WalMart is trying its best to stay "green". The world's largest retailer recently converted all of it's stores into energy savers. Then, they went organic. Rumors have been spread that WalMart has been mis-labeling certain foods. To settle this, the Cornicopia Institute (one of the largest investigators of the organic industry) has stepped in. The group conducted checks in several of WalMart's stores in five states and have discovered labeling violations in dozens of stores! They call it "organic fraud". WalMart attempted to defend itself in stating that in order to ease customer shopping, stores often mix organic with conventional products on it's shelves to offer more of a selection. What?. How does that ease the shopping experience? I think that organic foods should be seperated; another section perhaps. WalMart needs to seriously make the issue a breeze and start seperating. It's not rocket science. The company released this e-mail statement:"Although Wal-Mart has more than 2,000 locations that may offer up to 200 organic selections in addition to thousands of non-organic offerings, we believe it to be an isolated incident should a green organic identifying tag be inadvertently placed by or accidentally shift in front of the wrong item."
Friday, January 26, 2007
WalMart Organic FRAUD!
WalMart is trying its best to stay "green". The world's largest retailer recently converted all of it's stores into energy savers. Then, they went organic. Rumors have been spread that WalMart has been mis-labeling certain foods. To settle this, the Cornicopia Institute (one of the largest investigators of the organic industry) has stepped in. The group conducted checks in several of WalMart's stores in five states and have discovered labeling violations in dozens of stores! They call it "organic fraud". WalMart attempted to defend itself in stating that in order to ease customer shopping, stores often mix organic with conventional products on it's shelves to offer more of a selection. What?. How does that ease the shopping experience? I think that organic foods should be seperated; another section perhaps. WalMart needs to seriously make the issue a breeze and start seperating. It's not rocket science. The company released this e-mail statement:"Although Wal-Mart has more than 2,000 locations that may offer up to 200 organic selections in addition to thousands of non-organic offerings, we believe it to be an isolated incident should a green organic identifying tag be inadvertently placed by or accidentally shift in front of the wrong item."
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