As America changes, so does the store where America shops. In Dearborn this week, the world’s largest retailer opens a store like no other among its 3,500 U.S. outlets. Walk through the front door of the 200,000-square-foot supercenter and instead of rows of checkout counters, you find a scene akin to a farmers market in Beirut. Twenty-two tables are stacked high with fresh produce like kusa and batenjan, squash and eggplant used in Middle Eastern dishes. Rimming the produce department are shelves filled with Arab favorites like mango juice from Egypt and vine leaves from Turkey used to make mehshi, or stuffed grape leaves. A walled-off section of the butcher case is devoted to Halal meats, slaughtered in accordance with Islamic law (when a Wal-Mart manager noticed the pork section was too prominent he ordered it moved, since Muslims don’t eat pork). In the freezer case, you’ll find frozen falafel. You can also pick up a CD from Lebanese pop singer Ragheb Alama or buy Muslim greeting c
I do not feel welcome to walmart because I don’t shop there. I haven’t been to a walmart in over 2 years and I ‘m still alive. Imagine that!
i have a simple solution don’t shop there.
vote with your wallet don’t go there. shop in places you like and stop worrying about what other people do.
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I don’t know what your question is….but obviously there is a large Muslim population in the Dearborn area. I saw a documentary on Walmart stores opening in China and how they are so perfectly focused on the shopping habits, tastes, traditions and needs. This is brilliant marketing. No matter how you may personally feel about Walmart, they know how to make a profit and that’s what business is all about.
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It’s definitely culture shock for us Americans when it seems our country is no longer "American" any more…..
In San Jose, CA, vietnamese people are rioting against each other over the naming of an "American" business district, wanting to call it "Little Saigon"…..
In Berkeley, CA, Americans who are lefist liberal extremists (Code Pink, Act Up, World Can’t Wait, Cindy Sheehan…..) are spreading Anti-American sentiment by saying that the Military, Iraq War and Military Recruiting is unethical and illegal…..
In Mountain View, CA, I stop in to our local WalMart and am appalled by countless WalMart employees not being able to assist customers because they "dont habla English"….. A simple quest for a package of toothpaste and dental floss is an "around the store" journey for a couple I saw was rejected because the stockperson did not speak English.
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How about a link to this? Seeing is believing. This smells like poopy to me.
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I do not feel welcome to walmart because I don’t shop there. I haven’t been to a walmart in over 2 years and I ‘m still alive. Imagine that!
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