A few clarifications. 1) The pickle story (if its the Vlassic one) is indeed true. FYI 2) Wal-Mart is not using slave labor, at least not purposefully. I have no doubt slave labor happens, but EVERY retailer is guilty of buying products made with slave labor, its just that they usually don't know about it. Wal-mart is not evil - they are agressive, efficient, and above all, can execute. Sears was like that and the world was worried about them as well. GM used to be like that and the world thought they were evil too. Its easy to hate the guy on the top. But remember, they are on top becuause they are the BEST, period.