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Showing posts with label Wal-Mart. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wal-Mart. Show all posts
Friday, May 22, 2026

Walmart and Amazon are in a neck-and-neck race over online sales and delivery to rural Americans

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Adobe Stock photo America's biggest retail giants, Walmart and Amazon, are going head-to-head in a bid for online sales domination by de...
Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Quick hits: Cold Case Card Deck to solve crimes; USPS podcast; Walmart's new milk plant; states snip SNAP snacks

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Maine State Police hope their card deck  will generate tips on unsolved cases.  (Maine State Police photo via Midcoast Villager) The Maine S...
Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Cattle ranchers concerned about Walmart’s impact on U.S. beef industry

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Photo by Tyler Delgado, Unsplash Walmart’s new beef processing plant in Kansas has raised concerns among cattle ranchers that Walmart “will ...
Tuesday, January 07, 2025

Quick hits: Wallet-draining breakfast prices; the 'Walmart effect;' rural short story winner; bird flu stats; shouses

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Photo by E. Aceron, Unsplash Budget-busting beef with eggs and coffee breakfasts won't be cheaper anytime soon. "While commodities ...
Friday, January 03, 2025

With its $12.98 T-shirt, this company shows how retail apparel production can thrive in the U.S.

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American Giant photo via The Wall Street Journal It isn't fancy -- it's practical. It's sold at Walmart, but it's no import....
Friday, October 18, 2024

Grocery store chains still use 'old-school' spying to out-price competitors. The practice has piqued antitrust interests.

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Kroger ads provide competitors price information, but "spies" also visit stores in person. When big grocery stores battle for mark...
Monday, April 20, 2020

Independent rural groceries seeing a boost during pandemic

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File under "silver linings": Though rural independent grocery stores have been increasingly struggling in recent years, the covid...
Thursday, March 26, 2020

Trump administration shielded Walmart from criminal prosecution over opioid prescriptions, investigation finds

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A ProPublica investigation has found that top Department of Justice officials shielded Walmart from criminal prosecution in 2018 for all...
Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Big-box stores try to get lower taxes, hurting towns' coffers

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"Big-box retailers and other businesses around the U.S. in recent years have been battling with local governments to get the assessed ...
Friday, January 10, 2020

Quick hits: old rural hospitals need widespread repairs; rural Italian restaurant gives felons a second chance

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Here's a roundup of stories with rural resonance; if you do or see similar work that should be shared on The Rural Blog, email us at he...
Monday, January 06, 2020

VA puts telehealth sites at Walmarts and VFW posts

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In an effort to reach more rural veterans, the Department of Veterans Affairs is adding telehealth diagnostic facilities at selected Walma...
Friday, January 03, 2020

Quick hits: Appalachian Trail mural project; how a Texas town bounced back after losing its Walmart

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Here's a roundup of stories with rural resonance; if you do or see similar work that should be shared on The Rural Blog, email us at he...
Friday, May 10, 2019

Newspapers must show their complacent communities that they are an essential civic asset, not like 'news from Google'

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By Al Cross , Professor and Director Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, University of Kentucky Does the reportedly mix...
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Wednesday, May 02, 2018

Struggling dairy farms should form a cooperative like tobacco growers did decades ago, Wendell Berry writes

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Berry (Photo by Guy Mendes) To save their farms, struggling small dairies should consider banding together in a cooperative as tobacco ...
Friday, March 18, 2016

Walmart stops paying more for working on Sunday

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Walmart , which in 2011 discontinued premium pay on Sundays for new hires, has now discontinued the practice for employees hired before the...
Friday, February 05, 2016

Many Walmart closings are in poor, rural areas; reporter examines impact on one Appalachian town

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Walmart 's announcement last month that it will close 154 stores will have the greatest impact on poor rural areas, Tim Meko and Lyd...
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Friday, October 23, 2015

Walmart removes 'Made in the U.S.A' logo from website after origin of products questioned

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Retail giant Walmart has been forced to remove "Made in the U.S.A." labels from its website, under suspicion that some of those...
Tuesday, September 08, 2015

Walmart phasing out assault weapons; company cites dwindling customer demand

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Walmart , the nation's largest retailer and a staple in rural areas, announced it is phasing out assault weapons, not because of polit...
Wednesday, September 02, 2015

Walmart, which just raised its minimum wage, announces plans to cut employee hours

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Walmart —which in April announced it was installing a company-wide minimum wage of $9, with plans to raise the minimum wage to $10 in Febr...
Thursday, August 20, 2015

Obamacare hurting Walmart's pharmacies; more insured Americans spells bad news for corporation

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Walmart officials are blaming an increase in the number of Americans who gained insurance under federal health reform for its pharmacies ...