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0216_JoinTheConversation (Working Copy).indd 1 1/12/16 12:49 PM ContentsFebruary 2016

10 Family Fun for Winter Nights 22 Better Together Associates like Rianne Dixon make 54 our teams stronger. Three Delicious Chocolate Recipes

Voices 2 The Guide 7 Inside Walmart 13 We Are Walmart 28 28 Milestones 30 Twice the Fun Checkout 51 at Store 3891 My Sam Story 64

0216_TOC (Working Copy).indd 1 1/13/16 4:42 PM This thing we’ve got going with our company and our people is so gratifying to me that I find it very easy to be enthusiastic about our future and to be optimistic about what we can accomplish together. Sam Walton

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FROM THE EDITORS Root for the Team At Walmart, we believe that working as a team, and valuing every team member, lets us accomplish extraordinary things. As the stories in this issue show, doing so can improve morale, lead to amazing careers, and impact customers’ lives. That’s the power of working together. Speaking of valuing team members, we’d like to thank Stephen Quinn, who recently retired from his position as EVP and chief marketing officer of Walmart U.S., for all of his help and guidance. Best of luck! THE EDITORS

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It’s Brett, not Brent In our January 2016 issue of Walmart World, we misidentified Brett Biggs, EVP and new chief financial officer of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. We apologize for the error. We wish Brett the best as he begins his work in his new role.

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I saw an opening for a Home Office job, and it sparked an interest. My manager said, ‘I think you’d be great.’ Jay Ocean

Jay Ocean

Promoted to: field project supervisor, Home Office What His Former Manager Says: “Jay knows how to ask the right questions. He asks about the where and why versus just saying OK and doing something. He wants to know why we do things this way.” Thomas Arthur, store manager, Store 2632, Phoenix

What Jay Says: “The best approach is to learn as much as possible on an everyday basis. What got me to this point is doing anything and everything asked of me and learning from each new task and experience.”

Lessons From Jay: · Be versatile and open-minded. · Make every day a learning experience.

Have you recently been promoted? Tell us at walmartworld.com/ YourStoryIdeas. Learn more about career opportunities at Walmart at careers.walmart.com.

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“We are a small-town store, and we have a regular base of customers. Our associates know all of our “I always have a smile, and I thank customers for coming in. I ask customers by name. Everyone in how they’re doing, and I listen. It’s this store takes time to listen to the same with associates. If I know the concerns of the customers, even they have children, I ask about if it’s just a few minutes to listen to their children. We all want to what they need or tell them about know that somebody cares.” something that’s going on. That little extra something is what Mary Ann Novak, cashier, Store 5837, Rogers, Ark. brings them back.”

Donna Holdway, department manager, HBA/OTC, Store 650, Big Stone Gap, Va.

How do you show customers and associates at your store that you care?

“Our goal in personnel is to brighten the day of all of our associates. We try to be really kind and “Just make sure your ears are always compassionate. If somebody is going open and listen to what people say. through something difficult, we send Create a bond with customers, with flowers and a card. Or for special days, everybody, and that’s a good start. I we’ll make gifts—we just finished try to do that every day.” making little gift bags for the management team. I try to brighten Kile Meyers, sales associate, electronics, Store 2043, Warsaw, N.Y. people’s day every day.”

Deborah Egerton, training coordinator, Store 3896, Peoria, Ariz.

What’s Your Take? How do you show customers and associates that you care? Tell us at walmartworld.com/Care.

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A Walmart Radio DJ’s voice is heard in stores throughout the country—and you can help decide whose voice will be heard next. Voting is easy: Just check out the video submissions of the five final- ists at walmartradiodjsearch.com, and then select your favorite. The winner will be revealed in March!

Voting opens Feb. 9 and continues through Feb. 19.

For voting and official rules, visit walmartradiodjsearch.com.

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GuidePerking Up Moods and Homes Just like sunshine, chocolate can increase feelings of happiness. Luckily, Valentine’s Day falls near the midpoint of winter, when everyone is eager for longer days and warmer weather. There are lots of other ways to boost moods, too, including the insights and products on the following pages.

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Home Colorful (and Useful) Accents These cheerful kitchen and bath products can help lift your mood. If you want Simple A matching A designer Easy-care To refresh dding new kitchen or bath elegance set look ﬂ oor mats the shower accessories serves two purposes—they are both Try this Mainstays Mainstays The Pioneer Better Homes Better Homes Ceramic 5-Pack Woman and Gardens and Gardens practical and pretty. “The Soap Pump Kitchen Set Kitchen Trellis Kitchen 15-Piece next step is finding a color Towels Rug Bath Set

Aor a print that matches your décor,” says Why it’s a A reusable It’s available The natural This machine- Less than $25, Martina. The kitchen towels shown good option option helps in a variety of fabrics and washable mat the set includes above, from The Pioneer Woman line, save money; colors, and it farm-to- is made with a shower cur- larger refill includes two table look are stain- and tain, decorative are a colorful option, as are the bottles are terry towels, particularly fade-resistant metal curtain products on the right. typically less two pot hold- on-trend. materials, so hooks, and two expensive ers, and an it will hold comfy micro- per use than oven mitt. up in high- fiber rugs. Plus single-use traffic areas. it’s available in Insight from containers. the season’s Martina Biddulph, must-have buyer, soft kitchen/ hues: indigo and coral. children’s tableware, Home Office

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Home MORE MOOD Delight BOOSTERS Your Better Homes and Gardens 18-Ounce Jar Candles Senses The warm- *weather scents of Sunlit Strawberry Try these products Patch and Exotic to bring bright sights, Paradise Punch will help you scents, and sounds to think spring. your home. Get it in stores! esearch shows Vizio SB3851-C0 that people who 38" 5.1 Sound Bar see flowers first System thing in the Studies have *shown that upbeat morning experi- music can improve Rence an uptick in mood and mood, too. And you can share the happy a boost of energy through- tunes with this out the day. So why not pick sound bar, which has Bluetooth capability a colorful bouquet for your to wirelessly kitchen table? Tulips, spray stream audio from mobile devices. roses, and daisies are a few Walmart.com rating: of the blooms featured HHHHH in stores this month. For a different look, grab a glass pitcher instead of a traditional vase.

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0216_GuideHome2 (Working Copy).indd 9 1/11/16 12:28 PM A Longtime Family Favorite The classic game of Monopoly was originally patented on Dec. 31, 1935. The game is still popular today—more than 18 million Monopoly sets have been sold at Walmart in the past decade.

Home Plan for Family Fun Make the most of indoor family time with these products, which are all available at Walmart.

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1 Start Off With a Game Research shows that playing games together creates stronger bonds and helps emotional development. Two to try: 1. Monopoly Here & Now Not yet rated on Walmart.com 2. Pie Face! Walmart.com rating: ★★★★

2 Build Your Own Pizzas Make dinner a family affair by letting everyone help create a pizza masterpiece worthy of eating. Three to try: 1. Chef Boyardee Cheese Pizza Kit Walmart.com rating: ★★★★ 2. Ragu Homemade Style Pizza Sauce Walmart.com rating: ★★★★ 3. Mama Mary’s Thin & Crispy Pizza Crusts Walmart.com rating: ★★★★

3 4 Hunker Top It Off Down for a Movie With Treats Snuggle under a blanket Bake some cookies with a family-friendly and then use them movie sure to spark to build gourmet ice conversation. cream sandwiches. Two to try: Two to try: 1. Goosebumps 1. Nestle Toll House New on Chocolate Chip Walmart.com! Cookie Dough 2. Pan Get it in stores! Walmart.com rating: 2. Sam’s Choice Sea Salt ★★★★★ Caramel Ice Cream Get it in stores!

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10 ITEMS OR LESS Valentine’s Day Gifts Find just-right gifts with these products recommended by Walmart buyers.

1. 1. 5. Gift Set: Sweetheart Paw Patrol Teddy Bear Ideal for kids: This popular *prepackaged *collectible, which gift sets. They comes in five also come 9. different colors, in Minions, is available only Teenage at Walmart. Mutant Ninja 2. Turtles, Frozen, 6. and more! Baby’s First This bib is 2. *perfect for dressing Stone- up a little one’s Studded Jewelry first Valentine’s Day. Jewelry is a 8. *classic gift for 7. Valentine’s Day. Candy Bucket With Balloon: 3. No. 1 Teacher Plush Owl Remember With Candy 3. *teachers—this Available year, Walmart has *in a variety of even more great characters, this gift options. cute plush toy with a box 8. of sweets is Tumbler: Dude Walmart’s No. 2 Valentine’s Day gift. You’re Awesome Great for 4. *hard-to-buy-for Plush in Latte guys, this was a top seller last year. This coffee lover’s *special is Walmart’s 9. No. 1 Valentine’s Day gift. (It’s available Pet Toys in nonromantic Show a furry declarations, too.) *friend some appreciation with Walmart’s 4. selection of 5. pet toys. 7.

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INVESTING IN AMERICAN JOBS Got You Covered These rugs are stylish and provide U.S. jobs.

What: Mainstays Titan rugs and Mohawk kitchen rugs Manufactured by: Mohawk Industries Where: Calhoun, Ga. New jobs created: about 125 Famous for: their American heritage and being in business since 1878

“Mohawk was motivated by the concept of improved service, speed to market, and improved in-stocks, which would yield more sales and create more U.S. jobs. The mission was accomplished—the entire solid ‘Titan’ program was converted to ‘The Great American Rug.’ ” Bruce Myers, buyer, rugs, doormats, décor pillows, and furniture covers, Home Office

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How You Can Do It Go to walmartworld.com/ Pickup to find more of the strategies that Kaitlin Guiney and her team use to provide top service.

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0216_OTJ_Ship to store.indd 14 1/11/16 3:26 PM Pickup Pros Store 1700 in Poway, Calif., makes speed and helpful service the priorities.

“In general, speed is what we focus on most,” says Kaitlin Guiney, Site to Store department manager, whose area is also responsible for Store Pickup and layaway. That speed has paid off—Store 1700’s Walmart.com service area has scored high with customers in recent surveys. It also syncs with Walmart’s goal of getting each Store Pickup transaction down Help Customers … to five minutes or less. and Your Store! When customers can’t find What makes for a smooth, an item in your store, let them know they can order it speedy transaction at Store 1700? at Walmart.com and have it shipped to the store for free 1. Checking customer ID first. for pickup. The result: Your Asking for identification before store gets the profit, and your MyShare increases. getting the package allows the associate to handle any paperwork issues surrounding the pickup first. 2. Easier access to the counter. Moving the service area to the front of the store has made it easier for customers to find. And merchandise is now stored directly behind the counter. 3. Streamlined communication. Associates make note of solutions to unusual challenges and share that information among all shifts.

Plus, the team strives to make the customer’s experience a positive one. “I try to identify with our customers,” Kaitlin says. “I want to make sure they leave our department feeling happy.”

