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  • From: "Lisa K.V. Perry" <lisakvperry AT gmail.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Walmart puts the squeeze on food costs.
  • Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 20:50:39 -0400

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 5:14 PM, Warren <mogrits AT gmail.com> wrote:

> But Wal-Mart has temporarily rolled back prices on
> hundreds of food items by as much as 30% this year. How? By pressuring
> vendors to take costs out of the supply chain.
>

I'm not a big fan of WalMart for reasons that I won't get into here, but
this makes me think twice about shopping there 'as needed'. It also makes me
wonder who is getting the squeeze in the supply chain? ADM?

Lisa




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