Wal-Mart Facts

• Wal-Mart led the way in corporate cash donations, with more than $18 million in cash donated to aid emergency relief efforts.
• Seventy-six percent of our store management started in hourly positions.
• Wal-Mart recycles unused stores to benefit our communities.
• Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is the world's largest retailer.
• More than 1.2 million Associates work at Wal-Mart in the U.S.
• Wal-Mart buys merchandise and services from more than 61,000 U.S suppliers.
• Wal-Mart is the Largest Corporate Cash Contributor in America. In 2006, Wal-Mart donated nearly $2 million in cash and products to support 75 disaster relief operations in 35 states.
• Wal-Mart is has made available 331 generic prescriptions available to customers and associates for only $4 per prescription.
• Wal-Mart associates have raised more than $387 million for children?s hospitals since 1987.
• The in-store clinics at Wal-Mart share the same commitment to every day low prices that our customers expect; a routine "get well" visit to a clinic typically costs between $40 and $65.
• A consumer can save at least $25 in energy costs over the life of each compact florescent light.
• As of June 7, 2007, Wal-Mart operates 6,971 retail units worldwide.
• Wal-Mart estimates that is will sell 760 truckloads of turkeys this Thanksgiving. Lined front to back, the trucks would stretch the length of 194 football fields and weight the same as 1,900 male elephants.
• To ensure we have the products on our shelves that meet the needs of our diverse customers and communities, we source from companies in more than 70 countries worldwide, including nearly 61,000 U.S. businesses -- large and small. These relationships support more than 3 million U.S. jobs.
• The Wal-Mart Private Fleet started with two tractors and four trailers, according to Sam Walton in Made in America. Now the fleet has 8,000 drivers, 7,300 tractors and more than 50,000 trailers.
• If you stacked on top of each other all of the Starburst Fun Size packs that Walmart shoppers will buy this Halloween, you would reach the height equal to 215 Empire State Buildings. - Mars Snackfood