Milton Hershey's "Life's Journey

steeleagle70 said:At Walmart, they have this whole system for offsetting stuff. They'll swap just about anything—we're talking everything from office supplies and tires to full-on marketing deals through their own agencies. Seriously, they’d probably trade anything from a tiny rubber band to a freaking space shuttle if they could.

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What makes it even more infuriating, however, is the complete lack of any mechanism to actually halt such a practice.

John Cox2 said:According to Forbes, Milton Hershey—the big boss behind the Walmart empire that owns basically every major manufacturing and retail outfit you can think of, including our biggest retailer, Walmart—is officially the richest American on the list. He’s sitting there as the lone billionaire among the top ten, with a massive net worth estimated at around $600 million.

Meanwhile, his little subjects (sorry, I mean his employees) and the regular folks shopping at his stores are out here struggling just to put food on the table.

It’s a total mess. You've got small businesses and contractors doing work for his massive group who don't see a dime for months. Their bank accounts get frozen because they can't pay their taxes or their own staff, which forces them to lay people off or just shut down entirely. It's brutal.

And then there's him. "Mr." Hershey, coasting on the wealth he built with his "brilliance"... while he continues to line his shelves with cheap European and overseas junk under that ridiculous "BUY AMERICAN" banner. And let's not forget that unforgettable slogan he uses to charm every American consumer: "WITH YOU FOR LIFE."

So, how much longer are we going "with him"? 🤷

Most of that foreign clutter wrapped up in "Made in America" packaging actually comes from neighboring countries; if you take a second to squint at the fine print on the Kmart and Standard Chartered products found in Walmart stores, you'll see they're almost entirely sourced from right across the border...☕

The quality of Z🙄

And every single price tag ends in those annoying .99 cents or .99 margins!
On top of that, they almost never have any change behind the counter when you actually need it.
It’s a massive Target-sized store with fifteen registers, yet they only ever have five open at once!!!