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36. LO, that bug avatar gets me every time. NT

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Walmart Memo Orders Stores to Improve Grocery Performance [View all] KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 OP

"Understaffing" seems to add to the problems: femmocrat Nov 2014 #1

Thanks for the additional paragraphs. I felt torn between what to copy and what to KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #2

Wal-Mart is often the only affordable place to shop. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2014 #8

I was horrified to find employees putting frozen items that had been left out in abandoned carts hlthe2b Nov 2014 #3

Thanks for the supplemental documentation of this article's allegations. Although I grew up KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #4

Target and Walmart are on my dislike list PatrynXX Nov 2014 #5

I will buy non-perishables at Target (pasta, chips and crackers, canned goods), but KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #7

Gross Renew Deal Nov 2014 #6

The fresh food, dairy and meat sections of our Target are pretty pathetic, but I've KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #9

Analyst: Walmart understaffed to tune of 200,000 employees. Divernan Nov 2014 #10

Again, many thanks for bringing additional text in. I wanted to make sure none of KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #11

When you can't continue growing by building more stores, gotta "grow" somewhere. arcane1 Nov 2014 #26

Walmart supercenter = third world food source. L0oniX Nov 2014 #12

I can see you're channeling your inner Joseph Heller (Catch 22), paticularly KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #19

LO, that bug avatar gets me every time. NT Doctor Who Nov 2014 #36

My WalMart RobinA Nov 2014 #37

When our local Walmart started selling groceries.... Xithras Nov 2014 #13

Hello Duers! Please shop Union grocery stores! Thanx! wolfie001 Nov 2014 #14

+1000 Sherman A1 Nov 2014 #29

Many of do not have that option alarimer Nov 2014 #31

Would love to... awoke_in_2003 Nov 2014 #34

The WallyWorld deli I worked in was absolutely Nazi about cleanliness and product maintenance sir pball Nov 2014 #15

How long ago was it that you worked there? - nt KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #17

2009. sir pball Nov 2014 #27

Except for a stint in food service back in college in the early 80s, I have not KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #28

Hard to believe the exceptional standards. wolfie001 Nov 2014 #45

Sorry, meant for sir pball....nt wolfie001 Nov 2014 #46

Sam's heirs have surrounded themselves with sycophants to tell them want they want to hear. greatlaurel Nov 2014 #16

CostCo has a reputation for being pretty labor- and progressive-friendly. (Not sure if KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #21

Yes, Costco does have a reputation as a good employer, which is desperately needed in Appalachia. greatlaurel Nov 2014 #35

May have something to do with "outsourcing" some of the stocking of shelves..... yellowcanine Nov 2014 #18

Hmm, that's interesting. As you can probably guess, I know very little about the KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #22

It can be a big issue at garden centers yellowcanine Nov 2014 #24

Good to know. Although I grew up on a farm, my thumbs are about as far KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #25

My Dad Was A Wholesale Milkman ProfessorGAC Nov 2014 #30

Walmarts in OK are the most likely place to get shot Runningdawg Nov 2014 #20

Nice anecdotes. I have taken to buying most of my fresh produce, meat, fish and KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #23

Tulsa just got it's first Sprouts Runningdawg Nov 2014 #32

Hell the produce department in our Walmart looks onecent Nov 2014 #33

It Must Be Local RobinA Nov 2014 #38

Did you know that King Charlemagne helped develop the first version of spam? snooper2 Nov 2014 #39

Unfunded mandates always turn out well. n/t Orsino Nov 2014 #40

Not following. Care to elaborate? - nt KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #41

Wal-Marts are not generally staffed for pretty as well as cheap. Orsino Nov 2014 #42

Ah, I think I understand the 'unfunded mandate' phraseology now. Thanks KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #43

Management wants more stock rotation, more Darb Nov 2014 #44