[GulfBreeze]

I detest the whole buy from China first attitude they have but I really do appreciate what Wal-Mart does for my budget.

It's a good article above (very puffy though). Consider reading it through.

[goldstategop]

Good thing about Wal-mart. It makes keeping oneself alive, which is tough to do when rising costs squeeze your budget from all directions, a lot easier. Yet liberals keep attacking Wal-mart for making life affordable to the masses. Go figure!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[misterrob]

It’s not so much about China but rather moving to a model towards lowest possible costs. China can supply cheaper goods so companies mfg. there.

These guys are ruthless when it comes to cost cutting and supply chain management. They serve a very valuable function by supplying goods and services at low cost.

[peggybac]

I just returned home from Walmart Market about 1/2 hour ago and stocked up. You can’t beat the grocery prices - they are the lowest of all the supermarket prices I’ve seen.

[blam]

I like Wal-Mart’s ‘continuous improvement’ attitude.

[Popman]

This is good for the whole retail grocery segment, as Wal-Mart goes, so the rest of the chains.

Consumers will see smaller size items for the same money.
Manufacturers will increase the case size of the product, Ex: going from 18 boxes per case to 24 boxes per case to save costs and transportation
Inventory control will be even more important making "just in time" deliveries a higher priority Inventory is "money" not turning a profit
etc, etc, etc, etc,

In the long run the world's second most "evil" corporation will save consumers 100's of millions of dollars.

[boogerbear]

Just don’t go “off brand” at the WalMart groceries. As long as it’s the same thing you can get elsewhere you’re usually in good shape, but we got some not available elsewhere peaches that were terrible (clearly frozen at some point in their travels), and some off brand hamburger patties that I wouldn’t feed to an annoying neighbor dog. Sometimes they get their low prices through negotiating power, sometimes they get their low prices by buying crap.

[Centurion2000]

I don’t buy the meat there. Everything else is fair game.

[tiki]

Don’t get me wrong, I shop at Wal-Mart but they also screw their suppliers and that is the reason that we no longer sell to them.

If the suppliers are still supplying at a cheaper price, I will take advantage of it.

[Veto!]

My local Safeway has declared war on prices, apparently on WalMart too, as many items are more reasonable than ever. Not meat, though there are lots of “specials,” which essentially claim last year’s prices as today’s sale prices.

[prophetic]

I normally buy some of the Campbells soups at Wal-Mart for $1.72 or I can by it at a hispanic store aptly named President Supermarket (where they are 99.9% cuban!) for the whopping price of $2.92+

[steveo]

allowing the same amount of food to fit into a 20% smaller box at the same price.

That's something that has irked me for years. The box of stuff you buy often only takes up 1/4 to 1/3 of the boxes volume.

[varyouga]

Cutting costs without subsidies or tax hikes. If only our government could learn from this.

Walmart doesn't buy all of their food from China and they sell the same stuff all other retailers do.

[TigersEye]

WalMart eliminates the need for 500 trucks by one change in Hamburger Helper? When will we hear the greenie-weenies congratulate them for saving the environment? {{{crickets}}}

[mysterio]

Maybe chip manufacturers should consider not blowing up 1/4 full bags with 3/4 air.

[RetiredArmy]

THIS IS A LIE AND TOTAL B.S. EVERY ITEM that we purchase on our grocery list each week HAS GONE UP at our local Wal "gouge every cent" Mart. EVERY item. Our grocery bill has increased by $25 to $35 dollars per shopping trip each week. Because of our eating habits and diets we eat, we each much the same things each week. This is BS that they are holding down food prices. We have little choice as all the other grocery stores in our area have been put out of business by Wal Mart and our local store is employed by morons and imbeciles who could give a damn less about customer's service. It is the worse store that I have ever shopped in.

[Non-Sequitur]

I detest the whole buy from China first attitude they have but I really do appreciate what Wal-Mart does for my budget.

Considering the general low quality of the other stuff they sell I have a hard time believing that they would sell high quality food. So I prefer to spend a few bucks more for peace of mind on what I'm eating.