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Nov 09, 2009

"There are Families Not Eating at the End of the Month"

From Calculated Risk:

WalMart: Quote of the Night, by Calculated Risk: A quote from a conference this weekend, from the NY Times:

"There are families not eating at the end of the month,” said Stephen Quinn, executive vice president and chief marketing officer at Wal-Mart Stores, and “literally lining up at midnight” at Wal-Mart stores waiting to buy food when paychecks or government checks land in their accounts.

    Posted by Mark Thoma on Monday, November 9, 2009 at 12:17 AM in Economics    Permalink  TrackBack (0)  Comments (25)



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