After hearing about this documentary and watching some of the clips..I will no longer be shopping at Walmart or Sam's Cl (school, contractors)
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Walmart would still lose.Those companies don't kill towns ,they don't do the things Walmart does and that on purpose.Some of the "Big Box Guys" are responsible.B.J.'s and Costco and Target etc.
The other big boxes don't put the little guy out of business? I beg to differ. When Home Depot and Lowe's came to my area about 12 years ago, many local lumber yards and hardware stores went under. There aren't many options for hardware and lumber beyond Home Depot and Lowe's anymore.
Also, why do people single out Wal-Mart? Other chain stores like Target, K-Mart, Sears, etc, do not pay well and have lousy benefits as well. Local mom-and-pop stores also usually pay minimum wage with no benefits. Anyways, do people want Wal-Mart to start paying $15 an hour with top of the line health benefits? If that became the norm for unskilled retail jobs, loaves of bread would cost $20 and a gallon of milk would cost $50. Most Wal-Mart employees are high school or college kids and part-timers. Should I start going broke trying to feed my family with a high grocery bill because some teenager stocking shelves who lives with mom and dad needs to make $15/hour to pi$$ away?
The other big boxes don't put the little guy out of business? I beg to differ. When Home Depot and Lowe's came to my area about 12 years ago, many local lumber yards and hardware stores went under. There aren't many options for hardware and lumber beyond Home Depot and Lowe's anymore.
Also, why do people single out Wal-Mart? Other chain stores like Target, K-Mart, Sears, etc, do not pay well and have lousy benefits as well. Local mom-and-pop stores also usually pay minimum wage with no benefits. Anyways, do people want Wal-Mart to start paying $15 an hour with top of the line health benefits? If that became the norm for unskilled retail jobs, loaves of bread would cost $20 and a gallon of milk would cost $50. Most Wal-Mart employees are high school or college kids and part-timers. Should I start going broke trying to feed my family with a high grocery bill because some teenager stocking shelves who lives with mom and dad needs to make $15/hour to pi$$ away?
No they don't,they don't target them on purpose.Alot of you questions can be answerd if you watch the Walmart movie.The people who work at Walmart aslo have families to feed and for a company that steals(makes) as mush money as they do ,they could take better care of the employees.If your going broke feeding your family maybe you should get a part time job at Walmart.
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