When I worked at Sara Lee, we negotiated a deal with Walmart that said we would not charge less in our retail outlets for our products than Walmart priced the same item. This, of course, caused the sales to plummet in our outlets. When we in retail complained to our sister divisions, their response was "Well, you sell less than Walmart". Well, DUH! You won't let us charge less than Walmart. Hello!!!? I imagine Walmart does this with our companies as well.
There are 2 reasons Walmart is being attacked:
1 - they donate largely to REPUBLICANS
2 - they don't allow UNIONS
--aside from the rest of the article, Levi's "social responsibility" consisted of squandering the stockholders profits on every extreme left political position that could be--I still won't buy anything with the Levi label--
>The pickle maker had spent decades convincing customers that they should pay a premium for its brand. Now Wal-Mart was practically giving them away. <
And there it is... Most of these companies have made a business out of making people pay more than need be for products, Wal-Mart has called them on it.
Why don't you just say your after WalMart. Just say I hate WalMart. That is better then putting out this incorrect information.
Confusing Wal-Mart with Sam's Club?
If you can't stand the heat ..... get out of the kitchen.
Case closed.
Someone's going to have to repeal the law that forces suppliers to do business with Wal-Mart. /sarcasm
I've seen this exact story several times in the past, years ago.
This is a hit piece.
Yet another Wally World hit piece. Nothing more to see here. Move along.
All this article says is that Walmart doesn't fit the left wing socialist template and instead it operates like a capitalist corporation. No wonder the liberals hate them.
So what?
Don't sell to Wal-Mart if you can't handle their good negotiating skills.
In the meantime, I will continue shopping there to get the best deal on some things, and will shop elsewhere to get the best deal on other things (movies etc...Wal-Mart is too expensive, though better than the super rip-off joint called Hastings Books and Music.......talk about a HUGE markup there...the bastards try to milk it for all they can).
Walmart should declare that they are a "French" company. That would make the criticism majically disappear.
I read this article last year I think when it first came out, and my question is the same as it was then: What FORCED Vlasic to sell it's pickles through Wal-Mart? If they were confidant that they had convinced people to pay a premium for their pickles, and that said people had brand loyalty, why not just stick to supermarkets or specialty stores and quit their yammerin'?!
tSG
I must have missed the part where Vlasic is having its arm twisted to be one of Wal*Mart's vendors.
And what of the savings of the Wal*Mart customer, where does the additional money of that consumer's budget now go? More spending, more investment, more savings? Don't tell me that their wages are being reduced (during the entire Wal*Mart period not just the last three years), the numbers from the BEA and BLS do not support that claim.
I stopped reading at this line:
"A gallon-sized jar of whole pickles is something to behold. The jar is the size of a small aquarium. The fat green pickles, floating in swampy juice, look reptilian, their shapes exaggerated by the glass. It weighs 12 pounds, too big to carry with one hand. The gallon jar of pickles is a display of abundance and excess; it is entrancing, and also vaguely unsettling. This is the product that Wal-Mart fell in love with: Vlasic's gallon jar of pickles."
Duh. Our "Hometown Food Store" has gallon jars of pickes, mayonaise, soup, beans etc...
It's for small institutions: schools, caterers, churches etc that use such things, but can't afford to ship in supplies by regular shipping.
For example, if the Baptist church holds a supper, they will often buy large jars locally instead of going 100 plus miles to buy wholesale. Big deal.
Heck, even large families will buy large jars to save money.