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Squash Your Hunger Meet Our First 60-Year Associate 4 Easy-To-Use Money Apps The Associate’s Meet Our First 4 Easy-to-Use Squash Your Guide to 60-Year Associate Money Apps Hunger Living Better PAGE 42 PAGE 14 PAGE 18 JULY 2014 “__________ is the beginning of all things, and without it, nothing Free Magazine! can be achieved.” —Sam Walton (See Page 62.) Walmart’s biggest meeting of the year. PAGE 32 00_Cover (Working Copy).indd 1 6/26/14 10:09 AM ContentsJuly 2014 Benefits of banking Health Open Beliefs in Action 2 Heat and Your Health 16 From Sam 4 Food without all the fees Voices 5 Buried Berry Dessert 17 Squash Your Hunger 18 A fi nancial account with fl exible features to help you get more from your money. The Guide Entertainment Outdoors Q&A: Jason Aldean 9 Summer Driving Do’s 20 Return to Rio 2 10 Home DIRECT DEPOSIT $0 MONTHLY FEES Move-In Made Easy 13 1 MOBILE CHECK DEPOSIT OVERDRAFT FEES2 Money $0 Mobile Money Tech 14 ONLINE & MOBILE BILL PAY $0 FEES TO ADD CASH Style & Beauty AT WALMART REGISTERS A Colorful Story 15 GET Bluebird is not a bank account and is not issued by a bank. Comparison based STARTED on published checking account features and fees at the 20 largest U.S. banks. TODAY! Inside Walmart American-Made Cooler 23 Find your $5 Account Set-Up Kit Investor Relations 25 at the in-store display or Walmart News to Know 26 Walmart Exchange 28 register at Bluebird.com. Greetings From Bentonville 29 Walmart’s Results 30 We Are Walmart Savings Shuttles 41 Celebrating 60 and 40 Years 42 32 Celebrating 35 Years 43 Shareholders’ 2014 Designed in partnership West BU Stories 44 Associates from around the by the brands you trust Central BU Stories 49 world recently gathered East BU Stories 57 in Northwest Arkansas to Visit Bluebird.com/fees for the most-current Bluebird fee chart. Bluebird is issued by American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc., licensed as a Checkout celebrate Walmart’s success money transmitter by the New York Department of Financial Services and other money transmitter regulators. Terms and conditions apply; certain fees and and innovation—and see surcharges may apply; visit Bluebird.com for complete details. Registration and activation required to access all Bluebird features and bene ts. You must be Game On 62 at least 18 years old (19 in certain states) to purchase and register for Bluebird. Not for sale in VT. My Sam Story 63 what comes next. Take a look. The Early Days 64 1 Standard data rates may apply. 2 With Bluebird, you cannot overdraft, so no overdraft fees apply. 1 The Associate’s Guide to Living Better OB14.161_July_WalmartWorld.indd 1 5/30/14 9:54 AM Amex Bluebird.indd 1 6/2/14 9:14 AM 0714_toc2.indd 1 6/24/14 4:03 PM Beliefs in Action STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE Model a positive example as we pursue high expectations. Who Associates cultivating the Walmart culture and spirit by dressing like Sam Walton Where Distribution Center (DC) 6020, Brooksville, Fla. Why When you’re a Walmart associate, who better to model yourself after than Sam Walton? That was what prompted the managers at DC 6020 to dress up like our founder for the week of May 5–9. Human Resources Manager Jeff Redman contacted The Walmart Museum in Bentonville, Ark., to order 70 of the trucker hats Sam famously wore and then passed them out for the managers to wear. It was part of the DC’s Sam Would Have Been Proud campaign to ensure the culture Sam established remains intact. “We do our best to represent Sam’s values and to honor and remember his name,” Jeff says. “And this week is a time to reflect on that.” Mike Sackett (left) and Tim King, both area Go to walmartworld.com/ managers at DC 6020 in Brooksville, Fla., participate dresslikesam to see a slideshow of in the Sam Would Have Been Proud campaign. SEE DC 6020’s Sam Walton look-alikes. 