Wal-Mart is in a race against time to give the people what they want before they get comfortable shopping elsewhere.Shoppers who switched to other stores when Wal-Mart decided to ditch best-selling toothbrush brands, craft supplies and bolts of fabric may be hard to win back.The company has taken nine months to restore thousands of grocery items, including some bestselling brands, it dumped from its shelves two years ago. The idea was to tidy up stores for the wealthier customers it had won during the recession.
It's a result of higher gas prices, taking probably $20 a week out of the average consumer's pocket," President and CEO Bob Sasser said in a recent call with analysts. "They're looking for value. We have value. They're looking for convenience. We are certainly convenient."

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I think walmart is a great store. But i have noticed my self that they have lost a few products. Wal-mart needs to capitalize and not change anything because when they loose something or a products, or a line of products they tend to not get those products back for quite sometime. They just need to keep plugging away and bring their inventory back up and running again to save people gas and time. So they dont need to head to menards or a Mills right after walmart to finish their shopping.

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