Does Walmart Have a Vendetta Against Small Farmers?
Filed under: Retail, Industry News, Wal-Mart, Food
In 2010, Walmart (WMT) vowed to double its sales of locally grown produce by 2015. It was an attempt to both increase the amount of local foods in stores (as part of its environmental and sustainability initiatives) and invigorate local economies by supporting small farmers.
Walmart has already blasted through its goal of selling 9 percent local produce — 11 percent of the produce in stores now comes from farms near them. Yet despite Walmart’s boast that this shift “saved customers over $1…
Does Walmart Have a Vendetta Against Small Farmers? originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2013-02-27T05:00:00Z.
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