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Wal-Mart Supercenter #1244

3027 Wade Hampton Blvd.
Taylors, SC 29687
(864) 292-8155 Open 24 Hours

http://flickr.com/photos/filthywalmart/sets/72157594480314905/comments/
http://picks.yahoo.com/picks/i/20070129.html
http://digg.com/offbeat_news/Filthy_Wal_Mart_a_photo_essay
http://reddit.com/info/ylhs/comments
http://walmartwatch.com/blog/archives/filthy_wal_mart_a_photo_essay/
http://consumerist.com/consumer/filthy-walmart/filthy-walmart-228921.php

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http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/flickr.com/photos/filthywalmart/sets/72157594480314905/
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http://shopping.netscape.com/story/2007/01/16/filthy-wal-mart-a-photo-essay
http://www.metafilter.com/58222/Dark-WalMart
http://talk.livedaily.com/showthread.php?t=565278
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1179886
http://www.walmart-blows.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=86199&sid=4ffadd1c2e00140f07c344dff9284314

"Holy snikes. That's about as bad as I've ever seen a store get. Sometimes the Walmarts get alittle disheveled around 1AM when everything's getting stocked and polished, but, sweet sassy mollasy, that looks like something out of post-Katrina New Orleans! Something tells me they're going to get a visit from corporate tomorrow, seeing as this is already over on Reddit."

"I live right near this Wal-Mart. I have not heard anything about it being on the list to be closed. That still wouldn't excuse stuff thrown all over, moldy produce, etc. Also,we have many other grocery and department stores in the area that are kept spotless, so please don't go thinking the area is trashy. I can confirm though that this Wal-Mart does look like this a lot."

"I grew up in Taylors, and actually worked at the grocery store across the street from this Walmart. I hate to break it to you, but the area this Walmart is located in is by no means rural. The Greenville-Spartanburg metro area in 2000 had a population of nearly 1 million people, and, based on the the growth I see when I return to visit family, I would say it is at least 1.3 million now."

"This Wal-Mart is just a few miles from me. I can confirm that the past few weeks it has looked like this. Recently, I went there to get some produce for an event. The strawberries were COVERED with white mold. I mean almost every single freaking strawberry in every freaking container was white. The melons were damaged and old to the point where they were dripping. I ran out of there as fast as I could. I went there again two days ago, thinking it might have been a short term problem, but nope. Everything still looked like garbage. I will not shop there again until they make some serious changes."

"This particular part of SC has a lot of people who work at GE and BMW. No grocery store I know of looks like this Wal-Mart. The Target that's just down the road doesn't look anything at all like it either."

"Yikes, that was pretty horrid. You should send something to wal-mart corporate so some heads will roll."

"WalMart exists because they could exploit both employees and vendors. For example, did you note that all produce is trayed? Makes it easy to just slap a tray out rather than unpack a box. And employees are treated like so much dirt. I think there's a backlash coming against Walmart."

"The store has to be closed or something or they are pics of post-Katrina Louisiana and they're now residing in SC. Sorry, I don't buy it."

"I thought walmart always looks like this."

"Hey, if this is the state of a Wal-Mart store I guess the staff were not worried about a photographer, it seems as if they need real help.... Where's the Management...? I hope you do not feel tempted to shop there again, this is deffinately a place to be avoided by the looks of things."

"I can't believe the Walmart I go to is on DIGG's front page. I go to this Walmart all the time and it is a mess. Also never get pictures developed at this Walmart. Very poor service in the photo department."

"Wow - this looks like the store has been closed for a week an people have been scavenging.. Something out of a sci-fi movie. Who the hell is managing that place lol."

"I thought those were Katrina aftermath photos but then I noticed that Wal-Mart is in South Carolina. Mystery - Solved."

"I would rather sand paper a bobcat's ass in a phone booth than go into Walmart. - that is highly quotable."

"this isn't just a case of "not getting the cream of the crop," this is crazy. obviously you haven't been to a supermarket lately, because they are always, and try to stay, stocked up and have everything convenient for the consumer. this, my friend, has nothing to do with a special pick of a certain product, this is total neglect from whom ever is in charge of this place. This could have been in any store, and it would be equally as revolting."

"i can see secret Wal-Mart assassin ninjas coming to his home right NOW...."

"What the hell happened? How could they let their store get that bad?"

"as someone who's managed retail for more than 10 yrs now, this completely made me cringe."

"These need to go to the district manager, to his boss, his boss, etc. all the way up the chain to the corporate office. There is no excuse for this -- someone needs to lose their job over this."

"I worked at a Kroger in Ohio for four years of high school, and can say from experience that management would have been screaming over just one of those messes... an entire store like that is jarring."

"This was hysterical. The tomato skull, the cat food, the smashed-up garlic stand... I wonder how long this page will stay up before Wal-Mart gets involved."

"Completely disgusting. Some of the comments above are equally as disturbing. Goes to show how many people actually find this "acceptable." As a consumer, you should not be subjected to that kind of mess. Unkept/understocked shelves - sure, understandable, but when the shelves are strewn with debris, floors with food bits and liquid, and the obvious week-old crustiness, that's just ridiculous. There is no excuse, even if it is about being busy."

"thats walmart for you, they are taking all our money in wages instead of having enough people to do the work and protect the customers, and they are putting it in the ad agencies to help their image. only problem with that is the more we dont have on the shelves the less people we have to even think about putting it on the shelves because you gotta beat last year, what a laugh. I have been in stores that looked a lot worse than that one. great job with the pictures."

"You can't make excuses for this store. Bottom line is it was neglected for apparently days."

"That's how a lot of the Wal-Mart's I've seen are. It's just a ghetto store, plain and simple. I'm going to have to agree, and say that I'm a proud Target shopper myself."