[catnipman]

“Wal-Mart’s Worst Stock Crash In 27 Years Is Another Sign That The Economy Is Rapidly Falling Apart”

Nope. Just a sign Walmart is rapidly falling apart. Fool bean counters are now running Walmart, and they can’t figure out that people quit shopping there because they refuse to keep the shelves stocked and open enough checkout lanes.

It’s why I quit shopping there for groceries for those reasons. Mondays are the worst as they refuse to run trucks on Sunday, so the shelves are stripped bare on Monday. Even normally, they refuse to fully stock the shelves, and yeah, open checkout lanes too.

The local grocery stores here long ago learned to compete with Walmart by lowering their prices and increasing their service; at least the Kroger-owned store chains here have figured that out. They’re packed to the rafters all the time now around here and have all their checkout lanes going full blast, while over at the Walmarts it’s basically SleepyTown.

[cherry]

Fred Meyers out west here are good stores to shop....

they have SALES and they always have a lot of checkers and then there's the do it yourself lines.

nothing is more irritating than to have to wait, wait, wait in line when you see a dozen open checkouts but no cashiers...like at Walmart.

[Larry Lucido]

Shhhh. The blog is called “economic collapse.” The economy is collapsing! Tomorrow! Ahhhhhhh!!!!! Click on my blog!!!

(And it might collapse tomorrow, just like the rapture might be tomorrow, but incessant blogging about it doesn’t make it so - it just causes blog clicks).

[riri]

I wonder if Winco is puttting a hurting on them too? All the items I used to get at Super Walmart, I now buy at Winco. I only hit a WM about once a month for items like pool chlorine, salt for the water softener, toothpaste, etc.

All grocery items, I now buy at Winco and Sprouts. Winco has a huge bulk food department too.

[cva66snipe]

You've pretty well hit the nail on the head. If it's not stocked it can't be sold. Many mistakes have been made. The backwards Super Walmart with the food section on the right side entry. Everything is out of whack in those stores especially clothing. You can't tell where one section of it ends and another begins now. In all of them though stocking and on hand inventory stinks. They count too heavily on their computerized inventory system. If the computer shows 10 items on the shelf then no more is ordered. I've ran into this before on items. You ask a clerk when they will get a specific item in? They check the computer and say there's 10 on the shelf. I always say please show me where. They look and even after not seeing it can not seem to get past that point as the person that handles that is off and will be in next Tuesday.

Their food section years ago started out great. Lots of bargains and name brand items. Then came the Great Value Fiasco. Anyone remember? They pulled most name brands and tried stocking only Great Value items. They never recovered to the previous inventory. Frozen foods? I like Stauffers frozen foods. It is almost always freezer burnt especially the Spaghetti. The can goods I pass by completely now. Their meats? Ingles, Food City, and Krogers, in my state can beat almost all of Walmarts prices, they will also empty and bag the groceries and offer to help me out.

Walmart ended Layaway. That hurt them also as well as hurt lower income families which used it to avoid credit. It ended when Wally World Credit showed up.

Outdoor power equipment? Never, ever, buy there. Read the article "The man who said no to Walmart". Electronics? It has become a Big Screen TV and Cell Phone accessory department. As stupid as it sounds my local Walmart has both a cell phone store and cell phones in Electronics. BTW their Pre-Paid phone cards sometimes work sometimes don't due to a delay in processing the card. I'm also sick and tired of Hide and Go Seek of products. This is done for the sole purpose of making you walk around the blasted store in hopes you see something else to buy also.

Walmart Corp needs to stop micromanaging the stores to death and listen to the store managers who hear the customers complaints. Years ago when Sam's son ran it if you called Walmart Customer service or wrote a letter someone at Corp called or replied. I have gotten a call from a VP of Loss Prevention before. Now they have local "associates" contacting customers and they have no power to address any issues. Walmart is it's own worst enemy. In a poor economy Walmart should be OK. But the fools in Bentonville just can't figure out what Sam Walton understood to make it a success.