"Ross Cassell -> Bob Ackley"  wrote in
news:31113$POL_INC{at}JamNNTPd:

 RC>>> When you have a retailer that has however many thousand stores
 RC>>> that do whatever volume, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, they
 RC>   are RC>> in a position to dictate terms. With the presence they
 RC>   have, any RC>> supplier would love to get on a Walmart shelf, its
 RC>   economics 101.

 BA>> Yes it is.  Of course, the overwhelming majority of Wal-Mart's
 BA>> suppliers are captive mainland Chinese operations.  I don't
 RC>   think BA> Wal-Mart carries anything made in USA besides soaps and
 RC>   detergents.

 RC> I guess I was thinking more of their grocery side when I was typing
 RC> that..

 RC> The only thing Grocery stores have on a Walmart is that they have real
 RC> meat and produce departments in which the stuff is cut and packaged
 RC> there. But not having a meat and produce preparation area, does keep
 RC> the health department at bay. Walmart used to cut meat in its stores,
 RC> but the Klahnista unions tried to strong arm their way in..

 RC> Cant blame Walmart for all of the Chinese crap, except for that which
 RC> it brings in under its own private labels.

People are starting to rebel against the "everything made in China"
however.

Most notoriously the Chinese goods that are literally poisoning us are
getting a lot of attention, some Chinese manufacturer cuts corners and
so we get kids' jewelry made with heavy metals that are poisonous, pet
food that had mining waste in it that killed our pets, and so on.

Latest scandal I've heard a lot about is the drywall full of sulfur from
China, that is corroding houses from the inside.

I'm a regular shopper at Wal-Mart.

Lately though I've found that a lot of the things I depended on Wal-Mart
to have, they have even cheaper at "Big Lots."

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