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Learn more about these stories and others at walmartworld.com/ News.

Opportunity, Skills at Heart of Associate Language Program Walmart’s efforts will benefit 1.5 million retail workers who have limited English- language skills.

African American Business Resource Group s Refocuses A new mission focuses on Walmart Pay: making Walmart the best place for African Americans Why It Matters for You to work and shop. Walmart Pay will soon be available “As soon as a cashier hits ‘total,’ and to the 22 million customers who use the customer connects to Walmart Ship to the Walmart app. Walmart Pay works Pay, the process is complete. There Locker with any iOS or Android device, at are no receipts to be printed. All of Program any checkout lane, and with any that process is eliminated.” Expands major credit, debit, prepaid, or Even better: Associates who Customers can Walmart gift card. It’s available in use Walmart Pay can register their ship online purchases to select stores now and will launch associate discount cards in the app lockers and pick nationwide by the first half of 2016. so that discounts are automatically them up at their Daniel Eckert, senior vice applied to payments. Daniel adds, convenience. president, Walmart Services, Home “You’ll never have to swipe your Office, says Walmart Pay will make discount card again.” things easier for front-end associates. Walmart Pay Honors Veterans With #Sing2Salute I used Walmart Pay this morning Program raises $1 million for at Store 3654. It worked perfectly! Fisher House Foundation, Customer comment on Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., President and CEO which helps Doug McMillon’s Instagram post announcing Walmart Pay. veterans’ families.

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almart has dozens of Private Brands, all Walmart’s Private Brands of which offer high-quality alternatives to national-brand products. The brands offer a low-price/high-quality exist in almost every category in Walmart stores, from food to electronics, and they keep bringing combination that customers customers back because they offer products that can’t be found anywhere else. find irresistible, thanks to what How do we ensure quality and value? Lots of testing—like what goes into the creation of happens behind the scenes. a Great Value item.

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What Customers Want Before starting a new project, the product development team looks at research, examines the marketplace, and, most importantly, partners with buyers to determine customer needs. The goal: Create a product to meet “We are very proud or exceed customers’ of our Private Brands, requirements. and we want you to be just as excited The Right as we are.” Supplier Jack Pestello, senior vice president Once a need is identified, for Walmart U.S. Private Brands, food, it kicks off a multistep consumables, health and wellness, Home Office process to create a product that’s high- quality and affordable. After developing specifications, the team works to identify a supplier that can create the product to those specifications. This is what lets Walmart offer high- quality products at the best prices. The team then works with the supplier to ensure that specifications are always followed and expectations are met.

0216_Spotlight_GreatValue (Working Copy).indd 18 1/13/16 3:40 PM Beyond Great Value The health and wellness and consumables categories also include these Private Brands, among others.

Food and Drink • The Bakery A Perfect • Sam’s Choice • Marketside Recipe • Prima Della As the product is • Walmart Deli developed, it’s tested • Clear American • Organic Marketside at Walmart’s sensory • Organic Great lab (for more about Value the sensory lab, see Pets next page). There, the • Ol’ Roy product development • Special Kitty • Pure Balance team gets feedback Health and Hygiene about what tasters • Equate like and why. They What You • Assurance share that information • Parent’s Choice Can Do • Spring Valley with the supplier to For associates, it’s all • ReliOn make recommended about spreading the • Equate Beauty changes, helping to word. If you haven’t refine the item and get tried a Private Brands it just right. product, do so— and you’ll be able Added to help customers Improvements understand the bene- fits of products like Private Brands our Great Value items. sometimes feature improvements to better meet customer needs. For example, because healthy foods are important to many customers, partially hydrogenated oils were removed from many Great Value items. Also, sodium was reduced in many of these products.

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Walmart’s Testing Eva O’Neil, Private Brands sensory tester, serves items to Process Natalia Kubantseva, senior manager, product development, Walmart’s Private Brands testing Private Brands, Home Office. process is similar to what national brands do, although it’s usually faster. The details: • Taste testers are usually associates. • Participants do blind taste tests, comparing the Private Brands product and the national- brand equivalent. • Tasters judge items on factors like taste, aroma, texture, and overall satisfaction, giving each a score from 1 to 9 on the hedonic scale, a measure widely used by the food industry for scoring food acceptability. • Roughly ninety percent of testers feel that Great Value products meet or exceed national brands.

Watch future issues for more insights about Walmart’s Private Brands.

“When we test to find out what customers like and why, the why is the most important part.” Joe Nartowicz, Private Brands chef and senior product development manager, Home Office “If testers prefer the national brand, we go back to the drawing board. If a product isn’t good, it won’t help the customer.” Sophia Pai, senior director, Private Brands quality, Home Office

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Car-Side Service Walmart’s Grocery Pickup Center in Bentonville, Ark., is where customers can have pre- ordered groceries brought out to their cars. Ellen Martinez, eCommerce market coach at the Home Office, talks about the new shopping experience.

What’s your average day like? My day starts between 5 and 7 a.m. to make sure we have the best-quality product. The customer doesn’t have the ability to compare apples or peppers, so I make sure the best-quality produce is available. I train the associates on what to look for. What gets you excited about the job? The looks on the customers’ faces when you’re Customers’ orders are bringing the groceries to them. You’re able to collected in these blue have that five to 10 minutes with customers bins before being bagged to talk about their day. for customer pickup. What’s the biggest challenge you face? Being flexible enough to meet every need. We have to be intuitive because each customer’s shopping habits are different. What kind of customer does this format cater to? Definitely the bustling household. Their time is at a premium, so they come to us first. In situations where mom and dad work, that’s the customer we want to be able to serve.

What’s some of the customer feedback you get? It’s always positive. One person said it was the best service ever. It was raining outside, and she didn’t have to get out of the car. She said, “I’ll always shop here.”

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These associates each have a uniquely TogetherWalmart take on what it means to be a team—and they show how strong connections can improve your career, your store, your community, and your life.

Rianne Dixon, senior project specialist, Information Systems Division, Home Office

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0216_Feature2 (Working Copy).indd 22 1/14/16 7:14 AM We’re a Stronger Team ianne Dixon works with technology that makes Walmart a better, more efficient Rcompany. She started her career as an intern and today passes on what she learned as a way to help train the team that will lead Walmart in the future. Every summer, Rianne provides one-on-one men- torship to a small group of interns. And the lessons she shares are valuable for associates even outside the Home Office. First: “Always make sure that the quality of your work is top priority.” Second: “Speak up for yourself. Respectfully, of course,” she says. “It’s OK to ask questions and make sure that expectations are known on both sides.” Third: “Create genuine relationships with people.” This has benefited Rianne herself as some of her former interns have started careers at Walmart. “I know what their skills are, so I can turn to them for help,” she explains. “Success is all about building relationships.”

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0216_Feature2.indd 23 1/13/16 4:58 PM We’re a Closer Community Walmart programs empower associates to change customers’ lives.

s the pharmacy manager for Store 1684 in Everett, Pa., Joshua Weber often Aprovides advice and answers questions customers have about their prescriptions. “When I’m connecting with patients one-on-one, I feel like I can really make a difference,” he says. During the America’s Biggest Health Fair event at Store 1684, that one-on-one interaction may have saved one customer’s life. That early October event was a flurry of activity. Booths offered vitamins and provided immunizations, but the focal points were the free blood pressure and glucose readings. “These services matter in our rural community because we don’t have a lot of primary care doctors,” Joshua says. During the day, Joshua talked with customers about high blood pressure or high glucose. But one woman’s blood pressure was alarming. “I knew she needed to go to the emergency room,” he says. “When I did hospital rotations, her kind of readings meant immediate IVs and intervention. Every moment she delayed increased the risk of heart attack or stroke.” Fortunately, she went. She was treated and is now fine. “I was so Joshua Weber, relieved,” he says. “It makes me feel pharmacy manager, like my job makes a difference.” Store 1684, Everett, Pa.

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Free Health Screenings Health At the October 2015 America’s Easier Biggest Health Fair (story at left), How our company Walmart broke seven company makes health care records, including most immuni- and healthy living zations and screenings more a ordable given in one day. and accessible. No Appointment Needed! Customers can walk in without an appointment for immunizations at more than 4,500 Walmart stores. It’s a service that works: In 2015, Walmart pharmacists administered more than 1 million doses of flu vaccine.

Convenient, Affordable, High- Quality Health Care Clinics Walmart Care Clinics provide primary care health services in 18 stores in Georgia, South Carolina, and Texas. The clinics, staffed by nationally certified nurse practitio- ners, provide diagnosis and treatment of chronic and acute illnesses, as well as preventive services and referrals to specialists.

More Affordable Diabetes Management Diabetes care products are vital to the roughly 30 million Americans living with the disease, and the savings at Walmart can be dra- matic. Example: Walmart’s own ReliOn brand insulin costs $24.88; other brands may be $144 or more.

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0216_Feature2 (Working Copy).indd 25 1/14/16 7:15 AM Justen Traweek (left), vice president, eCom- merce Operations and Fulfillment, and David Alvarado, HR director, eCommerce and Specialty Logistics, visit DC 5300 in Fort Worth, Texas.

We’re Sharper

LeadersThese associates have built rewarding careers together—and they’re helping others do the same.

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0216_Feature2 (Working Copy).indd 26 1/14/16 7:15 AM usten Traweek and David Alvarado (with his encouragement, I switched to HR first started working together in the manager). Then, back in Texas again, Justen Team- early 1990s as hourly associates on was vice president of the Texas Division, and Building3 the shipping dock at Distribution I was HR manager of the Texas Division. Now, CenterJ (DC) 6016 in New Braunfels, Texas. he’s vice president of eCommerce Operations Tips Twenty-six years later, they’re still friends; and Fulfillment, and I’m HR director of Justen and David they’re still at Walmart; and they’re still eCommerce and Specialty Logistics. We share how to working together, now as leaders in the work out of the same office again, full circle. maximize your eCommerce initiative in the Dallas success as a team. divisional office. JUSTEN: I have a tendency to notice only the things Build relationships JUSTEN: I started with “The company that need to be improved with people who see Walmart in June of 1990 as in a situation; David always things differently summer help, loading trail- is friendly; picks up on what is most than you do. ers on the shipping dock at positive. David is an encour- “[We] have similar values, DC 6016. I met David when it’s inclusive; ager, but he’s also very but we see things entirely he transferred from Sam’s direct and honest. We differently,” says Justen. Club six or eight months it promotes have great balance. “It makes our working re- later. I was his trainer. lationship more successful. ethical DAVID: I’m a people Plus, it makes our friend- DAVID: A distribution center person. Through the years, ship more interesting.” is a fairly intimidating envi- behavior; and even when I was strictly in ronment; your trainer teaches operations, I saw the best in We’re Sharper you how to survive in it— it rewards hard people. People have peaks Speak up. he shows you the ropes, and valleys. And if I can help “Always show leadership answers your questions, and work. It struck people move through the courage,” urges David. “Be puts you at ease. Justen was valleys, they’ll get to the willing to challenge those really passionate about that a chord peaks—and the business you work with to broaden role; he wanted to make sure will benefit from that, too. their perspectives.” I was successful. with me.” JUSTEN: I like that he JUSTEN: The values of the trusts our personal and Stay open to different company align with my own—the company professional relationship enough to tell me people and places. is friendly; it’s inclusive; it promotes ethical when he thinks I’m wrong, which he does! “That’s what growing behavior; and it rewards hard work. It struck personally and profes- a chord with me. DAVID: At the end of the day, challenging sionally is all about,” says him is my responsibility. The challenge will Justen. “At Walmart, you DAVID: We’ve overlapped five times in our only make a good idea stronger. And I’m a can make that happen. If careers: In Texas, Justen was my trainer, and I pace guy—I think about the timing and you have a choice, always was an hourly associate. In Florida, he was an pace of change and how it’s going to affect opt for growth.” area manager, and I was an hourly supervisor. associates. I like to look at things from every Then in Apple Valley, Calif., he was general angle. That’s how I support him—and the manager, and I was operations manager company, too.

