HOW BIG IS WAL-MART?

     1. At Wal-Mart, Americans spend $36,000,000 every hour of every day.

     2. This works out to $20,928 profit every minute!

     3. Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St. Patrick's Day (March 17th)
than Target sells all year.

     4. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot + Kroger + Target + Sears +
Costco + K-Mart combined.

     5. Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people and is the largest private employer
in the world.

     6. Wal-Mart is the largest company in the history of the World.

     7. Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger & Safeway combined, and
keep in mind they did this in only 15 years.

     8. During this same period, 31 Supermarket chains sought bankruptcy
(including Winn-Dixie).

     9. Wal-Mart now sells more food than any other store in the world.

  10. Wal-Mart has approx 3,900 stores in the USA of which 1,906 are Super
Centers; this is 1,000 more than it had 5 years ago.

  11. This year, 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur at a
Wal- Mart store. (Earth's population is approximately 6.5 billion).

  12. 90% of Americans live within 15 miles of a Wal-Mart,
How Big Is Wal-Mart?