Driving home from from Charlottesville, VA I learned something new about Wal-Mart. It now sports a deli. The Deli will never contribute more than a rounding error to the bottom line but it doesn't need to. In fact, it could operate at a loss and the company would still profit.
I like to imagine the Deli idea was the brain-child of the Marketing team because it is making good use of the new service. Wal-Mart is busy requesting listings on the nation's Food Services signs for stores with a Deli. So beside popular fast ...