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In reply to the discussion: Walmart to Get Stuck With Most of Food Stamp Shopping Spree [View all]jtuck004
(15,882 posts)59. That is true for much of their stuff, up to the point of the register. When the sale
is made, they take "ownership", which is where and how they make their profit.
So unless the state steps in, and it doesn't look like they will, they probably get to "eat" this.
And it's unlikely that the corps who supply the food would allow Walmart to be taken out of the program. The profits are simply too great. And if they move to someone else, the costs to the program would likely be higher, but the people who do the work at the registers probably wouldn't make much more, if any at all. There is too much overhead in other places in their orgs.
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'retailers who chose not to use the emergency procedures that limit sales up to $50 per cardholder'
tomm2thumbs
Oct 2013
#2
AND "other grocery stores in town told customers they would not accept EBT cards
dixiegrrrrl
Oct 2013
#78
Just a gentle comment...for many rural folks, WalMart is their only choice for groceries.
libdem4life
Oct 2013
#17
Does it really look like I give a shit about Wal-Mart and what rural conservative fucknuts do?
Buddha_of_Wisdom
Oct 2013
#18
I agree with you. But it wasn't those you describe that got rid of those wonderful stores...
libdem4life
Oct 2013
#21
I was in a Piggly Wiggly a couple of weeks ago, first one I've seen in quite some time
Fumesucker
Oct 2013
#45
That is the story with most of the grocery chains. Our food has become political...farm bill
libdem4life
Oct 2013
#66
well YOU said- you didn't give a shit about the rural conservative fucknuts> YOU need to understand
KittyWampus
Oct 2013
#95
rural conservative fucknuts" In the context of the discussion rural people who may only have a
KittyWampus
Oct 2013
#92
I saw it happen to Paris, Ky. The cops found a Meth lab in the Nicholasville, Ky Walmart.
alfredo
Oct 2013
#67
Wow. I believe it. Desperate times. Working and qualifying for food stamps. For shame.
libdem4life
Oct 2013
#69
Exactly why WalMart should be beaten down and driven from rural areas, so that other more locally
Erose999
Oct 2013
#101
It's all about population numbers and profits...coming in are Dollar Store-Dollar General-Family
libdem4life
Oct 2013
#110
That is true for much of their stuff, up to the point of the register. When the sale
jtuck004
Oct 2013
#59
store should have known better! look at the tons of abandoned carts when the glitch was fixed.
Sunlei
Oct 2013
#12
Naw, they thought they'd make a bundle and let the people get stuck with the bill rather than
uppityperson
Oct 2013
#50
Should the hard working people of the United States not support those that need help?
pinto
Oct 2013
#54
Hope it was all the Walmart employee's who were on food stamps that when on the shopping spree eom
R Merm
Oct 2013
#15
I'm sorry, but that isn't right, though some limit needs to be established in such conditions.
Owl
Oct 2013
#24
"Shame" on people who normally have to try to eat on something like $4 day?
bread_and_roses
Oct 2013
#26
I'm not a fan of Walmart and I certainly do not feel sorry for them, but this is stealing
Snake Plissken
Oct 2013
#25
I'm 52..if I was young and I did this sort of thing I would have gotten my ass beat with a belt..
fitman
Oct 2013
#114
Walmart corporate allowed these transactions because they didn't want to cut off people...
Demo_Chris
Oct 2013
#51
Well given Walmarts track record, I would say you are on the loosing side of that argument.
Rebellious Republican
Oct 2013
#53
I hear you. It's always been that way, but I see no reason to celebrate it. nt
Demo_Chris
Oct 2013
#64
This is the kind of incident that plays into the whole GOP welfare queen talking point. nt
Demo_Chris
Oct 2013
#61
My sense is that, from WalMart's view, this event turned into advertising. Those goods seem like
libdem4life
Oct 2013
#111