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GORE STORE NO MORE (Wal-Mart: "Green" Doesn't Sell)
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| April 14, 2011
| Tim Blair
Posted on 04/14/2011 4:45:55 PM PDT by PROCON
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After suffering seven straight quarters of losses, today the merchandise giant Wal-Mart will announce that it is going back to basics, ending its era of high-end organic foods, going green... Once again this proves that "Going Green" does not resonate with the middle-class, it's expensive and a waste!
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posted on
04/14/2011 4:45:57 PM PDT
by
PROCON
To: steelyourfaith; Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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posted on
04/14/2011 4:47:07 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(Republicans: we elected you, DON'T let us down; 2011: the year of REPEAL!)
To: PROCON; Dr. Bogus Pachysandra; Normandy; FreedomPoster; Para-Ord.45; Entrepreneur; tubebender; ...
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posted on
04/14/2011 4:47:46 PM PDT
by
steelyourfaith
(If it's "green" ... it's crap.)
To: PROCON
Target thanks you Al Gore and Wal Mart.
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posted on
04/14/2011 4:48:14 PM PDT
by
scooby321
To: PROCON
To: PROCON
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.
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posted on
04/14/2011 4:53:38 PM PDT
by
Inyo-Mono
(My greatest fear is that when I'm gone my wife will sell my guns for what I told her I paid for them)
To: PROCON
Like putting lipstick on a pig.
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posted on
04/14/2011 5:03:47 PM PDT
by
AU72
To: PROCON
Will they start stocking real light bulbs again?
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posted on
04/14/2011 5:10:49 PM PDT
by
nina0113
To: Inyo-Mono
It tastes a lot like dandelion greens.
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posted on
04/14/2011 5:12:19 PM PDT
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nina0113
To: nina0113
“Will they start stocking real light bulbs again?”
Only when out Fascist government lets them.
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posted on
04/14/2011 5:12:36 PM PDT
by
Pravious
To: FReepers
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posted on
04/14/2011 5:14:39 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(America! The wolves are at your door! How will you answer the knock?)
To: nina0113
Will they start stocking real light bulbs again? 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).
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posted on
04/14/2011 5:16:06 PM PDT
by
re_nortex
(DP...that's what I like about Texas.)
To: PROCON
There was a good thread yesterday, worth the search if anyone is interested in comments.
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.
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posted on
04/14/2011 5:16:46 PM PDT
by
steve86
(Acerbic by nature, not nurture (Could be worst in 40 years))
To: PROCON
Most of the green products I have tried do not work.
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04/14/2011 5:17:15 PM PDT
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freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: PROCON
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?
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posted on
04/14/2011 5:17:42 PM PDT
by
exDemMom
(Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
To: DJ MacWoW; paulycy
Got it!
paulycy! This graphic sometimes disappears. Can you grab it and save it?
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posted on
04/14/2011 5:18:09 PM PDT
by
onyx
(If you truly support Sarah Palin and want to be on her busy ping list, let me know!)
To: Inyo-Mono
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. haha! i do like arugula...
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posted on
04/14/2011 5:26:37 PM PDT
by
latina4dubya
( self-proclaimed tequila snob)
To: PROCON
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.
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04/14/2011 5:30:40 PM PDT
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steve86
(Acerbic by nature, not nurture (Could be worst in 40 years))
To: freekitty
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.
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posted on
04/14/2011 5:32:05 PM PDT
by
matt04
To: nina0113
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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posted on
04/14/2011 5:32:55 PM PDT
by
Baynative
(Truth is treason in an empire of lies)
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