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Favorite Walmart Moments Kyle: “Getting to go to Shareholders’ in 2015.” Brian: “Whenever there’s a big event at the store and everybody, managers to associates, comes together to make it a success.”

0216_WeAreWalmart (Working Copy).indd 28 1/11/16 1:10 PM We Are Walmart VALUES IN ACTION Striving for Excellence: Work as a team by helping each other and asking for help. Brotherly Love Like many sets of twins, Brian Meyerhofer, deli department manager at Store 3891 in Waukegan, Ill., and Kyle Meyerhofer have always been close. Growing up, they had the same friends, did activities together, and even developed a word-guessing game that would convince people they had a psychic connection. “We spend an abnormally large amount of time together,” laughs Brian, and now that time includes work as well: Kyle works at Store 3891, too, as manager of the bakery department, which is right next to Brian’s department. Getting to work together is ideal for the twins, who both applied to Walmart while in high school. “Working with Brian is the best part of my job,” says Kyle. “There was a short period when we were at different stores, and it wasn’t the same.” Customers and other associates sometimes mistake one brother for the other. “It happens often, especially with us working in neighboring departments,” Kyle says. Their close bond helps in serving their customers. “The teamwork is natural,” says Brian. Kyle adds, “I can tell when he’s overwhelmed or needs help without his asking. Also, there’s some friendly competition. When I see him trying his best, it really motivates me to do better.”

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Lindel Stephens Joan Brown Store Manager Invoicing Associate Store 168, Owasso, Okla. Store 904, Foley, Ala. Hire date: Feb. 1, 1976 Hire date: Feb. 4, 1976 Stores worked in: 8 Stores worked in: 7 Positions held: 6 Positions held: 6 Lindel’s Walmart family Joan has enjoyed meeting includes his wife and children. many different people. Before I started with Walmart, I had many jobs I started out with a company called Big K, and outdoors, so I was glad to be in air conditioning. when Walmart bought them, it was amazing. We But I learned quickly how much more there was to did more the first day with Walmart than we did in Walmart. Not only has it been a great career, but a week with Big K. Walmart has been very good to I also met most of my friends and even my wife me. I’ve raised two kids and bought a house. I’ve working here. Walmart is like family to me, literally— really enjoyed all the interactions with people. my son is an assistant manager and my daughter There are all different kinds of people, and learning worked as a pharmacy tech—and figuratively: I ways to relate to them is so important. Meeting so know I can count on my fellow associates whenever many people, and seeing the different ideas they I need them, just like they can count on me. have, has been outstanding.

Message From Sam “Walmart has been a winner because of the attitudes FEBRUARY of its people, and we’ll continue to be for a long time to come. I’d even wager a bet on it. Any takers?” 1976 Sam Walton, Walmart World, February 1976

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Gerry Hill Leticia Riggins Co-manager Cashier Store 681, Guntersville, Ala. Store 24, Jacksonville, Ark. Hire date: Feb. 9, 1976 Hire date: Feb. 9, 1976 Stores worked in: 14 Stores worked in: 1 Positions held: 4 Positions held: 8 Gerry appreciates the Leticia’s job allowed value of Walmart’s low prices. her to help her family. I like the retail environment and being able to Growing up in the Philippines, I never thought serve associates and customers, too. Some people I would have a job at Walmart. After I moved to may think “Save Money. Live Better.” is a goofy Arkansas with my husband, who was in the Air saying, but if there weren’t a Walmart, people Force, I applied for a job at Walmart, and I’ve been would pay more for goods and services, so we here ever since. I just love every minute of it. I really are making a difference. I appreciate the learned that if you work hard and do your best Associates in Critical Need Trust program as well. and are honest, you can do great things. This job Associates have come to me with problems, and allowed me to bring my mom to live with me I was able to go through that program and get and to send money to my sister to build a house. them help. That was very fulfilling. Walmart has been so good to me.

Time Capsule: February 1976 Read More Walmart stock closed at $15.12 on Feb. 27. Figure skater Dorothy Hamill won a gold medal Read the rest of Four new stores opened in February 1976; two in in the Winter Olympics in Austria on Feb. 13. Sam Walton’s letter Missouri, one in Arkansas, and one in Oklahoma. Taxi Driver, starring Robert De Niro, at walmartworld.com/ The largest, in Rolla, Mo., was 60,000 square feet. was released on Feb. 8. SamLetterFebruary76.

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Derek Freeman Denise Lovelace Mark Woodard WM 2723 WM 126 WM 79 Sumiton, Ala. Little Rock, Ark. Joplin, Mo.

John Dishaw Tommy Jackson Delbert Hupp LG 6008 WM 83 WM 19 Bentonville, Ark. Magnolia, Ark. Poplar Bluff, Mo.

Carrie (Cargile) Searcy Robert Eades Brenda Donnell H0 9585 LG 6003 WM 138 Bentonville, Ark. Searcy, Ark. Springfield, Mo.

Lorena Middleton Dwight Grathler Allie Henry WM 373 WM 237 WM 364 Huntsville, Ark. Harrisburg, Ill. Center, Texas

Kathy Murphy Tristian “Tom” Rodriguez Wanette Beckley WM 373 WM 372 WM 251 Huntsville, Ark. Dodge City, Kan. Mineola, Texas

Mike Witt Dennis Sona Brenda Jackson WM 373 WM 282 WM 148 Huntsville, Ark. Franklin, Ky. Paris, Texas

To read more about these longtime associates, what they have to say about meeting Sam Sondra Hushaw WM 5244 35 Walton, and their thoughts on their Walmart Little Rock, Ark. careers, visit walmartworld.com/milestones.

40-year associates not pictured Donna Robinson Lana Hilt WM 69 Festus, Mo. WM 88 Mountain Grove, Mo.

35-year associates not pictured Gayla Bright Jeffrey Johnson Teresa Curtis Marian Akers Marc Zuidema HO 8075 Bentonville, Ark. HO 8464 Bentonville, Ark. LG 6018 Searcy, Ark. WM 372 Dodge City, Kan. WM 668 McMinnville, Tenn.

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Anniversaries

Pamela Moore Florine Polivema Andrea Chick Kenneth Fariss Danny Vita Alabama WM 4187 Florence WM 1175 Flagstaff WM 16 Van Buren LG 6008 Bentonville WM 144 Fayetteville 30 years Sharon Morgan Daniel Selig Kenneth Dobbs Cheryl Foster Jiafu Wang WM 766 Florence WM 1846 Douglas HO 8898 Bentonville HO 9365 Rogers HO 8471 Bentonville Dolores Alford LG 6006 Cullman Sandy Osburn Michael Estes Shelly Gardner Lavern Washington WM 730 Sylacauga HO 8913 Bentonville WM 36 Paragould WM 91 Forrest City Toni Boozer Arkansas WM 329 Anniston Wayne Pernell David Ferrell Robert Greenleaf Jeffrey Wilder WM 300 Jacksonville HO 9585 Bentonville HO 8788 Bentonville WM 144 Fayetteville Belinda Cheatwood 30 years WM 329 Anniston Josephine Sanders Lenora Britton George Hart Clinton Hagen Bobbie Wiley WM 809 Oxford LG 6001 Rogers LG 6094 Bentonville HO 8403 Bentonville Patricia Cleckler WM 157 Searcy WM 483 Prattville Mary Scott Linda Coward Shelly Heinle Dennis Harrison Cathy Williams WM 766 Florence HO 8000 Bentonville WM 71 Pocahontas WM 336 Sheridan Teresa Eads WM 70 West Memphis WM 287 Jasper Melva Shepherd Brenda Doepke Blake Hill Kenneth Hartley Jeffrey Williams WM 766 Florence LG 6045 Rogers HO 9585 Bentonville LG 6801 Bentonville HO 9094 Bentonville 25 years Patsy Snider Carlos Doubleday Frankie Kelley Michelle Haverkamp Geoffrey Wilson WM 809 Oxford HO 8620 Bentonville HO 9302 Bentonville HO 8050 Bentonville Jerry Atkinson HO 9083 Bentonville WM 1174 Thomasville Eric South Michael Graham Dorothy Manis Mary Herekamp Sylvia Wilson HO 9755 Attalla HO 9038 Bentonville WM 4168 Beebe WM 85 Benton Mary Davis LG 6008 Bentonville WM 715 Tuscaloosa Glenda Swinney Thomas Knox Jr. Tami Montgomery Brian Hill Rhonda Worley WM 660 Muscle Shoals HO 8018 Bentonville HO 9362 Rogers WM 100 Bentonville Edna Jeannette HO 9112 Bentonville Hudgens Walden Vickery Tim Lane James Ockerman Shannon Hollowell WM 1158 Birmingham WM 766 Florence HO 8544 Bentonville HO 7829 Bentonville HO 9606 Bentonville California Angelia Wilson Robert Looney Douglas Soderberg Shelia Ingram WM 700 Selma Arizona LG 6094 Bentonville WM 100 Bentonville WM 57 Walnut Ridge 25 years James Minardi Shawn Spoon Janice Jones Rupinder Claire 20 years 25 years LG 8098 Bentonville HO 8800 Bentonville WM 2745 Fayetteville WM 2557 Bakersfield Sandra Barnes Craig Dingle Cynthia Morris Johnny Undernehr Christy Kelsey Teresa Johnson WM 5113 Pell City WM 1598 Phoenix WM 530 El Dorado HO 8600 Bentonville WM 157 Searcy WM 5338 San Diego Lucy Blount Barbara Fiebig Lori Neely Rogina Ungerer Jonathan Lewis Jon Paul WM 809 Oxford WM 5835 Cave Creek WM 24 Jacksonville HO 8078 Bentonville LG 6082 Clarksville WM 1555 El Centro Meera Bumb Barbara Gillespie Susan Nielsen Daniel Vondran Sherry Lind Jerry Thornton WM 766 Florence WM 1533 Peoria HO 7956 Bentonville HO 8065 Bentonville WM 124 Little Rock LG 6026 Red Bluff Beverly Burnett Maria Otto Michael Peluso Bryan Yount Michelle Medlin WM 4187 Florence WM 5342 Yuma LG 6801 Bentonville WM 2743 Sherwood HO 8684 Bentonville 20 years Harvey Darty Jr. Kathie Leeza Phillips Terrye Molz Charles Bruner WM 287 Jasper Renholzberger LG 6018 Searcy 20 years HO 8691 Bentonville WM 5156 Beaumont Vivian Davis WM 1598 Phoenix David Price II Barbara Brown Chris Nelson Lisa Dodson WM 714 West Helena WM 730 Sylacauga Sandi Wheelock LG 6008 Bentonville HO 8050 Bentonville WM 1704 Vacaville Carolyn Gibson WM 5429 Surprise Janette Smith Thomas Bruce Barbara Patchell Lauren Flanagan WM 809 Oxford WM 57 Walnut Ridge HO 8763 Bentonville HO 8954 Bentonville WM 2099 Paso Robles Ernest Harris 20 years Vickie Spicer Lesia Cole Gary Perry Jason Galbraith WM 329 Anniston Michele Argust WM 230 Paris WM 124 Little Rock LG 6082 Clarksville WM 1651 WM 1230 Show Low American Canyon Zhi Huang Shirley Taylor Loretta Comeaux Jennifer Pickard WM 766 Florence Jerry Cargill LG 6801 Bentonville WM 58 Russellville HO 9473 Rogers Maria Garcia LG 6031 Buckeye WM 1583 Madera Theresa Johns Shawna Tripp Charles Cooper Jodi Riedmueller WM 5113 Pell City Fernando Cazares WM 66 Clarksville HO 8439 Bentonville WM 8 Morrilton Rhealynn Garcia Margaret Lawson WM 1846 Douglas Elizabeth Dix Bouaphanh WM 3276 Doug Williams San Bernardino WM 766 Florence Francisco Chavira HO 9185 Bentonville LG 6018 Searcy Senesackda Anthony Leonard WM 1218 Casa Grande Darren Doak LG 8098 Bentonville Dawn Gillard WM 726 Alexander City David Dominguez 25 years WM 4 Siloam Springs Brian Smith WM 4169 El Cajon Elizabeth McCoy WM 1846 Douglas Stacy Applequist Addie English WM 5260 Rogers Winson Hsieh WM 930 Montgomery Deborah McCabe WM 5 Conway WM 714 West Helena Nathan Tash WM 2292 Covina Linda McKay WM 1381 Sheryl Brannum Linda Erwin HO 8054 Bentonville Rachel Martinez WM 2306 Northport Apache Junction HO 9337 Bentonville WM 388 Fort Smith WM 2028 Riverside

