Replying to a message of Ross Cassell to Bob Ackley:

 RC> Hello Bob!

 RC> 08 Jul 10 06:34, you wrote to me:

 RC>>> When you have a retailer that has however many thousand stores
 RC>>> that do whatever volume, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, they are in
 RC>>> a position to dictate terms. With the presence they have, any
 RC>>> supplier would love to get on a Walmart shelf, its 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 think
 BA>> Wal-Mart carries anything made in USA besides soaps and 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. (excluding grocery this
 RC> time)

 RC> But if you look at the name brand items, even those manufacturers have
 RC> outsourced to China, with perhaps only being packaged here in the
 RC> states.

Wal-Mart is certainly not the only offender, just he most visible one.  I bought a
Barrington bed frame from Sears - made in mainland China.  When I worked in
the Red Oak Doit Center (Doit Centers are a midwest chain of home improvement
stores, usually located in smaller towns and cities) everything in the
place - including
nails - was imported (lumber is imported from Canada except for mahogany
underlayment,
which is imported from Malaysia).  I don't think there was a single product
in the store
that was made in USA - and I looked.

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