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["JUDITH MCDONALD" <jammin03 AT msn.com>]

Here is a link to that feature in print:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/secrets/shots.html




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> From: VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Organic and us
> Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 06:44:27 -0700 (PDT)
>
> There have been a couple of features on public radio
> about walmarts buying practices.  Because they buy in
> such huge quantities some manufacturer's are no
> bothering to produce items that walmart doesn't buy.
>
> --- Lynda <lurine AT softcom.net> wrote:
>
> > One of the problems with buying from WallyWorld is
> > that you are buying
> > seconds or over/unders.  You are also buying last
> > seasons whatevers.
> > WallyWorld buys by warehouse lots and takes whatever
> > they supply.  Because
> > they buy overs/unders you are never guaranteed the
> > items in their sales
> > catelogs and frequently they won't give rainchecks.
> >
> > I'll pay a couple of dollars more for quality and
> > have it last.
> >
> > BTW, not gossip, my sister worked for corporate and
> > quite because of what
> > she learned during the bigwig meetings!
> >
> > Lynda
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "JUDITH MCDONALD" <jammin03 AT msn.com>
> >
> >
> > >I must confess that I have been in Wal-Mart's
> > garden dept this year! But
> > > only b/c my daughter dragged me there on a
> > different mission.
> > >
> > > No, other than some food and plant items there is
> > very little at WalMart
> > > that is actually made in the states.  Do a check
> > on "offshore production".
> > > That clothing may say "Made in USA" but is
> > actually made in a sweatshop in
> > > a
> > > free port on foreign soil. Oh no! They're not
> > sweatshops anymore, so they
> > > say--LOL.   At any rate, most of us could do
> > without a great portion of
> > > what
> > > we consume. Advertising, i.e. brainwashing, is big
> > business.
> >
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