How big is Walmart?
 1. Americans spend $36,000,000 at Wal-Mart every hour of every day
   (I didn't)
2. This works out to $20,928 profit every minute! 
   (somehow, I calculated thats $30,136,320 per hour...hmmm)
3. Wal-Mart will sells more from January 1 to April than Target sells all year.
   (McDonalds does too) 
4. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot, Kroger, Target, Sears, Costco, and K-Mart combined.
    (Why would you combine Krogers and Home Depot?)
5. Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people and is the largest private employer, most can't speak English.
   (Most Americans can't speak English)
6. Wal-Mart is the largest company in the history of the World.
  (Babylon was largest prehistory mall)
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). 
  (ewwwe..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 Super Centers; 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 approximately 6.5 billion.
  (I've bought there, but, it wasn't really an experience)
12.. 90% of all Americans live within 15 miles of a Wal-Mart.
   (1% live in the dressing rooms)
Let Wal-Mart run the Government.

Monday, August 24, 2009 9:54:20 PM, From: jim, To: Stories