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Favorite Walmart Moment “When I was asked to become a department manager. It really helped out being able to provide for my family.”

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TERRANCE BROWN | DEPARTMENT MANAGER, ELECTRONICS | STORE 3877 | GAINESVILLE, FLA. Music Man

Terrance Brown’s off-the-clock passion for producing music helps him connect with his customers. “Working here, I meet a lot of people who have similar interests, and I’m able to share with them what I know,” he says. In fact, it was a customer at Walmart who took Terrance’s love of music to the next level. The customer, a gospel rapper named Broderick Duffy, found out about Terrance’s production work and asked for his help in the studio. Now the two are friends and produce music together. Terrance says their collaboration inspires him, too. “He’s challenged me to want to get better.” Terrance conducts his mixing and production efforts on a laptop computer; the experience he’s had with technology helps him assist customers, too. “I like to make sure our customers have a high-performing computer,” Terrance says. “I take the info I’ve gathered over the years and steer them toward what will best meet their needs.”

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Michelle Steven Dearing Sidney Priselac Bonnie Risley Lynda Gray Robert Beasley Mc Donough LG 6719 Loveland WM 771 Merritt Island WM 4446 WM 771 Merritt Island HO 9755 Newnan WM 2117 Los Banos Pamela Harner Andrea Reeves West Palm Beach Cresenciana Hager Dan Brock Kathleen LG 6019 Loveland WM 3119 Deborah Rudewick WM 5622 Riverview WM 1006 Cordele McWilliams Guadalupe Panama City Beach WM 1541 Shirley Hearne James Hall WM 2052 Ukiah Hernandez Jodi Walden West Palm Beach WM 3387 North Port WM 494 Newnan Paul Palmer LG 6019 Loveland WM 1375 Marianna Sheldon Siegel Suwanee Kallmann Jewell Hemphill WM 1630 Yreka Gary Laws Mark Warren LG 7835 Alachua WM 1362 Destin WM 3388 Lawrenceville Barbara Perkins LG 6494 Loveland WM 718 Auburndale Toni Sieni Wendy Ketchmark Joseph Hester WM 2054 Jackson David Pekar WM 956 WM 987 Fort Myers LG 6010 Douglas Indian Harbour Beach Lisa Risner WM 1659 Brighton 25 years Virginia Leslie Beverly Ivy WM 3132 Pomona Robert Peninger Myrna Baker Jackie Stewart WM 990 Milton WM 858 Cairo Rodrigo Rivera LG 6019 Loveland WM 1541 WM 955 Apopka West Palm Beach Carmelita Morroy Diane Royster WM 5701 Kerman Danette Rasmussen Carey Strey WM 1845 Cooper City LG 6013 Tifton Armando Ruiz WM 2672 Lamar Michael Barlow WM 666 Sebring WM 857 Sanford Lisa Murray Beatrice Sampson WM 2556 Arroyo Grande Scott Seger Suzanne WM 1245 Lakeland WM 5390 Marietta Gina Van Appelen WM 984 Castle Rock Deborah Branson Szostkiewicz WM 1436 Greenacres WM 547 Plant City Monica Nielsen Janice Sweat WM 2206 Laguna Niguel Teresa Swanson WM 779 Lakeland WM 556 Waycross WM 1659 Brighton Judith Daly Kathryn Vilkinofsky WM 1387 Coral Springs WM 582 Port Orange Zaccheus Paulk Jack Tuttle LG 7835 Alachua 20 years Colorado Donna Wilson LG 6719 Loveland Charles Easterlin Larry Blanchard WM 2627 Tampa WM 721 Port Charlotte Stephen Piakis 30 years WM 1702 Melbourne WM 618 Hiram Diane Alber Betty Gebbing Lonnie Bogans WM 1085 Port Richey Timothy Putz WM 924 Sterling WM 944 Crestview WM 588 Albany Mark Reid Deborah Cross WM 1224 Pensacola WM 1458 Fort Oglethorpe CELEBRATING 35 YEARS Robert Samet WM 1541 Donna Dean “Walmart has given me the opportunity to West Palm Beach WM 722 Carrollton Nereida Sanchez Karrie Eads achieve more than I ever would have dreamed.” WM 1590 Hialeah WM 639 Brunswick June Seaton Shannon Irvin Dennis Sona, pharmacist, Store 282, Franklin, Ky. WM 1501 Tampa WM 4616 Cleveland Mary Sterling Bryan Lee WM 563 Orange City WM 4527 Waycross Barbara Wright Rachel Libowsky Debra Bowen Pearl Gillette WM 649 Titusville WM 3462 Suwanee WM 1362 Destin WM 924 Sterling Connecticut 20 years Wendell Mann Cindy Gasca Felicia Glover Benjamin Bell III WM 836 St. Marys WM 1589 Delray Beach WM 869 Alamosa 25 years WM 2626 Live Oak Georgia Joseph McCorkle Ellen Luckey Elisabeth Parden Catherine Harris Nancy Blevins 30 years WM 758 Americus WM 924 Sterling WM 1980 Putnam WM 1517 WM 973 Fort Pierce Pompano Beach Mae Bevard John Pack Constance Miller Jennifer Boyle WM 889 Thomasville WM 1458 WM 924 Sterling 20 years Alice Justice WM 1172 Jacksonville Fort Oglethorpe WM 1213 Brooksville Jacqueline Burgman Albert Dauberman Linda Bradford Lisa Pickens Betty Vaughan WM 2371 Wallingford WM 899 Valdosta WM 1689 Aurora Alison Kalmback WM 771 Merritt Island WM 5173 Dalton WM 1171 Sarasota Kenneth Carter Potenciana Cherry HO 8387 Cartersville Ronald Rawson 25 years Robert Lange WM 1207 Callaway WM 635 Savannah Florida WM 582 Port Orange Jean Ellis Tracy Archuleta Andrea Cochran LG 6810 Douglas Rodney Rich WM 869 Alamosa 30 years Hilda Latoni WM 5817 Jacksonville LG 6013 Tifton WM 931 Vero Beach Cindy Anderson Harry Hurley Jacqueline Bodman Virginia Cruz LG 6010 Douglas Mary Schwab WM 2125 Lakewood WM 2392 Sarasota Barbara McGlamory WM 931 Vero Beach WM 1488 Douglasville WM 814 Okeechobee Crecenda Burrell Preston Marshall Scott Brabec Betty Drawdy LG 6854 LaGrange Thomas Spencer Jr. LG 6819 Loveland WM 925 Seffner Michele Meese WM 860 DeLand LG 6710 Douglas WM 929 Port St. Lucie Melody Cundiff Rosamond Pressley Stephen Deese Pamela Eliason WM 889 Thomasville Gary Spikes LG 6819 Loveland WM 547 Plant City Leslie Miller WM 5172 Perry LG 6010 Douglas WM 1605 Pensacola Sandy Gonzalez Jennifer Scruggs Weldon Runnels Barbara Esch WM 889 Thomasville Richard Swift LG 6819 Loveland WM 2499 Orlando Janet Oxtal WM 1957 Naples LG 6010 Douglas WM 956 Dorothy Heinen Indian Harbour Beach Kathleen Feuerlein 25 years Anthony Thigpen 20 years HO 8387 Pensacola WM 941 Brandon WM 4421 Columbus Bruce Parsons Stacie Abbott Carolyn Davidson Steven Horne WM 942 Ocoee Kathleen Gillespie WM 932 Griffin Juan Weems WM 2729 Fort Collins WM 5455 Palm Bay WM 1847 Ocala WM 4472 Lithonia

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One night in 1993, Felix Rebeterano was moving through the crafts and fabrics department of Store 1699 with his broom, singing in his best Elvis voice. “I said, ‘Hey, did you come to sweep me off my feet?’ ” recalls Sher Rebeterano. “I think he turned eight shades of red! He was pretty shy when I first met him.” After some encouragement from other associates, including Felix’s brother, the two began dating. Six years later, once they knew it would be right for their combined nine kids (who ranged in age from 3 to 13 when they first met), they decided to tie the knot. Today the group—which now includes 21 grandkids—is as close as can be. The couple now works at different stores and on different shifts, but they make time to share a meal or watch a movie together each night. “We plan little things to do to keep us happy,” says Felix. And sometimes he still serenades Sher in true Elvis style.

