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san_terre

06/09/09 9:16 AM

#81114 RE: COPO #81113

I was scrubbing this last night.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarkets_in_the_United_States

I would love for this PR to be Costco since they are already an international presence. (Plus Costco rocks, I'm there at least once a week...)

From Costco.com:

Number of warehouses: 555(as of 05/13/09)

Areas of operation: 407 locations in 40 U.S. States & Puerto Rico;
77 locations in nine Canadian provinces;
21 locations in the United Kingdom;
5 locations in Taiwan;
6 locations in Korea;
8 locations in Japan;
31 locations in 18 Mexican states

Membership Data (as of 2/15/09): 54.5 million cardholders
29.8 million households
20.7 million Gold Star
5.7 million Business
3.4 million Business add ons

J-Rhino

06/09/09 9:21 AM

#81115 RE: COPO #81113

Check google.

trader guy

06/09/09 8:23 PM

#81252 RE: COPO #81113

Wal-mart would be huge but it doesn't look like WBC has the production capacity to supply Wal-mart yet. In fact it would appear they are having some trouble keeping up with the demand they already have. That would be a good thing but there is no way to know how they will finance the increase in capacity. I'm thinking equity since that is how they have done it so far but with a stock price this low that would be reaching some.