Leaving Kansas City and other Wal-Mart news
Wal-Mart is pulling its managers' meeting out of Kansas City in favor of Orlando. The next thing you know, KC will lose its NBA franchise...Oh yeah, we don't have an NBA (or NHL) franchise. Another indignity to bear.
Wal-Mart moves meeting from KC to Orlando
Wal-Mart to offer more South Carolina produce
After being overhyped, RFID starts to deliver (WSJ preview)
Why Wal-Mart may be good for small business
August hearing set for former Wal-Mart executive
Halffords poaches Wal-Mart man David Wild, who had been charged with seeing off Tesco as head of Wal-Mart’s new format team in northern California, is quitting the retailer to take the top job at Halfords. A former Tesco executive, he will take up the post at the car maintenance and bicycles chain in early August.
Wal-Mart sourcing produce from local farmers (Arkansas) Wal-Mart is working with farmers to incorporate more local sourcing into its produce assortment, Jack Sinclair, executive vice president for grocery merchandise, said Thursday.
Sinclair pointed to a selection of Healthy Harvest Blueberries sourced from Interstate Express Logistics, a Fayetteville-based company, during a media tour of Wal-Mart's Pleasant Grove store in Rogers.
"Local sourcing will be a new focus for us," Sinclair said.
posted by Tom Karst @ 2:06 PM
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Look on the bright side - you have the Kansas City Tribe, IWFL - Independent Women's Football League whose 2008 season began April 12th. Bishop Miege High School their 2008 Home Field in Roeland Park, KS. The Tribe ended their season on a high note with a 49-0 victory over division rival, Iowa Crush to go 4-4 on the season.
Yeah, Tom you got da BBQ too.
Oh, man, don't get me started on Wal-Mart. Church Lady says 'isn't it conveeeeeenient' that they've just decided now to, for the good of the ol' US of A, start sourcing local-style product.
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