Forgive me, Father. I've converted to Wal-Mart.

[Jack]

I tend to think that's what WalMart is TRYING to do, but really, that smiley face is rather frightening. Kind of like clowns. The more I see, the more afraid I am.

Sugar gives you cavities, heart disease, and even cancer.

No, no, no.....too MUCH sugar gives you cavities, heart disease, and even cancer. Plus, if you use unrefined sugar, your risks go way down. It's all that refining that's terrible for you, and that goes for any food.

So Wal-Mart is refined sugar. You can live with NO refined sugar, but you can DIE from too much.

[mutepointe]

If I had to guess where I got the sugar cubes and coffee, I'd guess Kroger's. I know that every one one of my actions has a chain of related actions forward, backwards, sideways, and any combination thereof. I try to do the least harm that I can. I wish I had the luxury of being socially conscious with every action that I take. But sometimes, that's difficult to know and achieve.

The water did come from West Virginia, one of our abundant natural resources here.

[Denny]

It's all that refining that's terrible for you

Oh good! I've hardly got me any refining at all!

[anniemcu]

Aldi's will save you a good deal more.

[cowtime]

Please, someone find me the methadone to Wal-Mart.

Don't do it. It's just as bad, as expensive, only semi-legal(better pray you don't get stopped while driving home from Walmart, you'll get a DUI) and they'll call you in at a moments notice to do a bottle count.

Check yourself into Sam's Rehab Clinic and get clean. Those smiley faces are sportin' an illegal smile.

[Dale]

I despise Wal-Mart. It's a bad company and they don't get any of my money.

[Walden]

I despise Wal-Mart. It's a bad company and they don't get any of my money.

The matter is not that black and white, especially to people of limited means living where Wal-Mart is the only viable option. I mean Dollar General is great, but you just can't shop there exclusively.

I live near Bentonville. Wal-Mart was part of most everyone's life here before I was born. It was hard being without it when we moved overseas.

[emmline]

I despise Wal-Mart. It's a bad company and they don't get any of my money.

The matter is not that black and white...

As most are not.

[chrisoff]

I shop at Asda/Wal-Mart. Wish I didn't but it's cheaper than Sainsbury's and I can't be bothered driving to Tesco's on the other side of the city.

[Whistlin'Dixie]

Thanks for that, Susan, I'm with you.

M

[Jack]

I despise Wal-Mart. It's a bad company and they don't get any of my money.

The matter is not that black and white, especially to people of limited means living where Wal-Mart is the only viable option. I mean Dollar General is great, but you just can't shop there exclusively.

I live near Bentonville. Wal-Mart was part of most everyone's life here before I was born. It was hard being without it when we moved overseas.

I was going to respond this same way. I know hundreds and hundreds of people who live in a rural area where Wal-Mart is now the only option.

Fourty years ago apparently there were 3 grocery stores, 2 craft shops, a pet store, and even a bar in town plus lots of smaller places, but now there's only Wal-Mart, Dollar General, and Sav-A-Lot, besides gas stations.

I recently took a Poverty and Justice religion class and one of the things we learned was that such a high percentage (I forgot the number, sorry) of Wal-Mart Superstores (compared to the regular Wal-Marts) are located in impoverished, rural areas. There's a real connection.

[Dale]

I despise Wal-Mart. It's a bad company and they don't get any of my money.

The matter is not that black and white, especially to people of limited means living where Wal-Mart is the only viable option. I mean Dollar General is great, but you just can't shop there exclusively.

I live near Bentonville. Wal-Mart was part of most everyone's life here before I was born. It was hard being without it when we moved overseas.

I was going to respond this same way. I know hundreds and hundreds of people who live in a rural area where Wal-Mart is now the only option.

Fourty years ago apparently there were 3 grocery stores, 2 craft shops, a pet store, and even a bar in town plus lots of smaller places, but now there's only Wal-Mart, Dollar General, and Sav-A-Lot, besides gas stations.

I recently took a Poverty and Justice religion class and one of the things we learned was that such a high percentage (I forgot the number, sorry) of Wal-Mart Superstores (compared to the regular Wal-Marts) are located in impoverished, rural areas. There's a real connection.

I certainly don't hold it against people that are more or less forced to shop there. I know it's a privilege that I have more options because of where I live and our family income.

[Doug_Tipple]

I know hundreds and hundreds of people who live in a rural area where Wal-Mart is now the only option.

Fourty years ago apparently there were 3 grocery stores, 2 craft shops, a pet store, and even a bar in town plus lots of smaller places, but now there's only Wal-Mart, Dollar General, and Sav-A-Lot, besides gas stations.

I recently took a Poverty and Justice religion class and one of the things we learned was that such a high percentage (I forgot the number, sorry) of Wal-Mart Superstores (compared to the regular Wal-Marts) are located in impoverished, rural areas. There's a real connection.

I grew up in a small town of 5,000 people in Indiana. As a kid, I remember shopping with my mother at small grocery markets in the downtown area (around the square). Fifty years later the small grocery stores, independent drug stores, and clothing stores are all gone. What is left is only a shell of what was once a wonderful small town. The Walmart superstore, sitting at the edge of town, is now the only supermarket in town, although you can buy necessities like bread and milk at the few remaining service stations.

There are only three places in the whole county where you can buy prescription medications, and Walmart is one of them. In Walmart's defense, however, people with limited income can buy a lot more food at Walmart for their dollar than they could at the family-owned Marsh Supermarket that had dominated the grocery market in town previosuly. Shopping at the Marsh supermarkets in other cities across the state, I could see how they were raising the prices on items when they had a captive market, as in my hometown. The prices at the Walmart store appear to be the same prices as here in Indianapolis, the state capitol, where there is a lot of competition for the grocery market.

Being retired from a regular full-time job, I have the liberty of shopping during the less-crowded daytime hours at a variety of stores. This allows me to shop for sale items. There are a few items that I purchase at Walmart. I do compliment Walmart for having public recycling bins for glass, metal cans, plastic bottles, and newspaper/cardboard in their parking lot. I don't think that there is another supermarket in town that offers public recycling, and since we don't have curbside recycling in the city, this is an important service. They also will accept my used plastic bags for recycling.

[Wanderer]

Did you buy it from Wal-Mart and will you share it with starving orphans in China?

I'm interested i this link between Walmart and starving orphans in China. Is this just inflammatory rhetoric, or do you have some evidence that walmart creates starving orphans in china.

I just have a hard time understanding the link. Does Walmart work their parents to death? Does Walmart refuse to sell food to orphanages?

[izzarina]

It's all that refining that's terrible for you

Oh good! I've hardly got me any refining at all!

Really? I hadn't noticed