Why I Love Wal-Mart
Try Wal-Mart for Frugal Living
When Wal Mart decides to build a new store, many people in the community think of this news as if they had just received a raise in their paychecks. Most grocery, household items, bath and kitchen décor and toys can be bought for less at Wal Mart. What is so awful about wanting to pay the lowest possible price for things? If Wal Mart can sell for lower prices than the downtown stores, I wouldn't hold it against consumers for trying to get the lowest price.
How Wal Mart treats their workers is still an issue constantly discussed in the media. Barbara Ehrenreich, in her book, Nicked and Dimed, worked undercover at a Wal Mart and shares the details of her experience in the book. I believe that Wal Mart may not be the best place to work, in regards to worker benefits and treatment, but that is a topic for a future article.
Wal Mart has not yet built a location in my area which is Bergen County, New Jersey. There are two possible reasons for this. Either the cost per retail square foot is too expensive in my county or the household income in my county is too high and the local residents may not shop there.
The closest Wal Mart is 15 miles away, in the next county. I shop there once every three months. It certainly isn't convenient but I make a "Wal Mart" list of things we need for the house which I know can be bought for the lowest price there. At Chistmastime I bought beautiful white platinum rimmed plates for $1 each. And we used them for Christmas dinner. Some other "hot" deals I have taken advantage of are:
Thomas the Tank Engine toys for 20% less than at Toys R Us
Minivan Vinyl Mats for $10 each
Wal Mart brand liquid soap for 84¢ ($1.39 at the supermarket)
Kid's outdoor sleeping bag and tent set for $18.99 (these make a great birthday present for your kid's friends)
Toddler snap bottom turtleneck for $1.84For now, count me in when it comes to being a Wal Mart customer. Wal Mart fits in to my frugal style of living.
Published by Jane Meyer
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2 Comments
Post a CommentI used to like Walmart, but I no longer shop there for groceries because their prices have gone sky-high. It's no longer the bargain it once was. I can do much better at Aldi's on groceries.
What is so bad about Wal Mart? It is important to note that 80% or more of the product on the Wal Mart shelves are foreign imports, predominately from China. What's so bad about that. Wal Mart appears to be helping local economies as more people are willing to spend more money, as they are getting more for their money. What is problematic is this. If 80% of the product on the shelves are imports, then 80% of the money you spend at Wal Mart is being siphoned out of the American economy, and your local economy, and back over to countries like China, who mind you, are communist, and support the very ideals great Americans have fought against. An example? Slavery. There are minimal labor laws in China, and some of the factories that are producing product you buy, at great deals, are built by the hands of Chinese citizens making 40 cents (american dollars) an hour. I'm sorry but if we can't get kids from our inner cities ghettos into college, and a better life, on our minimum wage,