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RobinA

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38. It Must Be Local

Thu Nov 13, 2014, 09:27 AM

Nov 2014

My WalMart has decent produce very well presented. They tend to focus more on the less perishable stuff, but they do have some things that you can't find in local grocery stores. We are an area that has not had WalMart until maybe the last 10 years and we got grocery only within the past five. They do seem to be making an effort to show shoppers that they CAN do grocery, although the selection is not always that of a dedicated grocery. Maybe that's why we don't have dirty, aging WalMarts. The stores aren't yet aging. The biggest problem these days is WAY not enough open cashiers. Not to mention those flimsy-ass bags they use and that horrid round carosel they bag your stuff in. I swear they WANT you to forget items.

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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