Posted on 08/06/2020 3:42:16 AM PDT by Libloather
Grab your popcorn! Walmart is lifting the curtain on plans for the Walmart Drive-in, a drive-in movie theater experience, which is rolling into 160 Walmart stores across the country beginning this month, created in partnership with the Tribeca Film Festival.
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Available for free to Walmart customers, the Walmart Drive-in will transform Walmart parking lots into outdoor cinemas from August 14 through October 21 with 320 showings of hit movies. Starting today at 5:00 p.m. ET, families can visit www.TheWalmartDriveIn.com to discover dates, store locations and the movies for each stop of the movie tour.
"We recognize the challenges our customers and their families have faced over the last few months and we wanted to create an experience where they could come together safely to create new memories," said Janey Whiteside, Walmarts Chief Customer Officer. "The Walmart Drive-in is one small way were supporting the communities we serve."
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:)
Yes,that was cute. Simpler times, right?
“Too-mah!!”
Looks like drive theaters be making a come back after all,and you don’t have to put up with the smell of someone.
Joe Biden wept.
Indeed.
Wow...everyone but you are naive?
Corporations do philanthropic community outreach. Most set aside budgeted amounts for just that purpose.
Do they have ulterior motives? That’s a resounding yes, it part of public and community relations. If they are going to spend money they owe their stockholders that any money spent goes to improving the brand.
That doesn’t lessen the fact that its a nice gesture....
Simple times, so unlike today...
#14 Good excuse : )
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