WalMart & Mobil 1

[Patches]

A sign at the local WM states, "Limited quantities of Mobil 1 oils available through April 2009". Looks like WM will no longer carry Mobil 1; going to have to go with some other synthetic, as I won't pay the long dollar they get for the stuff at other outlets

 

[jamestaylor72]

A sign at the local WM states, "Limited quantities of Mobil 1 oils available through April 2009". Looks like WM will no longer carry Mobil 1; going to have to go with some other synthetic, as I won't pay the long dollar they get for the stuff at other outlets

Well that sucks !! I too get my Mobil 1 @ Wally World. Guess it's time to make other arrangements .

 

[excelagator]

Wally World likes getting a better a price each year from their vendors. Mobil probably said bye!

They did the same thing with something else there. The store manager told me it was not being carried anymore. 2 months later it was back on the shelf.

Dan

 

[Patches]

Considering the obscene profits Exxon/Mobil has experienced these past quarters, they don't have to negotiate with anyone

 

[excelagator]

Considering the obscene profits Exxon/Mobil has experienced these past quarters, they don't have to negotiate with anyone

Wal-Mart is not just the world's largest retailer. It's the world's largest company--bigger than ExxonMobil, General Motors, and General Electric. The scale can be hard to absorb. Wal-Mart sold $244.5 billion worth of goods last year.

Wal-Mart wields its power for just one purpose: to bring the lowest possible prices to its customers. At Wal-Mart, that goal is never reached. The retailer has a clear policy for suppliers: On basic products that don't change, the price Wal-Mart will pay, and will charge shoppers, must drop year after year. But what almost no one outside the world of Wal-Mart and its 21,000 suppliers knows is the high cost of those low prices. Wal-Mart has the power to squeeze profit-killing concessions from vendors. To survive in the face of its pricing demands, makers of everything from bras to bicycles to blue jeans have had to lay off employees and close U.S. plants in favor of outsourcing products from overseas.

Info here.......Wal-Mart You Don't Know | Fast Company

I worked in purchasing for an underground tool company for a few years. Later I worked as a Production engineer there working on implementing new purchasing processes, systems, processes, and finding new vendors etc, etc. If I found another company to do the work another company presently did. The new vendor HAD to beat it by 15%. That is what was handed down to me finding new vendors. They were following what Wal Mart started! Ironically When I left they were dealing with a Chinese firm for weldments!

I personally think it was unfair since everything labor, transport and operating cost go up. It drives US business to go overseas.

I think Sam Walton would be turning in his grave if he knew had it is run now!

Dan

 

[2manyrocks]

I was talking with someone recently who said the same thing about Sam Walton because of the company selling so much stuff made in China.

 

[excelagator]

Sam Walton did walk in to businesses that were hurting and bought them to make products for his stores. Yeah, he probably bought them cheap, but he kept a business alive in the US. I remember as a kid alot of things in Walmart were made in the US.

I had a business contact that met with Sam Walton. He was told to go a to a local cafe to meet him. He got there and there were alot of "suits" there waiting. After everything was done he asked Mr Walton why meet here instead of his office. He said, "As long as I do business I will met here. If you come here you get lunch or coffee and this cafe will stay open!"

Dan

 

[RWEST]

Actually, the local W-M guy said they (Mobil) are blaming the shortage on Hurrican Ike. Mobil's site confirms the shortage part of it - Mobil - The Oil That's Changing Oil although it's a stretch to think it'll come back at the same price level. What a perfect opportunity to raise the price.

I'd have to think W-M would think long/hard before getting rid of M1 - it sells like crazy there. I know we buy a pile of it!!

 

[jamestaylor72]

Considering the obscene profits Exxon/Mobil has experienced these past quarters, they don't have to negotiate with anyone

LOL,,,,, yeah,, well said there Patches!

 

[sw03]

I do not see $25 to $28 oils at Wal-mart for the norm...too high for most. ..hence why the shelves are full all the time.