Just How Big Is Wal-Mart?


Probably the most vivid picture of what has and is happening to our country that I have seen.  Anyone who reads these statistics should be able to see the "big picture"....   (see note @ bottom)
                                                      Bill Walters............ Member of
www.overthehillcarpeople.com

How BIG is Wal-Mart?  (You will be blown away with these mind-boggling statistics on Wal-Mart.)

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1) At Wal-Mart, Americans spend $36,000,000 every hour of every day.

2) This works out to $20,928 profit every minute!

3) Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1st to St. Patrick's Day (March 17th) 

4) Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot + Kroger + Target + Sears + Costco + K-Mart…combined!

5) Wal-Mart  employs 1.6 million people and is the largest private employer…period!

6) Wal-Mart is the largest company in the history of the World.

7) Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger & Safeway combined, and keep in mind they did this in only 15 years.

8) During this same period, 31 Supermarket chains sought bankruptcy  (including Winn-Dixie).

9) Wal-Mart now sells more food than any other store in the world.

10) Wal-Mart has approximately 3,900 stores in the USA of which 1,906 are SuperCenters; this is 1,000 more than it had 5 years ago.

11) This year, 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur at a Wal-Mart store.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              (Earth's population is approximately 6.5 billion).

12) 90% of Americans live within 15 miles of a Wal-Mart.

Wal-Mart, although a great "business" success story that has brought cheaper goods to our homes, is also a symbol of America's decline.

Wal-Mart does not make anything.  It only sells items that are made in China.  Wal-Mart is now America's number one employer.  At one time companies like General Motors, Bethlehem Steel and Westinghouse were our major employers. 
This shift shows that jobs have left our country for China.  Look what is happening to General Motors and Ford.  Americans now work for low paying Wal-Mart jobs when their parents worked for high paying union jobs at industrial manufacturing companies that are now… in China.

       Note:  I checked "Snopes" (Urban Legends) and could not locate anything on this so went to Wal-Mart site and am including this site that would tend to support the information above.

               Click here: About.com: http://www.walmart.com

http://urbanlegends.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.walmart.com

      
                                                                                                     

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