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In reply to the discussion: Walmart's 'Worst Nightmare' Competition Has Cashiers And Produce Clerks With $1 Million Pensions [View all]Spirochete
(5,264 posts)13. I do almost all my grocery shopping at Winco
It's employee-owned, has a lot of bulk items, and prices are lower there than other places (for the most part).
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marble falls
Aug 2013
OP
In case people miss it in the story, WinCo is an employee-owned company. n/t
PoliticAverse
Aug 2013
#1
Think about what "invest in success" means. It means that you gamble on their success.
rhett o rick
Aug 2013
#38
between this chain, and costco, the evil empire SHOULD be getting a clue, but I doubt it.
niyad
Aug 2013
#3
I suspect they won't notice until the profits start disappearing as a result of their decisions. n/t
PoliticAverse
Aug 2013
#4
perhaps not even then. they have so much money, would take a long time to filter through.
niyad
Aug 2013
#5
They certainly seem to have a sustainable business model, but they are a supermarket.
MADem
Aug 2013
#6
They're starting to build here in Texas and I will shop there. I swore off Wal-Mart years ago.
marble falls
Aug 2013
#9
It isn't only the cost of processing credit card transactions. Retailers are also paying for the
sueh
Aug 2013
#21
It's employee owned but it's run by a management team. Rank and file employees do not have the same
totodeinhere
Aug 2013
#25
My dad was a Teamster organizer and my granfather was a wobbly so I got to see unions from both ....
marble falls
Aug 2013
#39
So you would support a company with a union over a company that paid its workers more ? n/t
PoliticAverse
Aug 2013
#32
I do my best to only support union shops. And I find it amazing that at a supposedly progressive
totodeinhere
Aug 2013
#33
Apparently some here have lost sight of the purpose of a union - it's to help the employees.
PoliticAverse
Aug 2013
#34