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  • From: "JUDITH MCDONALD" <jammin03 AT msn.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Organic and us
  • Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2006 13:10:10 -0700

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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