Random Thought: Wal-Mart pulling inventory?
Where I live (Katy, TX), Wal-Mart has a policy of price-matching local grocery stores advertised specials in order to compete, but many times I’ve noticed that the day the new grocery ads are released, Wal-Mart doesn’t seem to have any stock of those items the other stores are placing on sale. This could be attributed to anything. Perhaps the other stores are placing them on sale because they need to get rid of the inventory and Wal-Mart sensing the same need has already done so. I find that hard to believe, but I guess it is possible. My conspiracy theory is that Wal-Mart pulls items off their shelves to avoid price matching. I’m pretty sure it is not all products because that would be too obvious, but if they pulled those items with the least amount of markup, this avoidance could save them a bundle. Has anyone else noticed this?
Before I get any remarks about the most recent hurricane causing empty shelves, I’ve been noticing this for about a year.
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