It just so happened I went to Wal-Mart yesterday (happens very infrequently, mind you, they are next to the post office and I was mailing my tax return). It was late afternoon yet surprisingly few shoppers. I found what I wanted and went to the checkout. There was a young black lady as cashier with NOBODY waiting in line.
While I was there, I found sausages made by a local company and added it to my cart. I asked the cashier if she knew why I bought it. She said nothing but shrugged. I told her they were the only ones to sell eight sausages. How many are there in a bag of hot dog buns? Eight. You’d have thought nobody did market research in that industry. The cashier just looked at me and said nothing.
Around here (Indiana) WM is competitive on some boxed and packaged groceries but very high prices on meats.
Aldi is amazingly lower on almost everything.