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Walmart at the Crossroads The Envir
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Table of Contents I. Introduction:
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B. Supplier 2: Pilgrim’s Pride/JB
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supply chain practices have been re
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Labor II. Walmart’s Labor and Env
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• Handle, store and transport haz
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III. Overview of Walmart’s Record
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pay their workers unfair wages and
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energy consumption derived from ren
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V. Industry Reports Along with the
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A. Supplier 1: Monterey Mushrooms,
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C. Supplier 2: Giorgio Foods, Inc.
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2. Blueberry Industry Blueberries a
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Table 2: Naturipe Facilities in the
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B. Profile: Wage Theft in the Blueb
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known for its devastating environme
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prominent supplier to Walmart, yet
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A. Supplier 1: Chiquita The United
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B. Supplier 2: Del Monte In additio
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iii. Environment In addition to hav
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5. Packaged Salad Industry Packaged
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days even though he attributed this
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parts of their wages go to the empl
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Fred Penny is first vice chairman o
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product cost from wages if a distri
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A. Supplier 1: Cal-Maine Foods Cal-
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to roughly 10,000 cages in each bar
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no authority under the federal wate
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8. Dairy Industry The dairy industr
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In 2010, the Obama administration d
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Nestlé’s issues with labor do no
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Walmart, including its subsidiaries
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United States. In fact, Joel was on
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cooperative joined the fluid milk b
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Page 81 and 82: chain. “Walmart has still failed
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Page 91 and 92: Former Walmart President and CEO Mi
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Page 95 and 96: VII. Conclusion and Recommendations
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Page 101 and 102: Endnotes and Citations 1 “Our Loc
Page 103 and 104: 46 Stacy Mitchell, “Walmart’s A
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Page 107 and 108: 135 “Fresh Del Monte Produce, Cor
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Page 113 and 114: 282 Ibid. 283 Dale Heberlig, “Off
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