Another reason I don't like Wal-Mart

Shopping at Wal-Mart creates additional demand for low-priced imported goods. The money you save today reduces tomorrow's demand for American-made products. That's how I see it. Wal-Mart is doing their part to eliminate the middle class.
 
Frito Bandito said:
Amen, brother!



Add that to the fact the stores are dirty, there are never more than 2 cashiers, and the people that work there are not helpful and I don't find Wal Mart a very pleasant place to shop.
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that happens when i make those middle of the night runs. lOL. key is to go check out in the back at the eletronics dept



Danase said:
I prefer Meijer but I think Meijer might be a Michigan or midwest only chain.
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only meijer ive seen was in flint. i guess it is a midwest thing.
 
Strummer said:
Shopping at Wal-Mart creates additional demand for low-priced imported goods. The money you save today reduces tomorrow's demand for American-made products. That's how I see it. Wal-Mart is doing their part to eliminate the middle class.
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So do you really think the goods you buy at Target or Kohls aren't made overseas? Last time I looked almost all of our merchandise is made overseas. Better check the labels because I think you might be misguided. Much of what we buy is in large part made outside the US.
 
jfelbab said:
So do you really think the goods you buy at Target or Kohls aren't made overseas? Last time I looked almost all of our merchandise is made overseas. Better check the labels because I think you might be misguided. Much of what we buy is in large part made outside the US.
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I'm not saying the market isn't flooded with imported goods, just that Wal-Mart is the worst offender. I work for a local bakery, and we supply product to WallyWorld. Interesting thing, any vendor that wishes to do business with Wal-Mart must have a certain percentage of their product made overseas (our bags come from Taiwan). At the rate we are going with our price-driven mentality, eventually Wal-Mart will be the only game in town.



Personally, I try to avoid buying Chinese goods whenever I can, but it's getting harder and harder.
 
When Wal-mart was just a rural America store, around 30 years ago, everything they sold was made in the USA. They had signs all over the store that boasted about it. But the almighty buck won out and now we have the Wal-mart of today.
 
Why do you suspect that is the case?



I believe it is that we (as a country of purchasers) don't want to pay the price for American manufactured goods.



Walmart is not the evil here, we are. We turn out in droves for the opportunity to work at the Walmarts, shop at the Walmarts, and we clamor for the lowest prices. You really can't blame a company, any company, for giving us what we want. Shoppers look for value. Shoppers with limited purchasing power look for value with the lowest cost. It is what it is.



Even some of the most American of products are now likely made in or assembled in a country with lower manufacturing cost. Next time you buy a pair of jeans look at the label and see where they are made.



Simply put, we have priced ourself out of the manufacturing industry. Shortly we will have priced ourselves out of the purchasing business as well. Avoiding shopping at a given store isn't the solution to our problem. The Levy's we buy at Walmart are made in the same factories as the pair we buy at Kohl's.



We need to become competitive as a manufacturer again. Sadly, I seriously doubt we have that ability.
 
Danase said:
I prefer Meijer but I think Meijer might be a Michigan or midwest only chain.
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Completely off topic, but God do I miss Meijer. I moved to NC from Michigan and the closest one that I'm aware of is in Columbus, OH. If I'm driving home I make it a point to stop there, it's how I know I'm in the "north" again.
 
jfelbab said:
Why do you suspect that is the case?



I believe it is that we (as a country of purchasers) don't want to pay the price for American manufactured goods.



Walmart is not the evil here, we are. We turn out in droves for the opportunity to work at the Walmarts, shop at the Walmarts, and we clamor for the lowest prices. You really can't blame a company, any company, for giving us what we want. Shoppers look for value. Shoppers with limited purchasing power look for value with the lowest cost. It is what it is.



Even some of the most American of products are now likely made in or assembled in a country with lower manufacturing cost. Next time you buy a pair of jeans look at the label and see where they are made.



Simply put, we have priced ourself out of the manufacturing industry. Shortly we will have priced ourselves out of the purchasing business as well. Avoiding shopping at a given store isn't the solution to our problem. The Levy's we buy at Walmart are made in the same factories as the pair we buy at Kohl's.



We need to become competitive as a manufacturer again. Sadly, I seriously doubt we have that ability.
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Very well said. I never quite understood why there was such a backlash against Walmart. They are the largest employer outside of the US Government for Americans. They exist because of the demand. Period. If you do not like the store, don't shop there.



We do as a nation need to manufacture things again and applaud the companies that stay and manufacture in the US (Leatherman, Weathertech, etc). As an economist once said, "we can't keep delivering pizzas to one another".



It is incumbent on politicians not to regulate manufacturing out of the US( see cap and trade debacle) and need to provide stimulus/incentives for companies to choose to stay despite the overwhelming pressure to outsource overseas. If you lose manufacturing, you also lose the engineering,marketing and manufacturing expertise that defined post war America. //Rant Off//
 
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