Get ready for a lot more Walmarts

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Walmart currently has roughly 4,600 US stores and employs 1.6 million people.

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Walmart is selling a $248 dupe of a cozy West Elm swivel chair that costs $899

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Walmart and West Elm swivel chairs.

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Walmart store managers will receive up to $20,000 per year in company stock

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"It's a far more complex job today then when I managed a store," said John Furner, President and CEO for Walmart's US division, announcing a new stock grant plan for US store managers.

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I'm a delivery driver and I get better tips from apartments than gated communities

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A delivery driver in Arkansas says she's noticed that customers in higher-income neighborhoods tend to tip less than those in lower-income apartments.

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I compared grocery prices at Costco, Walmart, and HEB for a family of 4. I was shocked Walmart wasn't a better bargain.

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The author outside of a Costco.

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An Amish family had their horse and buggy stolen from a Walmart parking lot while they were shopping, police say

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Amish men driving a horse and buggy on a country road.

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I’m So Frickin’ Sick of These Cups

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Every few years there is some terrible new status symbol that becomes ubiquitous and, thus, inescapable.

Why is your grocery delivery taking so long? Your driver has 2 other deliveries.

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A shopper wearing a baseball cap loads several cases of bottled water onto an orange flat-bed cart at a Costco store.
Shoppers for Instacart, Walmart Spark, and other gig delivery services say batching orders weighs down their earnings.

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A viral video appears to show Walmart Spark shoppers with perishable groceries waiting for a ride in the Arizona sun

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A recent Youtube video shows delivery workers waiting in the parking lot of an Arizona Walmart with perishable foods sitting in the sun.
A recent YouTube video appears to show delivery workers waiting in the parking lot of an Arizona Walmart with perishable foods sitting in the sun.

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Walmart is boosting store managers' average pay to $128,000 — and offering a bigger bonus

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Candais Pipkin, produce department manager, wheels a cart of pineapples across a Walmart store.
Walmart store managers will see a pay increase starting in February.

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