Why put the mockery quotes around the word "negotiate"?
I'm not sure where you got the idea that they were "mockery quotes"... LOL... I just know that quote marks are used for quoting others, sometimes for emphasis, sometimes for using a word that is similar to what was used, but not the exact same word, sometimes for an allusion to something else...
But I suppose if someone wanted to... they could call them "mockery quotes"... I just call them quote marks...
And in this case, it was a word that was similar, but not the exact word -- "negotiate"... that I was referring to, in regards to that other FReeper.
How do you think businesses do, or should, "negotiate"?
If I were commenting on it from the standpoint of how to engage in business practices for the purposes of negotiating with suppliers, then I might be discussing that very thing.
But, as you'll notice, I'm talking about it from the standpoint of the consumer, and with me being a consumer myself, and also noting that this is a stupid marketing move, on behalf of Walmart, because it ends up driving their customers to other stores who do carry the name-brand product.
In fact, I don't know of other major and big grocery retailers who decide to eliminate any of the name brand products on their shelves and exclusively carry their own "off-brand" product as a replacement. All the big grocery retailers that I've seen always carry the name-brand product -- and -- then they may have an off-brand of theirs, there too... :-)
If Wal-Mart wants to sell only their in-house brand, that's their prerogative.
True, it's their choice ... and .. as I said, an extremely stupid choice, which ends up driving their own customers into the hands of the competitors of Walmart.
You're free to open your own grocery store and compete.
Been there, done that... and I'm not in the business anymore... :-)
It seems we agree then. :-)