Yes. I concur. I wasn’t able to access the article, so maybe this issue is discussed in it. But Walmart seems to be the favorite store for those on welfare and food-stamps, at least in my city. I can testify that you don’t want to go into a local walmart in the afternoon or evening the first few days of the month when the people on the dole receive their government infusions of cash into their accounts. You can generally go in the morning before this crowd wakes up, but don’t delay or your quick shopping trip will turn into a huge waste of time as you wait for them to buy their junk foods and processed foods (primarily) at taxpayers’ expense.
You need to get your state legislature to change the system to pay benefits all month long by alphabetical name or SSN numerical.
That’s what they did here in Indiana.
SocSec also does it that way now.
Eliminates the rush.
I believe you are using gross generalities to disparage Walmart and it’s customers. Walmart is a favorite of my wife and I. We live in the country and travel to town 25 miles away to shop for groceries. We are both on small, fixed, retirement incomes. We shop at any time of day and any day of the week and have never noticed any difference in their service. They have everything we need for groceries and household items, their prices are low and the stores are always stocked and clean. Except for the fact that they are not unionized, which totally irritates liberals, they provide a great service to the buying community. They are a business and can conduct it in anyway they want and is legal. I don’t know what the criticism of Walmart is about and don’t really care. As long as they provide quality goods and services to their customers, we will continue to shop there. We have no complaints about Walmart.
“But Walmart seems to be the favorite store for those on welfare and food-stamps, at least in my city.”
In many relatively low income urban and rural communities all or nearly all other supermarkets in the community closed when Walmart began selling groceries. So, shoppers have no reasonable choice other than Walmart, unless they can afford the gasoline to commute to another supermarket like Krogers some 30 to 60 miles away from the community.