Reply #83: I agree...

[sendero]

... that not *everything* at walMart is a good deal.

Damn near EVERY retail store operates on the same concept. Good prices on some stuff and not on others.

Go to a grocery store and buy a 6' extension cord, you'll pay triple what it is worth.

However, for groceries here in Dallas, there is NO COMPARISON. Walmart is consistently 15-30% lower on just about everything. I recently had a friend tell me otherwise, so I went back to Albertsons, and Tom Thumb, and verified that nothing has changed.

I won't buy meat at WalMart, their meat is horrid. But a bottle of Newman's Own salad dressing costs 2.67 at WM, and 3.49 everywhere else.

I don't like the policies of walmart towards their workers either. I'd happily pay 5% more so that their employees get benefits. OTOH, my sister works at a WM distribution center and she loves her job. Go figure????

Walmart is clearly chafing from the criticism they are getting, look at those PR ads. Maybe someone there will get a clue and spend the money on their people rather than PR.