Wal-Mart (more than you wanted to know)

Since my wife practically lives in Wal-Mart, thought it appropriate to show what her contributions have done for that retail giant.

    1 . At Wal-Mart, Americans spend $36,000,000 every hour of every day.

    2 . This works out to $20,928 profit every minute!

    3 . Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St. Patrick's Day (March
    17th) than Target sells all year.

    4. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot + Kroger + Target + Sears + Costco
    + K-Mart combined.

    5. Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people and is the largest private
    employer. And most can't speak English

    6. Wal-Mart is the largest company in the history of the World.

    7. Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger & Safeway combined, and keep
    in mind they did this in only 15 years.

    8. During this same period, 31 Supermarket chains sought bankruptcy
    (including Winn-Dixie).

    9. Wal-Mart now sells more food than any other store in the world.

    10. Wal-Mart has approx 3,900 stores in the USA of which 1,906 are
    SuperCenters; this is 1,000 more than it had 5 years ago.

    11. This year, 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur
    at a Wal-Mart store. (Earth's population is pproximately
    6.5 bil lion.)

    12. 90% of all Americans live within 15 miles of a Wal-Mart

    13. Let Wal Mart bail out Wall Street