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Favorite Walmart Moments Daniel: “Once, I pretended to be a zombie and scared my manager. He laughed.” Beth: “When I was DANIEL AND BETH LOUTZENHEISER | OVERNIGHT STOCKERS | STORE 2922 | TUCSON, ARIZ. awarded Associate of the Month and given a plaque. They surprised me with it.” The Power of Laughter

Remembering one particular evening in July 2006 when she Beth and Daniel have recently welcomed their second son was restocking pillows in domestics, Beth Loutzenheiser and are looking forward to many more anniversaries, both says, “I was having a bummer night.” Daniel Loutzenheiser, with each other and with Walmart. Working together, they stationed beside her that night, told her a silly story that got say, allows them to be better associates because they can her laughing. “It was one of the high points of my adult life, trade ideas and experiences. They also occasionally wind up probably because of what it led to,” says Beth. right where they began—stocking the same aisle with new And what was that? A blossoming romance: The two merchandise. “That’s the real upside of working together,” exchanged wedding vows in 2013. A fellow associate served says Beth. “I can call him over and say, ‘Look! We really need as the couple’s photographer. this thing!’ ”

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Betty Wood Diana Engel Mary Love Joanne Huinker Laura Mackey Lisa Kennedy WM 1701 Elberton WM 852 Ottawa WM 1629 Brazil WM 913 Decorah WM 3103 Goddard WM 760 Hardinsburg Corey Ford Bonnie Lynch Linda Kerndt Philip Nicolas Hawaii WM 3400 Oswego WM 4235 Terre Haute WM 913 Decorah WM 72 Pittsburg 25 years Michelle Hall Jeffery May Diane Liming Angelle Regnier Anthony Duncan 20 years WM 852 Ottawa LG 6817 Seymour WM 753 Cedar Falls WM 5219 Lawrence WM 655 Madisonville Dawn Akiona Debra Klotz Mary Myers Randy Meierotto Scott Smith Connie Edwards WM 2126 Mililani WM 1003 Plano WM 1647 Decatur LG 6009 Mount Pleasant WM 1691 Overland Park WM 294 Central City Paul Ringor Ron Legg Clinton Pauley Sharon Panos Douglas Stevens Farideh WM 2126 Mililani WM 550 Lawrenceville WM 1476 Clarksville WM 913 Decorah WM 1099 Wichita Fesharakifard WM 3894 Lexington Lisa Perez Linda Ray Kathryn Pierce Sherry Swartz WM 4405 Aurora WM 902 Greencastle WM 753 Cedar Falls WM 5990 Wichita Danielle Fields WM 692 Danville Idaho Carol Piane Anne Siples Vicky Ruby Joyce Sweetman WM 1892 Hodgkins WM 1629 Brazil WM 886 Fort Dodge WM 557 Emporia Connie Hacker 20 years WM 3294 Louisville Andrea Thornton Charlotia Stultz Kim Scott Pennie Breedlove WM 1003 Plano WM 1629 Brazil WM 886 Fort Dodge 20 years Charles Kimbler WM 5494 Idaho Falls WM 4523 Louisville Sandra Torres Marlin Todd Carol Seehusen Cynthia Foltz WM 1531 East Dundee WM 1629 Brazil WM 1005 Waverly LG 6835 Ottawa Herbert McClusky LG 6866 Hopkinsville Illinois Carl Volz Laura Sittig Leslie Gillis LG 6017 Seymour WM 886 Fort Dodge LG 6035 Ottawa Sherry Mullins 30 years Indiana WM 1190 Berea Everett Wilcher Jr. Brian Street Patrick Gritt Teresa Davis LG 6017 Seymour WM 913 Decorah LG 6835 Ottawa Verna Rushing WM 636 Princeton 30 years WM 204 Princeton Sharon Cherry Jeanne Street Teresa Hamilton Rozalie Kotzamanis WM 884 Shelbyville 20 years WM 913 Decorah WM 1221 Wichita Susan Stearns Willis WM 796 Peru WM 569 Columbia Virginia Jones Philip Claussen Diana Youngwirth Charmaine Hansen Shirley Miller WM 1180 Greensburg WM 2544 Portage WM 2764 Altoona WM 1691 Overland Park Patricia Stovall WM 796 Peru WM 655 Madisonville Tamera Rowland Mary Garrard William Jones Maryann Mustered WM 884 Shelbyville WM 492 Vincennes 25 years LG 6835 Ottawa WM 852 Ottawa 20 years Kathy Stafford Steve Hensley Jon Andermann Lee Maier Francine Ravnikar Diane Brown WM 884 Shelbyville LG 6017 Seymour LG 6709 Mount Pleasant WM 1187 Iola WM 1003 Plano WM 692 Danville Carmen Stroup Samuel Hicks Jr. Michelle McCabe Eleanore Sladek 20 years Margie Buckland WM 884 Shelbyville LG 6017 Seymour WM 794 Hutchinson WM 1897 Cary Brown WM 665 Campbellsville Terry Tucker Kimberly Hyatt Harold McEachron Elk Grove Village WM 1327 Madison LG 6709 Mount Pleasant LG 6835 Ottawa Steve Centers WM 884 Shelbyville WM 1140 Mount Sterling 25 years Donna Oliver Janis Garlock James Morgan 25 years WM 1002 Linton WM 5115 Davenport WM 993 McPherson Darren Cunagin Vanessa Bauman Carol Knockel LG 6097 London WM 1898 St. Charles James Blankenship Lloyd Robbins Lynda Pete LG 6017 Seymour LG 6017 Seymour WM 2004 Dubuque WM 1221 Wichita Stephen Deaton Martha Burns WM 719 Richmond Bonnie Burger Peggy Shanks Samuel Park Aletta Purcell WM 1228 WM 559 Muscatine Michael Dezarn Round Lake Beach WM 1647 Decatur WM 1341 Evansville WM 382 Ottawa Robert Reed LG 6097 London Patricia Cecil Karen Conrad Sarah Shober Charles Reeves WM 1647 Decatur WM 492 Vincennes WM 886 Fort Dodge LG 6035 Ottawa Barron Farris WM 1531 East Dundee LG 6097 London Sherri Deters Wendy Emerick Michelle Stockelman Jason Reeves WM 1647 Decatur LG 6017 Seymour LG 6035 Ottawa Janet Fowler WM 3210 Springfield Kansas WM 665 Campbellsville Eric Engelsen Anka Toczek Roberta Saeger Elizabeth Dingus Lanae Gebler WM 1356 Martinsville WM 1618 Merrillville 30 years WM 652 Garden City WM 334 Carlinville WM 665 Campbellsville Laurie Gleason Cathy Fry Wilma White Carol Clark Jennifer Tarter WM 1629 Brazil WM 1991 Bloomington WM 3492 Wichita WM 1187 Iola Glen Gossett WM 636 Princeton WM 2628 Lexington Rhonda Herrmann John Gackenheimer Lisa Tate 25 years LG 6035 Ottawa Michelle Graham WM 262 Benton WM 1667 Wabash Iowa Janet Beal Carlson WM 571 Georgetown Greg Stoffer Phillip Scott Gritten WM 998 Westwood Patricia Hart LG 6892 Spring Valley WM 1547 Lafayette 30 years Kentucky Shirley Forrester WM 825 Stanford Marian Wilborn Linda Hedington Cynthia Bass WM 1647 Decatur WM 886 Fort Dodge WM 652 Garden City Kimberly Hayden WM 454 Fairfield 30 years WM 665 Campbellsville Rita Hill Alan Boese Jimmie Jones Marilyn Hess Victoria Herndon 20 years WM 1647 Decatur LG 6709 Mount Pleasant LG 6835 Ottawa WM 584 Dry Ridge WM 410 Murray Myla Ashley Claire Jordan Joyce Busch Michele Keys Shirlyn Hoskins WM 222 Sparta WM 1647 Decatur WM 886 Fort Dodge WM 557 Emporia WM 1113 London Betty Houy WM 1165 Radcliff John Dotray Hutoka Kesler Virginia Gehling Delinda Lanners David Jessie WM 317 Vandalia WM 1629 Brazil WM 913 Decorah WM 372 Dodge City WM 569 Columbia Regina Howard WM 689 Somerset Brenda Durston Marcia Kortenber Sandra Hageman Sandra Long Gloria Kellough WM 213 Litchfield WM 1647 Decatur WM 913 Decorah WM 242 Paola WM 694 Henderson

