents.

More than ever, I find I must comparison shop and designate some outlets better 1) overall, 2)for specific categories,
3)for cyclical sales.

My process now is to check online (Amazon or eBay and then Home Depot or Walmart (local store does not always stock what is available within the chain)for in-store pick-up

Check sales, including unadvertised specials/in-house price reductions.

Cheaper does not always mean *as good as*. Sometimes exceptional value is available at considerable savings, but not always.

Do my usual route, noting that often an item is in short supply or unavailable _everywhere_. If non-perishable, I order online. If perishable, either substitute or add to Be On The Lookout list

Adjust list for sales (usually depends on which day of the week I can shop).

Always include pantry storage items, especially staples on sale.

Try to anticipate needs without ending up with too much of something. (belts for various machinery/appliances and batteries, in my case)


7 posted on 08/11/2019 8:39:23 AM PDT by reformedliberal
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To: reformedliberal

It is well-known that many manufacturers make cheaper and shoddier versions of their products just for Walmart. The cloth is thinner, the stitching sloppier. You get what you pay for.


8 posted on 08/11/2019 8:43:00 AM PDT by proxy_user
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To: Leo Carpathian

Yea but how much does Amazon make per hour per year?


9 posted on 08/11/2019 8:47:50 AM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: reformedliberal

Businesses hope for at least a 17% earnings but most almost hover around 7-10%.


10 posted on 08/11/2019 8:49:03 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: SkyDancer

https://s2.q4cdn.com/056532643/files/doc_financials/2019/annual/Walmart-2019-AR-Final.pdf

Lots of dollars flow in/out of Walmart across the world.


11 posted on 08/11/2019 9:58:35 AM PDT by deport
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To: SkyDancer

At just under 3% profit, we must ass it is net not gross. Do I need to explain that to you?

Tremendous volume!!


12 posted on 08/11/2019 10:33:22 AM PDT by Demanwideplan
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To: Demanwideplan

The word was “profit” and it was used incorrectly. It’s their gross not their profit.


13 posted on 08/11/2019 11:35:22 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: Leo Carpathian

BOOKbump


14 posted on 08/11/2019 3:51:36 PM PDT by S.O.S121.500 (Had ENOUGH Yet ? ........................ Enforce the Bill of Rights .........It is the LAW...)
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To: SkyDancer; Chode

At the Auto Parts Store I worked at We used a 33% Minimum Markup for Everything. Yes that made Us higher prices that the other local stores in town but... We had that Part IN STOCK. Ready to get the Customers Car back on the road to get them to work the next day or week.

Our competitors could ORDER the same part for a lower price but it took several days to get the part to the Customer.

They wanted it on Saturday so they could have the car repaired for work on Monday. We offered that by having the parts in stock. For the competition to get the part that was wanted on Saturday IF it got ordered on Monday morning and shipped the same day the soonest it was available to the customer was Tuesday via FedEx or UPS Overnight Shipping (and someone paid the freight, be it the store or customer) so the customer could end up paying the shipping as well. So the part they could have had on Saturday from Us ended up costing the customer the SAME.

There were many that would do that. There were many that didn’t.

I worked for the store (Privately Owned) for 18+ years. When I started they had just the one store. When I left there were 5 Stores. Have no clue what’s going on now.


15 posted on 08/11/2019 4:17:35 PM PDT by mabarker1 ((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!))
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To: TheZMan; SkyDancer
1. Americans spend $36,000,000 at Wal-Mart Every hour of every day.
2. This works out to $20,928 profit every minute!


$600,000 in revenue per minute equals $21M in profit? That's less than 3.5% profit margin.. That seems extremely low, especially when the bulk of their sales is in non-perishable goods. Most companies are in the 10-20%profit margin range.
16 posted on 08/11/2019 8:45:23 PM PDT by Svartalfiar
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To: Svartalfiar

$21M was a typo I think.

“Most companies are in the 10-20%profit margin range.”

Err, doubtful. 10-20 is ideal, it shows you’re healthy.

$21k per minute = $10,999,756,800 per year, which is still low.

According to https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/WMT/walmart/gross-profit

“Walmart annual gross profit for 2019 was $129.104B, a 1.7% increase from 2018.”

Using that number, they’re making $245,631 in profit per minute. I think all of the numbers in the OP are suspect at this point.


17 posted on 08/11/2019 9:37:47 PM PDT by TheZMan (I am a secessionist.)
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To: Leo Carpathian

‘bout to go to bed, but have to save this to send on to others later! ...Thanks, Leo.


18 posted on 08/12/2019 5:33:29 AM PDT by octex
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