Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 04/14/2011 4:45:55 PM PDT by PROCON
Former Al Gore senior aide Leslie Dach dared to dream:
In July 2006, Dach was installed as the public relations chief for Wal-Mart. He drafted a number of other progressives into the company, seeking to change the company’s way of doing business: its culture, its politics, and most importantly its products.
Out went drab, inexpensive merchandise so dear to low-income Americans. In came upscale organic foods, “green” products, trendy jeans, and political correctness. In other words, Dach sought to expose poor working Americans to the “good life” of the wealthy, environmentally conscious Prius driver.
How did that all work out?
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Once again this proves that "Going Green" does not resonate with the middle-class, it's expensive and a waste!
Algore’s a moron Alert!
Target thanks you Al Gore and Wal Mart.
Fabric is back???? YES!
I still have never seen “agrula” in my middle class market (you know that trendy salad green Obama likes) in my middle class grocery store.
Like putting lipstick on a pig.
Will they start stocking real light bulbs again?
It tastes a lot like dandelion greens.
“Will they start stocking real light bulbs again?”
Only when out Fascist government lets them.
I'd like to see all the greenie PC nonsense scrapped at Wal-Mart. It's a Southern-based chain and needs to return to the common-sense values of the down-to-earth founder Sam Walton, a good Okie and Arkie (in the finest sense of those words).
Our store seems to be behind the times as it is still clearancing out what is left of the "heritage" goods -- the good stuff -- and shoveling in more featureless earth-pleasing pablum.
Most of the green products I have tried do not work.
It’s a complete mystery why Walmart would try to cater to upscale shoppers. The type of upscale shopper who would buy organic produce and free range chicken is the exact same shopper who thrives on stories about how exploitative Walmart is.
Anyway, it’s nice to see that the fabric is coming back. Last time I went to Walmart to look for fabric, I thought it was just that store that didn’t have any. I didn’t realize it had been a corporate decision not to sell it. Do upscale shoppers never sew?
Got it!
paulycy! This graphic sometimes disappears. Can you grab it and save it?
haha! i do like arugula...
Another casualty of their hyper-just-in-time stocking strategy is any item that doesn’t sell every single day.
That’s what happened to the more interesting items in hardware and automotive. If one sold, say, only once every three days — it’s out. So in place of the interesting stuff say like freon conversion kits you get a whole aisle full of air fresheners. Lots of pastel earthy scents, too.
Same here. I have tried several “green” cleaners. Only one has worked ok, the rest just sucked and were dumped down the drain. Other “green” products I have used at work are equally disappointing, more expensive, and don’t do what their predecessor did.
My wife and I buy real light bulbs as routine whenever we are at Wal-Mart or Home Depot. We have a spare closet stacked three feet up on one side with 40w, 60w and some 100w.
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