[Clemenza]

Sorry Wally World, but your current customer base won't buy it, and the Whole Foods crowd already has a discount organic food purveyor in the form of Trader Joes.

The only thing I ever buy at Wal Mart is ammunition. Just run in and get it at the sporting goods counter without having to brave the long lines up front. Its going to take alot of convincing to get me to shove through Big Bertha and a Mexican/Cambodian family reunion, to say nothing of parents beating their children, just to save a dime on organic tomatos.

[MNJohnnie]

Sorry Wal Mart. The only thing that will appease your enemies is if you disappear. They hate Capitalism and you are WAY too successful an example of why Capitalism works.

[FreePaul]

I can't imagine Wal Mart having orgainic food any better than the other organic shops I've been in. I don't shop at the other organic shops so I wouldn't buy Wal Mart organic food. Years ago we bought some things at an organic food shop because it was convenient. We quit because they didn't have much selection, products weren't any better and may not have been as good and the prices were out of line. Maybe they've changed but I won't find out.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Isn't all food organic? What would inorganic food look like? Or taste like?

[cripplecreek]

Apparently Wally sees a market that needs to be tapped.

[finnman69]

20lb jars of Tofu?

[sarasota]

The last price (and final price) I paid for four organic tomatoes was $5.

[Minn. 4 Bush]

I do eat organic and will go out of my way to buy it at Walmart just as I go out of my way to be everything else there. Target is closer but ever since they kicked out the Salvation Army at Christmas, I no longer support them.

[Petronski]

Crunchy ping #2

[NaughtiusMaximus]

Homer Voice: Mmmmmmmmm, organic!

[reformedliberal]

Trader Joe's does not have stores in my area. I am not certain they have stores this far East or in small markets. The nearest Whole Foods, which is not discount, is 90 miles away.


Our regular employee-owned grocery carries organic food, including Amish meats. So, of course, does the organic cooperative, which is having a fit over Walgreen opening a store right next to them because Walgreen carries some of the same supplements/homeopathics/aromatherapy items that are a huge profit center for the coop. Walmart and Sam's Club already have occasional organic offerings. From my observations, the only difference is price and the less affluent who desire organic will buy the same product for less, if possible. The Green ideologues will insist on purchasing from the perceived ideologically pure cooperative The rest don't care.

I see nothing out of line with Walmart adding to its product line in order to garner another point or two of market share. As to the success of failure of the approach: we shall see. Increasing the market and availability of specialty items often lowers the price everywhere.

[Waverunner]

Beef Jerky and Slime Jims - aren't they organic?

One of them in your shirt pocket keeps the conversation from going vegan.

[TennesseeGirl]

Are you aware of the burgeoning organic food market? There's $$ to be made. WalMart's not stupid. Look at the proliferation of organic food stores opening across the country. People are paying higher prices, gladly, for something perceived as healthier. Like consumers of non-organic foods, customers will buy at WalMart rather than at Whole Foods or EarthFare based on price.