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populistdriven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-03-06 11:16 AM
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BJ's Wholesale competes with WalMart but is it a Blue Company?
They are opening a couple stores in my area (one next to a WalMart and one next to a Sams Club) so I checked them out ... but found no information?!

http://www.buyblue.org/ has minimal information and the corporate officers have no records on http://www.fundrace.org

Anyone with information on them?

what I have:


"Exclusive membership" has never been as common as it is at BJ's Wholesale Club. The company is the nation's #3 membership warehouse club (behind leaders Costco and SAM'S CLUB) and #1 in New England, with nearly 8 million members and about 150 locations in 16 states, mostly in the Northeast. BJ's stores sell some 6,500 products, including canned, fresh, and frozen foods (food accounts for about 55% of sales). It also sells general merchandise, including apparel, housewares, office equipment, small appliances, and gas. Unlike its major rivals, BJ's targets individual retail customers -- who account for 75% of its members-- rather than small businesses. About 50% of BJ's stores now sell discounted gas to members."

Source: Hoovers.com

Officers
Herbert J. Zarkin, Chairman
Michael T. Wedge, President, CEO, and Director
Frank D. Forward, EVP and CFO

Corporate Headquarters
1 Mercer Rd
Natick, MA 01760

Customer Service
Phone: 508-651-7400
Fax: 508-651-6114

Website
http://www.bjs.com
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FormerDittoHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-03-06 11:28 AM
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1. I'm going to be switching from Sam's Club
Where I live there's two of them less than a mile from each other. After seeing their "right wing bookstore" I decided to switch...
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acmejack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-03-06 12:12 PM
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2. 50% rating on I buy Blue.
Edited on Sun Sep-03-06 12:16 PM by acmejack
http://www.ishopblue.com/ishopblue/html/faq.html For some reason, I always thought they were a GOP donor.

edit: same as you have sorry...
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NJ Democrats Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-03-06 08:33 PM
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3. I like Costco better myself
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populistdriven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 08:24 PM
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4. yep, I drive 20 miles every couple weeks to CostCo but BJs will be 2 miles
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ShockediSay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-09-06 10:19 AM
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5. I been w/ Costco over 10 years - never a problem - always took back
the occasional return w/ really no questions asked AND

I've seen the same employees (hard working) there year in and year out.

Yep, Costco for me too.
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