CONVENIENCE STORES LEARN WMT LESSON: Food is your most important product: “C-stores aren’t just gas stations that sell food; they’re restaurants that sell gas.” Pizza,
“WMT POSTED ITS LARGEST-EVER HOLIDAY SALES & forecast more gains in 2022.” Yet the average salary of a WMT cashier is $10.69/hr. Lots of “poverty
RATS! FDA WARNS CONSUMERS ABOUT RODENT-INFECTED PRODUCTS AT FAMILY DOLLAR. 1,100 dead rats found at one Family ‘Droppings’ store. “Wash your hands immediately,”warns FDA. Family
IMAGINE HOW YOU WOULD FEEL IF THIS HAPPENED TO YOU while shopping at WMT: “Woman dragged by car after thief steals purse.” Most dangerous place
WALGREENS AGREES TO PAY $14 M TO 200,000 RETIREES for mismanaging its 401k retirement plan with “expensive and poorly performing” assets that “led to steep
HOME DEPOT GIVES SHAREHOLDERS 15% INCREASE IN QUARTERLY DIVIDEND. “Our ability to grow the business by over $40 B in the last 2 years is
WINTER MILLER & SAMANTHA BEE WITH GATO THE CAT IN B(R)OOKLAND! Happy 2/22/22! In exactly a month, this book you may have heard me mention
“A WOMAN WAS SHOT IN THE PARKING LOT OUTSIDE A WMT in Pennsylvania.” Valentine’s Day. 43 y.o. in critical condition. The most dangerous place in
HOME DEPOT MAY GIVE ITS SHAREHOLDERS A “HUGE BOOST” TOMORROW. Yet the average wage of a cashier at Home Depot is $11.44/hr. Workers are getting
MORE THAN 80 STARBUCKS HAVE HELD UNION ELECTIONS. The company delayed the vote in Mesa, AZ. They have closed stores, fired workers, spied on workers.
TOGETHER AT LAST! Two women who were star-crossed. What would they say to each other today? We are coming for your hearts and minds. Read
[DLBN] HELP US GET A CORPORATE PROFITS MINIMUM TAX! A 15% tax only on corporations with annual net income over $1 billion. Will raise about
HELP US GET A CORPORATE PROFITS MINIMUM TAX! A 15% tax only on corporations with annual net income over $1 billion. Will raise about $320
WHEN MONICA MET HILLARY: “who wouldn’t want to be a fly on THAT wall?” WRITTEN BY WINTER MILLER https://www.instagram.com/tv/CaITj9vDlv9/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Meet the brilliant women behind WHEN
BIG MERCHANTS ATTRACT BIG CRIME: “Here at Greece (NY)Walmart… large police presence & store is closed.” Crime everyday, at WMT. https://www.rochesterfirst.com/news/local-news/police-investigate-shooting-inside-greece-walmart-dewey-avenue/ Read more on Facebook
IN JUST 1 WEEKEND, A NEW MEXICO HOME DEPOT ARRESTED 17 people on felony & misdemeanor charges. There’s a public cost to prosecute them all.
WE DESERVE A CHANCE TO PROPOSE A NEW IDEA FOR GREENFIELD THAT COMES FROM CITIZENS, DOES NOT REQUIRE MORE THAN 1,000 SIGNATURES, AND DOES NOT
ALL GREENFIELD, MA. VOTERS WILL BENEFIT FROM A “CITIZEN INITIATIVE” PROCESS THAT ENCOURAGES NEW IDEAS FROM THE GRASSROOTS LEVEL. Anything that goes on the ballot
WMT IN ONTARIO OFFERED SHOPPERS FREE GOVT. SPONSORED COVID TESTS KITS IF THEY FIRST BOUGHT $35 IN GOODS. The govt was not pleased, so WMT
AMZN CAN SELL YOU MORE THAN 200,000 “CLIMATE PLEDGE FRIENDLY” PRODUCTS “that help reduce carbon emissions.” And those products get to you on supertankers/jumbo jets
AS A VALENTINE’S GIFT TO WORKERS, WMT WILL STOP PAYING FOR COVID SICK LEAVE & health screenings starting in March—except where a local govt. requires
MLK WOULD BE HORRIFIED: “The MLK library board of trustees in Washington, DC should reverse its decision to name its auditorium after the Amazon founder
HOME DEPOT PLANS TO HIRE 100 K SEASONAL WORKERS. “At The Home Depot, they’ll find a company that offers much more than a job and
NOT A CAT—Here’s Publisher’s Weekly write-up of WINTER MILLER’S new children’s book, which you can buy now at the link below. Winter is currently in
AMZN HAS 511 WHOLE FOODS STORES, 24 AMZN FRESH, & 24 AMZN GO, all serving “different segments” of shoppers, from “value” to “premium.” I avoid
FOR 6TH YEAR IN A ROW, AMZN IS THE FORBES 2ND “MOST ADMIRED” COMPANY, behind #1 Apple. “Amazon has spent more than $15 B…to help
IF YOU WANT AT&T’S LOWEST PRICED UNLIMITED 5G PLAN ($540/yr) you’ll have to go to WMT to get it. I don’t want 5G & I
UNFAIR TO SMALL BIZ: PEOPLE MAG promotes retail giants like AMZN. Products are “reviewed by our editorial team. If you make a purchase using the
WORKER IN AMAZON CHINESE SUPPLY FACTORY JAILED & TORTURED for revealing child labor abuses. Worker wants apology from Bezos. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jan/30/alexa-factory-whistleblower-i-was-tortured-and-jailed-now-amazon-should-apologise Read more on Facebook
IN 2020, AMZN PRIME & DIRECT RETAIL LOST $15 B: “annual membership fee doesn’t come close to covering the actual costs of these services.” So
AMZN HAS QUIETLY STOPPED PAYING ITS “FULFILLMENTCENTER AMBASSADOR S” (EMPLOYEES) TO POST TWEETS ABOUT HOW GREAT THE COMPANY IS. Amazon has disbanded the Twitter army
SUBARU’S NEW WILDERNESS FORESTER AD SUGGESTS THE “WELL-ADVENTURED“ MAN WILL BE SEXUALLY ATTRACTIVE TO WAITRESSES. Love: it’s what makes a Subaru sell. Read more on
BIPARTISAN ANTI-TRUST “Innovation & Choice” bill, moves in the US Senate, would force AMZN to stop favoring their products over 3rd party sellers. “For the
CT. WOMAN SUES HOME DEPOT BECAUSE SHE WAS USING MEDICAL MARIJUANA. HD forced her to go on medical leave. Last year HD refused to hire
WMT BUILDS A 1 M SF “FULFILLMENT CENTER” IN OLIVE BRANCH, MS, 18 miles from Memphis, TN, to deliver products to its online customers. These
AMZN “OBSESSED” OVER REINVENTING A CLOTHING STORE. It’s “first-ever physical store” Amazon Style has a fitting room that runs on Algorithms—but do you really want
The strategies written here were produced by Sprawl-Busters in 2006 at the request of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), mainly for citizen groups that were fighting Walmart. But the tips for fighting unwanted development apply to any project—whether its fighting Dollar General, an Amazon warehouse, or a Home Depot.
Big projects, or small, these BATTLEMART TIPS will help you better understand what you are up against, and how to win your battle.