WhiteTrash vs. Costco

[Zebo]

Basically this article discusses why Whitetrash stores are not sustainable and Whitetrashes Samstowns wholesale clubs are getting owned by Costco.

But the great piece of reporting (and public service) that Holmes and Zellner perform is that they actually run the numbers and get beyond the rhetoric. They compare Costco to Wal-Mart's Sam's Club, the unit with which it directly competes. Costco, which has about a 20 percent unionization rate, pays workers 40 percent more than Sam's Club and gives them comparatively superior benefits (for example, health care and profit-sharing plans) to Sam's Club.

Costco, surprise, has a lower turnover rate and a far higher rate of productivity: it almost equaled Sam's Club's annual sales last year with one-third fewer employees. Only six percent of Costco's employees leave each year, compared to 21 percent at Sam's. And, by every financial measurement, the company does better. Its operating income was higher than Sam's Club, as was operating profit per hourly employees, sales per square foot and even its labor and overhead costs. Here's a quote to emblazon for corporate America: "Paying your employees well is not only the right thing to do but it makes for good business," says Costco CEO James D. Sinegal.

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Racial slurs are not permitted here.

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[burnedout]

Yes, in my opinion, Costco is better than Sams.

However two questions immediately come to mind.

1.) Why is Sams considered "White trash"?

2.) You don't think Sams can survive even though the stores have been open for over 10 years or so?

 

[ReiAyanami]

oh but sprawlmart does support ford's five-dollar-a-day plan. in current wages.

 

[Zebo]

Originally posted by: burnedout
Yes, in my opinion, Costco is better than Sams.

However two questions immediately come to mind.

1.) Why is Sams considered "White trash"?

2.) You don't think Sams can survive even though the stores have been open for over 10 years or so?

1. Whitetrash is what we call walmart around here. Even been in one? that experiance should be any questions to rest.


Here's a quote from you average customer:Text

"Lawrence, the 24-year-old mother, said she does not buy Democrats' accusations that Wal-Mart destroys communities and exports jobs. She knows about 100 people from the area who work there and recalled that during high school, she and her friends relied on the 24-hour shopping center as a source of recreation.

"It's so convenient, and everything is reasonable here," she said. "Where else do you go at night, except to walk around Wal-Mart?" Lawrence also said she intends to vote for Bush."

2. Costco as said is cleaning thier clock on all indicators. sales are higher for Slumstown but they have much more stores subsidized by thier whitetrash stores. I had a membership for a year and it was empty the 2-3 times I went.

 

[nutxo]

Aside from paying higher wages costco is just as bad as walmart. Anyone that thinks any different is just lying to themselves.

Aside from that if you do some research you will find that the term "white trash" is actually a racial slur and roughly equivalent to the forbidden N word.

 

[Moonbeam]

I love Costco. I can buy three hundred pounds of capers, eat three and throw the rest away for cheeper than I can buy three ounces of them at SafeWay.

 

[Zebo]

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
I love Costco. I can buy three hundred pounds of capers, eat three and throw the rest away for cheeper than I can buy three ounces of them at SafeWay.

so true. I buy 10 hearts of lettuce and don't care if half go bad I still save.... Many other items are like this at costco. Green olives to pesto sauce.

 

[ElFenix]

it isn't just poor whities that go to wally world. but that is ok for you to have ethnic slurs in your topic

 

[Zebo]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
it isn't just poor whities that go to wally world. but that is ok for you to have ethnic slurs in your topic

?? since when!

 

[alchemize]

I thought liberals were defenders of White Trash? I thought we were a society of few rich elite, no middle class, and poor unwashed masses?

Oh, only when they vote democrat. Then they are just downtrodden corporate slaves that need to be tended to (kinda like sheep).

The good news is, when you vote for John Kerry, he'll take money from the rich, and give it to poor white trash. They'll stop shopping at wal-mart, become aethiests with morals, and we'll all live happily together.

Where do poor black people shop? And what is your pet name for them, zebo?

 

[gsaldivar]

You could have made your point without the "white trash" slur.

I vote for a lock.