2 The Associate’s Guide to Living Better Walmartworld.com 3 0714_12_beliefs-1.indd 2 6/19/14 10:48 AM 0714_12_beliefs-1.indd 3 6/19/14 10:48 AM Welcome FROM THE EDITORS For Our Customers Messages at this year’s Shareholders’ Meeting No retail covered a number of ideas: the importance company of innovation, the need to be merchants, and our duty to act quickly and responsibly in all we in the do. The main message: We’re a customer- driven company, and we must stay ahead of our world can customers’ expectations. How is your store compare making that happen? Send your ideas to with our [email protected]. —THE EDITORS Walmart associates and their attitude of serving our customers Challenge Accepted I usually read Walmart World in the breakroom to get ideas that will help as number my store and me. During my stint as CSM, I read an article about an SPH (scans per hour) challenge that a gentleman had done at his store, and I one. implemented it at my store. That knowledge helped our store improve, and it also helped me get promoted. The magazine is very helpful, for my store and me. —Sam Walton, —Eric Dubray, produce ZMS, Walmart World, produce, Store 3258, Eugene, Ore. April 1990 Publisher No responsibility can be accepted for unsolicited manuscripts or photographs, which Alan Dranow must be accompanied by a self-addressed stamped envelope. The views expressed in this magazine are not necessarily those of the publisher or Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Editor in chief Walmart World is a proprietary publication of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., and is intended Matt Larsen for use by Walmart at its discretion. The editor reserves the right to select and edit [email protected] letters for publication. Some stories may appear in other publications, including those Managing editor intended for external audiences. All material that you submit to Walmart World shall become the property of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., and submission shall be deemed a John Soldani transfer of all right, title, and interest to the materials submitted. Walmart World is not Content manager responsible for verifying the accuracy of material submitted by our readers. The views Amanda Foster and opinions expressed on third-party websites do not necessarily state or re ect those of Walmart World and are not meant to substitute for professional advice. Marketing and sales Stores: If you’d like your subscription numbers adjusted, please email us at Sam Rivkin [email protected]. Editorial and To read Sam’s full letter, go advertising inquiries: Printed on partially recycled paper to walmartworld.com/inspiration. [email protected] 4 The Associate’s Guide to Living Better Walmartworld.com 5 0714_voices.indd 4 6/19/14 11:25 AM 0714_voices.indd 5 6/23/14 10:56 AM Preferred The Enjoy convenience and value Entertainment / Home / Money / Style & Beauty / Health / Food / Outdoors NewNew lowlow priceprice ofof justjust $$44** • Add money FREE anytime using Walmart Rapid Reload™ • Direct deposit your paycheck with no fee • Save time by using Online Bill Pay Service It’s easy to get started with no credit check.** Simply purchase a card at your store. Save that receipt! It can be an *Monthly and other fees apply. See package for details. avenue for easy **Subject to verification of identity savings. 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Walmartworld.com 7 MoneyCard.indd 1 6/2/14 8:52 AM 0714_spark-1 (Working Copy).indd 7 6/25/14 11:44 AM Read even more The Guide / Entertainment celebrity Q&A’s online at Send them back to class READ walmartworld.com/fun. for less. save4 Backstage With Jason Country star Jason Aldean wooed us during his 2014 Shareholders’ performance, and now he’s answering your questions. What inspires you? Bett Renfrew, baker, Enjoy Special Financing with the Walmart® Credit Card. Store 1833, Fredericksburg, Va. There have been a lot of great artists who have inspired me as I was coming up in this business and 24 still do today … artists like George Strait and Alabama. 6 12 18 My first concert was Kenny Rogers and the Gatlin Months Brothers, and that’s what initially spiked my interest Months Months Special Financing Months Special Financing Special Financing to really pursue music. 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