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Deborah Martin Carrie Gould Kathleen Rhode Angela Olson Tammye Haralson Connie Jones WM 445 Leitchfield WM 935 WM 1428 WM 1627 Dilworth WM 365 Pearl WM 267 Webb City Robert Olliges Sr. Denham Springs Mount Pleasant Patricia Otness Jackie Spencer Debbie Liverar WM 729 Bardstown Michelle Guillory Vicki Schick WM 1627 Dilworth WM 391 Tupelo WM 1021 Warrenton Roger Proffitt WM 505 DeRidder WM 1422 Alma Renae Paulson Julia Loomis LG 6097 London Maria Leiva Carmen Wood WM 1627 Dilworth 20 years WM 4478 Joplin Karen Sheroan WM 1342 Kenner WM 1428 Sherry Pederson Wanda Blair Kimberly Miller WM 709 Elizabethtown Sasha Marles Mount Pleasant WM 1632 Alexandria WM 118 Amory WM 17 Neosho Faye Smith WM 1193 Monroe Steven Resell Laura Booth Jennifer Moore WM 491 Paducah Loretta Milliman 20 years WM 1627 Dilworth WM 1088 Biloxi WM 78 Marshfield WM 309 Abbeville Lynn Kuchinski Brenda King Richard Smith WM 2434 Iron Mountain Vickie Schlosser Brian Reaves WM 545 Manchester Wayne Murff WM 1632 Alexandria LG 6011 Brookhaven WM 173 Potosi WM 310 Crowley Jaclynn Laviolette Edith Payne Un Suk Smith WM 2010 Niles Christine Schmaltz Marcy Ryan WM 1113 London Pamela Reed WM 1627 Dilworth WM 969 Gulfport WM 1161 St. Charles WM 7262 Baton Rouge William Schaedig Wanda Taborn WM 2358 Alpena Marlene Schmidt Deborah Stevens WM 655 Madisonville Cresencio Rosario WM 1632 Alexandria WM 17 Neosho WM 1163 New Orleans Jane Schutter Missouri WM 1923 Comstock Park Kathy Tauber Donald Williams Louisiana Andrew Stoute WM 1632 Alexandria 30 years WM 69 Festus WM 310 Crowley Carol Thoennes Tarina Bair 30 years Pamela Tassin Minnesota WM 1632 Alexandria WM 5692 Springfield WM 1128 Mansura Montana Sheron Lebert 25 years Sandra Thom Patricia Kreisel WM 1204 Lake Charles Christie Watson WM 1632 Alexandria WM 250 Warsaw 20 years WM 87 Minden Rose Asfeld Sandra Toso Nita Weaver Edward McShan WM 1632 Alexandria Terry Benedict WM 170 Natchitoches WM 1632 Alexandria WM 15 West Plains WM 2455 Great Falls Betty Barsness Patricia Vogt Rebecca Morgan Maine WM 1632 Alexandria Josie Bertelsen WM 323 Mansfield WM 1632 Alexandria 25 years WM 2455 Great Falls 25 years Diane Benson Shawnee Arthur Carolina Raggio WM 1632 Alexandria Patricia Campbell WM 170 Natchitoches John McCann 20 years WM 86 Springfield WM 2084 Bozeman WM 1954 Sanford Rose Bullick Kevin Graham Roy Davis Terry Troxclair WM 1632 Alexandria Kenneth Falcon WM 401 Plaquemine WM 3624 Monticello WM 9 Sikeston WM 2455 Great Falls Irene Castanon Tammie Jagodzinski Dawn Garrett Maryland WM 1627 Dilworth Denise Kujala 25 years WM 1952 Fridley WM 13 Carthage WM 2455 Great Falls June Cin Herman Jr. Hall 20 years Kenneth Larson Violet Malson Janet Sherod WM 1627 Dilworth WM 1855 Eden Prairie WM 184 Blue Springs WM 532 Gonzales Judith Bennett WM 2455 Great Falls Allen Cossette Rosemary Mistretta WM 1968 Aberdeen Roselyn Tonga Robert Menteer Gerald Underwood WM 1627 Dilworth WM 2352 Cambridge WM 184 Blue Springs WM 1353 Harahan Patricia Debow WM 1956 Billings Jacob Oestriecher WM 5228 Columbia Cynthia De Groat Dennis Meyer WM 2352 Cambridge WM 32 Branson WM 541 Covington Jessica Green Mississippi Nebraska Stanley Victor WM 1875 Severn Bonnie Gades Mark Watson WM 1266 Baton Rouge WM 1632 Alexandria 30 years WM 5313 Melissa Haines Lake St. Louis 30 years Margie Yates HO 8317 Prince Frederick Teresa Halbur Angela Busby WM 1632 Alexandria Cindy Klinetobe WM 876 Many Carolyn Jarrett WM 155 Senatobia WM 645 Norfolk Brenda Heupel 20 years WM 2436 Sykesville Delois Gibson Renee Larsen 20 years WM 1627 Dilworth WM 258 Tupelo Donald Arnold Robin Long WM 46 Bolivar WM 885 Seward Jude Adams WM 1875 Severn Scott Hilgemann Forestine Harvey WM 309 Abbeville WM 1738 Hutchinson Deborah Brown Michelle Yoder Allan Rosensweig WM 365 Pearl WM 885 Seward Darlene Jacobson WM 195 Susan Bryant WM 1867 Westminster Curtis Kirby Excelsior Springs WM 75 Pineville WM 1632 Alexandria HO 9596 Pearl 25 years Elaine Josephson Sally Choate Helen Burleigh Lynda Little WM 59 Joplin John Droescher WM 534 Lafayette Massachusetts WM 1632 Alexandria WM 153 New Albany Katherine Goettel WM 1671 Papillion Glen Calcagno Lori Koster-Yeager 20 years Kathryn Thompson WM 13 Carthage Nancy Hamilton WM 1342 Kenner WM 4374 Litchfield WM 205 Philadelphia Margaret Turkette Wilda Hand WM 5141 Omaha Howard Clark Rebecca Lake WM 2139 Lynn WM 15 West Plains Myra Havenridge WM 310 Crowley WM 1632 Alexandria 25 years Steven Harrison WM 1637 Omaha Ricky Dale Fredrick Larson John Batton WM 1627 Dilworth WM 109 Cameron Stanley Haynes HO 8701 Baton Rouge Michigan WM 816 Brookhaven WM 1637 Omaha Richard Lee Jamie Henrich Brenda Elie Ruby Belk WM 195 Leila Hensley WM 469 Lake Charles 25 years WM 1632 Alexandria WM 411 Houston Excelsior Springs WM 2847 Bellevue Gregory Farrar Rebecca Hoyt Susan Midboe Rose Crocker WM 1642 Charlotte WM 1632 Alexandria Crystal Johnson Catherine Jensen WM 1136 Port Allen WM 1192 Magee WM 59 Joplin WM 3267 Omaha James Kirsch Marcia Okerlund 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0216_MS_Anniversaries (Working Copy).indd 40 1/12/16 7:28 AM Favorite Walmart Wedding re-enactment: Jori Holland (left) and Moments Dan Holland (right) with Susan Koehn, personnel Jori: “When I got married coordinator at Store 1740, standing in for the officiant there—everybody really supported us.” Dan: “A tie between the wedding DAN AND JORI HOLLAND | OVERNIGHT ASSOCIATE, FROZEN AND DAIRY, AND and getting hired.” OVERNIGHT CASHIER | STORE 1740 | FREEPORT, ILL. Garden Center Ceremony

Dan and Jori Holland met shortly after Store 1740’s was donated, as was the photographer’s time. The grand opening in 2008, and their growing romance was cake came from the Walmart bakery. Associates even cheered on by their fellow associates—associates who located the officiant, hung decorations, and sang at the eventually played a big role in the couple’s Feb. 14, 2009, ceremony. “It was overwhelming,” says Dan. Adds Jori, “It wedding. Their suggestion: Have the wedding in the was like a screenplay.” garden center. The couple is still grateful to those associates—and to The couple worked quickly to secure corporate the company—for bringing them together. “The twists approvals, while their friends went above and beyond, and turns in our lives led us to Walmart,” says Jori. “And in true Walmart fashion, to keep costs low: The bouquet that’s where we found happiness.”

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0216_MS_Anniversaries (Working Copy).indd 41 1/12/16 7:29 AM REX PETTEGREW | GREETER STORE 1183 | WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. Love Story Love helped bring Rex Pettegrew to Walmart. Rex lived in Missouri, where he worked as an educator. After losing his wife to cancer 15 years into their marriage, he focused his attention on his career and raising his two Favorite Walmart daughters. When his daughters grew up and Moment had families of their own, he decided it was “Being invited to the time to take a chance on love. Shareholders’ Meeting in When his daughter introduced him to her 2015. It was such a great opportunity, and I’ll friend Tommie, it was like they had known each always treasure other for years. The only glitch was that Tommie those memories.” lived in South Carolina, far from Missouri. So Rex retired from his job, moved to South Carolina, and proposed. Rex soon started to miss having a job to go to, so he applied for one at Walmart—and, with his caring attitude, it’s another great match. Whether he’s greeting customers or lending an ear to his fellow associates, Rex makes time for Rex Pettegrew smiles warmly at everyone. “I try to make sure the others on my customers—including his wife, Tommie, at right. team feel good about what they do, and I try to keep them in a positive spirit while they’re at work,” he says. “I love the fact that, in my job, I can help put a smile on people’s faces.”

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0216_MS_Anniversaries (Working Copy).indd 42 1/14/16 7:18 AM We Are Walmart / Anniversaries / Nebraska—Oregon

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0216_MS_Anniversaries (Working Copy).indd 43 1/12/16 7:29 AM LUPE “LOU” DONOVAN | SALES ASSOCIATE, SOFTLINES | STORE 1650 | SAUKVILLE, WIS. Honor at Home … and at the Airport

Lupe “Lou” Donovan has always been proud of her service in the U.S. Navy in the 1950s. “Freedom is not free, and we have to do our part to work for it,” she says. In gratitude for her service, Lou was selected to go on an Honor Flight—a free trip for veterans to visit war memorials in Washington, D.C., sponsored by a nonprofit organization. On the return trip, Lou and about 70 other veterans received a surprise at the airport: A massive crowd had come together to welcome them back and thank them for their service. And Lou was greeted by her family and many of her fellow associates. “It was overwhelming,” Lou says. “They’re good people.” Frank Evanoff, assistant manager at Store 1650, helped to organize the group. He found out about the flight from Lou’s granddaughter just a few weeks before the trip and had to work quickly to arrange for the associates to attend. The work was worth it, though. For him, it was a chance not only to honor a can-do associate, but also to show appreciation for those who served. “Events like this show that we don’t forget our veterans,” he says.

0216_MS_Anniversaries (Working Copy).indd 44 1/12/16 8:09 AM Favorite Walmart Moments “Folding and putting things away is my favorite. It’s a nice and quiet job. And I like the way we all come together to solve problems.”

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0216_MS_Anniversaries (Working Copy).indd 46 1/12/16 7:29 AM Favorite Walmart Moments “Being given a soccer ball signed by the ISD senior vice president celebrating my work after just six months with Walmart, and meeting and learning from great leaders.”

SREEKUMAR GOPINATHAN | PROJECT MANAGER HRO PROCESS AND DELIVERY | HOME OFFICE | BENTONVILLE, ARK. Joy in Service

Sreekumar “Sree” Gopinathan says, “I feel joy in my heart from serving.” And he means it: When he’s not with his family, busy with work, or traveling to Walmart China for a Walmart SAP implementation project, Sree spends time serving his community. A lot of time. Since starting at the Walmart Home Office in 2013, Sree has logged about 600 hours of community service on more than 115 events and projects, like raising money for the American Heart Association, cleaning and mowing lawns for the elderly, and collecting donations for earthquake victims in Nepal. In recognition of his tireless devotion to service, Sree received the Helen R. Walton Community Service Award in 2014 and 2015. But it’s not about awards for Sree, who began serving his community at age 5. “My parents took me for community work when I was a child in India,” he says, and this helped teach him the value of helping others. What’s next? For one, Sree is co-coordinating the First Annual Northwest Arkansas METSquerade, a formal dinner and silent auction to raise money for METAvivor.org, an organization devoted to fighting metastatic breast cancer (stage 4 or terminal). Event chair Kelli Parker, senior manager, checks and ACH, at the Home Office, and a metastatic cancer patient herself, says, “Sree brings enthusiasm, passion, and a mile-wide heart. We are so blessed to have him on the project.”

