[lbo-talk] Wal-Mart at Forefront of Hurricane Relief

joanna 123hop at comcast.net
Wed Sep 7 15:29:41 PDT 2005


The expense is a drop in the bucket for them and the advertising is priceless. They're being very smart.

Joanna

Chuck0 wrote:


> lbo at inkworkswell.com wrote:
>
>>
>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/05/AR2005090501598.html
>>
>> Wal-Mart at Forefront of Hurricane Relief
>>
>
>> Over the next few days, Wal-Mart's response to Katrina -- an
>> unrivaled $20 million in cash donations, 1,500 truckloads of free
>> merchandise, food for 100,000 meals and the promise of a job for
>> every one of its displaced workers -- has turned the chain into an
>> unexpected lifeline for much of the Southeast and earned it
>> near-universal praise at a time when the company is struggling to
>> burnish its image.
>
>
> Fucking bastards!
>
> Leave it to the biggest corporation in the world to use the situation
> in New Orleans as an opportunity to improve its image!
>
> Chuck0
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