- Americans spend $36,000,000 at Walmart every hour of every day.
- This works out to $20,928 profit every minute!
- Walmart will sell more from January 1 to St. Patrick's Day (March 17th) than Target sells all year.
- Walmart is bigger than Home Depot + Kroger + Target + Sears + Costco + K-Mart combined.
- Walmart employs 1.6 million people and is the largest private employer, and most speak English.
- Walmart is the largest company in the history of the world.
- Walmart now sells more food than Kroger & Safeway combined, and keep in mind they did this in only 15 years.
- During this same period, 31 supermarket chains sought bankruptcy.
- Walmart now sells more food than any other store in the world.
- Walmart has approx 3,900 stores in the USA of which 1,906 are Super Centers; this is 1,000 more than it had 5 Years ago.
- This year, 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur at a Walmart store. (Earth's population is approximately 6.5 Billion.)
- 90% of all Americans live within 15 miles of a Walmart.
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