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0216_MS_Anniversaries (Working Copy).indd 47 1/14/16 11:46 AM We Are Walmart / Anniversaries / Texas—Wyoming

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0216_MS_Anniversaries (Working Copy).indd 48 1/12/16 7:29 AM We Are Walmart / Archive Adventures

Ads from the late 1970s (now housed in the Walmart Heritage Archives in Bentonville, Ark.) feature jewelry pieces ranging from the traditional to the quirky.

Gem of a Department Our jewelry counter has served romantics and others for nearly four decades.

February is a huge month for Walmart’s jewelry Walmart had departments in 48 stores. Today, department—it’s second only to Christmas in terms there are jewelry counters in more than 3,800 of sales. Walmart has been delighting jewelry fans Walmart U.S. stores. And a recent revamp of the since 1978, when the company launched its own department is designed to attract even more jewelry division. By the end of fiscal year 1979, customers and boost sales.

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0216_Archive_Jewerly (Working Copy).indd 49 1/14/16 9:24 AM We Are Walmart / My Walmart Journey

Why Walmart? The Walmart standard is very high. Not everyone could drive for this company. There are lots of good things about Walmart and how they treat associates. They give you plenty of The Benefit time to make a delivery of Working for Walmart and don’t push you. I’m able to pursue other interests, like climbing mountains. I’ve climbed Mount Rainier in Washington. My next goal is Mount McKinley (Denali).

MY CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Eddie Eisazadeh, truck driver, Transportation Office 6816, New Braunfels, Texas 26-year associate 1990 Truck driver “I’ve driven close to 3 million miles with Walmart.” My Proudest Moment Being a Walmart driver makes me proud. I talk My Best Advice about Walmart with Look to the future and get educated. It everyone I see. I have a doesn’t matter what your background button hanging in my is or where you come from. It all pays truck with Mr. Sam’s picture. off at the end.

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Dance the Night Away Rob Rubin, overnight stocker, Store 1814, Elgin, Ill., says, “My perfect date night is to go with my wife to dance to our native music, which is compas Haitian music.”

Pick You Up at ... ? Meeting at a coffee shop is one of the most popular ways to spend a first date. But what about after that? Turn the page for more date-night ideas from your fellow Walmart associates.

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10 Great Date- Night Ideas Associates from around the country share their 10 favorite date-night ideas to help you and your special someone keep the spark going.

A candle-lit dinner, some roses in a vase, soft music playing, and me and my wife enjoying our company together. Arthur Bernhardt, overnight mainte- nance associate, Store 414, Wichita Falls, Texas

Night at the Symphony A great date night for me is a Hardee’s burger and the symphony. Casey Tinsley, team lead, bakery/ café, Sam’s Club 8225, Macon, Ga.

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A perfect date night in would be playing some Mario Kart along Ice Cream with a homemade Since my state pizza. A perfect is the “Land of date out would be 10,000 Lakes,” a restaurant, then we’d go to a a movie we both cute area called want to see with Wayzata Bay and a big bucket of get ice cream buttery movie while we stroll theater popcorn. down the walk- ing path of the Out of Ashley Hartung, lake and watch accounting Town the sun set. Get out of town, go associate, Store 1824, out to eat, and stay Nikki Skadburg, Ypsilanti, Mich. cashier, Store 1020, the night in a hotel Albert Lea, Minn. … a perfect get- away from all the stresses at home. Joe Popielarz, department Plan a manager, grocery, Scavenger Store 1973, Hunt Lakewood, N.Y. A great date would be where Evening one of us sends Walk the other on a Start early in the scavenger hunt evening with a Trying with all kinds of peaceful walk on a New cute or romantic a quiet, wooded Restaurant clues sending the other person trail. Then, find Picking a res- around the city— Camping on the a quiet spot taurant my wife until the last clue, beach—bring overlooking a hasn’t experi- where you find some food, a radio, lake and prepare enced yet and Take a Harley ride the other person and drinks. Maybe a dinner for two. surprising her, up through the standing there walk on the beach Afterward, start a then going to mountains—go waiting for you. and watch the small bonfire to watch a good out to lunch, to Then the rest of sun come up in keep warm as the movie. On the the Grand Canyon, the date begins. the morning. sun sets, and sit in way home, we’d and back home. each other’s arms share some ice Bianca Kathir Rojas, Jennifer Marshall, and talk. Domingue, baker, Store 3119, cream together. sales associate, sales associate, Panama City jewelry, Store 5303, Brent Christensen, Daniel Rader, stationery, Beach, Fla. Prescott, Ariz. area manager, front-end customer Store 3794, freezer/dairy service manager, Federal Way, Wash. deli shipping, Store 2124, Distribution Center Beavercreek, Ohio 7055, Gas City, Ind.

0216_Checkout_datenight (Working Copy).indd 53 1/12/16 7:34 AM Sweet! Walmart will sell more than 1.3 million 11-ounce bags of Hershey’s® Kisses for Valentine’s Day.

ONE FOOD, THREE WAYS CHOCOLATE! These three treats, courtesy of Hershey’s®, are great to share with your sweetheart— or to keep to yourself.

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center of cake. Fill heart shape with baking cups or lightly spray caramel-filled milk chocolates. cherries from pie filling; put with nonstick cooking spray. Using about 1 tbsp milk chocolate chocolates all around outside edge. Shape dough into 1-inch balls; mixture for each truffle, shape milk Serve cold, cut into wedges, with place in prepared muffin cups. chocolate around each caramel- remaining pie filling. Cover and 4. Bake 11 to 13 minutes or until chocolate piece; roll in hand to refrigerate leftover dessert. cookie surface is set. Cookies make ball. (Be sure to cover each Makes 12 servings. Per serving will appear soft and moist. caramel-chocolate piece (1 slice): 490 calories, 26 g fat Do not overbake. Cool about completely.) Roll in pecans; Chocolate and (16 g saturated fat), 100 mg cholesterol, 5 minutes on wire rack. Dust refrigerate until ready to serve. For Cherries Fudge 240 mg sodium, 61 g carbohydrate, cookie tops with powdered best chocolate flavor, allow truffles Torte 1 g fiber, 5 g protein sugar. Press frozen chocolate to soften at room temperature for piece into surface of each 5 minutes before eating. ½ cup (1 stick) butter or cookie. Cool completely in Makes 10 truffles. Per serving margarine, melted pan on wire rack. 1¼ cups sugar (1 truffle): 170 calories, 14 g fat 1 tsp vanilla extract Makes 48 brownie bites. Per (4 g saturated fat), 10 mg cholesterol, 2 eggs serving (1 piece): 80 calories, 4 g fat 20 mg sodium, 12 g carbohydrate, ⁄ cup all-purpose flour (2 g saturated fat), 15 mg cholesterol, 1 g fiber, 2 g protein ½ cup Hershey’s® Cocoa 60 mg sodium, 10 g carbohydrate, ¼ tsp baking powder 0 g fiber, 1 g protein ¼ tsp salt 1 8-oz package cream cheese, softened 1 cup powdered sugar ½ cup whipping cream, chilled 1¾ cups (1 10-oz package) Meltaway Hershey’s® Mini Kisses–brand Brownie Bites milk chocolates 48 Hershey’s® Kisses–brand 1 21-oz can cherry pie chocolates or Hershey’s® filling, chilled Hugs–brand candies ⁄ cup butter or margarine, 1. Heat oven to 350 F. Grease bottom softened only of 9-inch springform pan, or 1¼ cups sugar line 9-inch round cake pan with 1 tbsp water foil; grease bottom of foil. 1 tsp vanilla extract Double Kisses 2. Stir together melted butter, sugar, 2 eggs Truffles and vanilla in large bowl. Add 1½ cups all-purpose flour eggs; using spoon, beat well. 28 Hershey’s® Kisses–brand ½ cup Hershey’s® Cocoa or milk chocolates Stir together flour, cocoa, baking Hershey’s® Special Dark Cocoa powder, and salt; gradually add to 2 tbsp plus 2 tsp whipping ½ tsp salt cream Happiness egg mixture, beating with spoon ¼ tsp baking soda until well-blended. Spread batter 10 Hershey’s® Kisses–brand Is a Piece of 1 tbsp powdered sugar milk chocolates filled in prepared pan. Chocolate for dusting with caramel 3. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until set. 1 cup ground pecans Hershey’s® produces (Cake is fudgelike and will not test 1. Remove wrappers from chocolates; 80 million Hershey’s® done.) Remove from oven; cool place in freezer while preparing 1. Remove wrappers from milk Kisses every day. completely in pan on wire rack. and baking cookies. chocolates. Place milk chocolates 4. Beat cream cheese and powdered The longest consecutive 2. Beat butter, sugar, water, and and whipping cream in medium sugar in medium bowl until string of Hershey’s® vanilla in large bowl on medium microwave-safe bowl. Microwave well-blended. Beat cream until Kisses–brand chocolates speed of mixer until well-blended. at medium heat (50 percent) stiff; gradually fold into cream was more than 4 miles Add eggs; beat well. Stir together for 1 minute; stir. If necessary, cheese mixture, blending well. long, created to raise flour, cocoa, salt, and baking soda. continue to microwave, at Spread over top of torte; refrigerate money for a Children’s Gradually add to sugar mixture, medium, 15 seconds at a time, several hours or until set. With Miracle Network beating on low until blended. stirring after each heating, until knife, loosen cake from side of pan; Hospitals hospital. Cover; refrigerate about 2 hours chocolates are melted and remove side of pan. (Or, lift torte or until firm enough to handle. mixture is smooth when stirred. The candies will be in out of pan, using foil; remove foil.) 3. Heat oven to 350 F. Line 48 Cover; refrigerate 4 to 6 hours two places in stores— 5. Just before serving, put chocolates small muffin cups (1¾ inches or until firm. the Valentine’s Day and in 6-inch-wide heart outline in in diameter) with paper or foil 2. Remove wrappers from Everyday Candy modulars.

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0216_1F3W_Hersheys.indd 55 1/13/16 5:08 PM RECIPE REMAKE Prep time: 10 minutes Total time: 25 minutes 1 6-count package whole-wheat Cold Salad Pizza pita bread 2½ tbsp extra-virgin olive Patricia Burrows, Patricia and her son Randy oil, divided cashier, Store 2909, created their pizza as a fun 2 6-oz boneless, skinless Corry, Pa. way to eat more vegetables. chicken breasts / tsp salt, divided “You came up with choices ¾ tsp ground black we never thought of,” she pepper, divided says of our remake, which cuts 1 12-oz package broccoli and cauliflower floret calories and boosts flavor. blend, chopped 1 cup grape tomatoes, halved / cup light mayonnaise 2 tbsp white wine vinegar 2 garlic cloves, minced / cup shaved Parmesan 2 tsp finely chopped fresh basil

1. Heat oven to 350 F. Toast pitas on a baking sheet for 10 minutes. Set aside. 2. Heat ½ tbsp oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle chicken with ¼ tsp salt and ¼ tsp pepper. Add chicken to pan; cook 5 minutes on each side or until done. Remove from pan. Let stand 10 minutes and cut into thin slices. 3. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add broccoli mixture; cook 2 minutes. Drain; rinse with cold water and drain. Combine broccoli mixture, tomatoes, ¼ tsp salt, and 34% LESS SODIUM! ¼ tsp pepper; toss to coat. Before After 4. In a small bowl, combine remaining 341 calories, 277 calories, 2 tbsp oil, remaining salt, remaining 13 g fat 14 g fat pepper, mayonnaise, vinegar, and (7 g saturated fat), (3 g saturated fat), garlic, stirring with a whisk. 58 mg cholesterol, 45 mg cholesterol, 996 mg sodium 660 mg sodium 5. Spread 2 tsp dressing on one side of each pita. Top each pita with ½ cup broccoli mixture and chicken. Sprinkle with cheese. Drizzle each pita with 2 tsp dressing. Sprinkle with basil and cut each pita into 4 slices.

