Dirk Van did his callin portion of the show about the announcement that Walmart has pledged to buy $250 billion more in goods made in the United States over the next ten years.<\/p>\n
Beyond the preposterous government like claim of “well, we’ll do it soon, until we don’t”, Dirk stated the reality without realizing it. Walmart now owns 25% of the grocery business in the United States with no plans to stop. Safeway just died, being acquired by Albertsons’s. In Chicago, Dominick’s just recently went under.<\/p>\n
Food by its nature is largely domestically produced, with a few notable exceptions – like frozen seafood. As Walmart continues to grow their grocery business and open more stores, their purchases of US made goods will increase without changing a thing – but groceries are close to a zero sum market. Each customer buying groceries at Walmart used to buy them somewhere else. It won’t create any new jobs in the food making business<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dirk Van did his callin portion of the show about the announcement that Walmart has pledged to buy $250 billion more in goods made in the United States over the next ten years. Beyond the preposterous government like claim of … Continue reading