Makes 6 servings. Per serving (1 pizza): 277 calories, 14 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 45 mg cholesterol, 660 mg sodium, 22 g carbohydrate, 4 g fiber, 19 g protein

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Be a Label Serving Size “All the information on the Pro label is based on this,” says Paulina Rojas, nutritionist Food labels are and health educator at the meant to be Walton Life Fitness Center guides to better in Bentonville, Ark. Look at the number of servings food choices. Here per package to see if the are five key areas to suggested size is realistic. check on each one. Sodium The American Heart Association recommends less than 1,500 milligrams per day (½ tsp of table salt has Calories 1,150). Look for less than The percent daily value 600 milligrams per serving. is based on either 2,000 or 2,500 calories per day. (Your daily values may vary depending on your calorie needs.) Look for This Icon Rather than focusing Walmart created the Great For on a number, try to get You icon to identify nutritious foods like this box of Great nutrient-packed calories Value Toasted Whole-Grain Oat from foods like whole Spins. For more information, fruits, veggies, and grains. visit corporate.walmart.com/ global-responsibility/hunger- nutrition/great-for-you.

Carbohydrates In general, the greater the diﬀ erence between total Ingredients carbs and sugar, the more “The first three ingredients nutritious the carbohydrate. are the most concentrated,” For example, if the sugars Paulina says. Look for the are zero and the total carbs word “whole,” as in whole are 19, it’s a healthy choice. grains in foods like cereals, crackers, and bread.

0216_Checkout_Nutrition (Working Copy).indd 57 1/14/16 11:38 AM Be Good to Your Heart February is American Heart Month, so show yours some love by following the longstanding rules of heart health—exercise more, eat less salt and fat, reduce stress levels, get regular checkups, quit smoking— as well as these newer rules. Your actions matter. “While some things related to the heart can be genetic,” Natalie says, “most are preventable.”

Tips from Natalie Evans, nurse practitioner, Walmart Care Clinic, Store 1153, Macon, Ga.

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The Insight The Action

Get your blood pressure Walk briskly for 30 to 120/80 (or less). minutes a day for at Why: The latest studies least five days a week, recommend that patients Natalie suggests. And with high blood pressure work eat more whole grains, to reduce their blood pressure fruits, vegetables, low-fat to this level. dairy, lean meats, nuts, and seeds. Limit fats and sweets. Check your blood Check whenever pressure often. you have access to a Why: The stress of a doctor’s machine. “Size the cuff visit can impact blood pressure to your arm, and sit with readings, so it can help to check legs uncrossed and feet it regularly outside the office to touching the floor,” says know your average numbers. Natalie. “Check your pressure at the same time of day, and write it down to share with your medical provider.” EXERCISE THAT’S FUN Limit sugary drinks. Replace sugary drinks Why: A recent study found with water sweetened Dr. Jenette Swisher of purelyinspired.com that drinking even one to two with natural fruit slices gives these tips for sweetened beverages per day until you can completely exercising your way to your fitness goals. increased the risk of heart switch to unsweetened, disease by 35 percent. Natalie suggests. Keep it simple. Put on comfortable Add healthy fats. Regularly eat shoes* and walk. Why: Another study found foods containing polyunsaturated and Use a pedometer. that adding unsaturated fats to On days when a diet could reduce the risk of monounsaturated *you’ve been a little heart disease and diabetes. fats, like nuts, seeds, less active, it can avocados, and fatty fish prompt you to move more. (like salmon, mackerel, herring, and trout). Exercise even when it’s cold. Switch to whole grains. Eat more whole wheat, * Your body will Why: The same study showed brown rice, and oats. burn more calories to stay warm. that when people replaced “Whole-grain snacks can saturated fats with foods include granola bars, Make it fun. containing refined flour, heart popcorn, and wheat * It’s easier to get crackers,” Natalie says. moving if you enjoy disease risk stayed the same. what you’re doing!

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Make the Most of Your Refund Liberty Financial and Jackson Hewitt offer tax services at more than 3,100 Walmart stores. Getting a refund? Follow this advice from H&R Block (tax prep software available in stores). Attack Your Debts Be proactive in paying off any credit card debts. Focus on the items with the highest interest rates first so you won’t have to deal with interest or penalties for late payments.

Add to Your Emergency Fund Tax form 8888 allows you to split your refund into different bank accounts so that some is automatically stored for savings.

Buy Sustainable Products for the Home Products like low-flow showerheads, which can save you from 25 to 60 percent on a water bill, can help you and the environment. Pictured: Laraib Tahirkheli, sales associate, jewelry, Store 4477, High Point, N.C.

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Remember these sometimes-missed deductions, exemptions, Stock Up on and credits. Essentials Nonperishable foods, Your spouse. Filing a joint return gives toiletries, and medicine you a larger standard are worthwhile bulk deduction, another purchases that can save personal exemption, time and money in and usually a lower the long run. tax rate than if you file separately.

Children. Parents may claim a dependency exemption for each child to reduce taxable income.

Home expenses. Mortgage interest and property taxes are both usually deductible to reduce your income if you itemize your deductions.

College expenses. The American Opportunity Credit can help cover some expenses in the first four years of higher education.

Out-of-pocket medical expenses. Those under age 65 who itemize deductions can deduct these to the extent that they exceed 10 percent of gross income.

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My fans would be surprised to know … I think they have a good idea of who I am. On the field, I’m serious, but off the field, I like to have a good time. My guilty pleasure is … Big video game guy. Don’t know if it’s necessarily “guilty,” but it’s certainly a pleasure. I mentally and physically prepare for a big game by … Visualizing past successes like a big catch and/or a big run. I also walk my routes prior to the game and visualize and get hyped with my teammates. Before a game, I eat a healthy meal and lots of Six Star protein, and I do tons of stretching.

Celebrity Q&A My advice for aspiring football players is … Rob Gronkowski Practice, train smart, and sur- round yourself with players Rob “Gronk” Gronkowski plays tight end for the New England Patriots and is a brand who are better than you. ambassador for Six Star Pro Nutrition. Here, he tackles an associate’s question and I always had my brothers shares his advice for aspiring football players, how he prepares for a game, and more. pushing me; it made me a better player today.

Mel Stewart, What I was thinking co-manager, How does it feel catching balls about when Store 1340, Lithonia, Ga. from the second coming of hoisting the trophy Joe Montana (Tom Brady)? from the big game … Q My family, friends, and everyone who supported me through my toughest Tom is the hardest worker in the times. Hard to put it into room and always pushes me to words—the feeling be better. It’s pretty awesome is like no other. A to work with him.

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Associates Share Their Funny Date Stories Try This Quiz

In celebration of Valentine’s Day, Walmart World asked associates to share their funniest date stories.

Eunice Dayson, “One time we were talking about inventory going to some place for vacation, and coordinator, I told him that I wanted to go to the Store 3330, Philippines, because that is my home Chesapeake, Va. country. He told me he doesn’t want to go there because it’s hot. So I said, ‘You What Color must not want me, because I’m hot!’ ” Flowers Should You Give? A brightly colored flower Stephen Box, “Once on a third or fourth date, my car arrangement makes a cart crew broke down, and we got a ride from some beautiful gift. But did you member, strangers who saw the car smoking on the know that different colors Store 1240, side of the road. They drove one of those express different sentiments? Sierra Vista, Ariz. old Subarus that were built like a little tiny Take this quiz to see if you can connect the color to pickup truck and had two little chairs the feeling. bolted onto the back. We had to ride about 5 miles in the freezing cold back 1. Red flowers mean … to the house. It was around Valentine’s Day. a. Romantic love The girl’s dad wouldn’t let her go out with b. Platonic friendship c. Courtship me the next weekend because we broke her curfew on that date, thanks to the car 2. Orange flowers mean … a. Sadness breaking down.” b. Grief c. Happiness and joy

3. White flowers mean … a. Innocence and modesty “My wife and I actually met online on Alex Burke, b. Pride and success MySpace. We’d decided we’d like to meet deli associate, c. Apology in person, so we met at the Taco Bell right Store 1662, 4.. Blue flowers mean … around the corner from the Statesville Statesville, N.C. a. Energy and passion b. Calm and peace Walmart. She had her sister and some friends c. Elegance and modesty with her. I had some of my friends with me. At first it was quiet and kind of awkward. We 5. Yellow flowers mean … a. Friendship and respect moved on to Walmart (one of her friends b. Good fortune wanted to buy something there), and in the c. Health and wellness parking lot we had our first kiss. Little did

I know that I would eventually marry this Get the answers at girl. And work at that same Walmart.” walmartworld.com/ Flowers.

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EBBY KALANTARI | ASSISTANT MANAGER | STORE 544 | OKLAHOMA CITY

SAM WALTON TAUGHT ME: To connect with customers and associates on a personal level.

WHEN I MET HIM: Store 743 in Oklahoma City was one of the highest- selling in the company because it was conveniently located off I-240. I was assistant manager there in 1986. Since it was a high-volume store, Sam came at least twice a year to praise our associates. He said, “Without [the associates], this company is nothing.” His advice was to take care of our families, take care of each other, and take care of Walmart. He also came in for the grand opening of Oklahoma City Store 1626 a few years later. I helped with the opening, and Sam was nice enough to take a photo with my wife and me.

PUTTING IT TO USE: It’s good to know something about the associates, like their children or pets. It puts you on a personal level, and they know you’re sincere. I apply that every day. If they know you’re genuine, associates will move a mountain for you.

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0216_sam_story_2.indd 64 1/13/16 5:15 PM Take Care of YOU Yes, you can start feeling better today. Resources For Living and myStrength can help you get started.

With myStrength, you can learn how to: • Change your thoughts and improve your mood. • Change your behaviors and improve your life. • Meet your wellness goals, step by step. • Find inspiration in everyday living.

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How to learn more about myStrength: • Call 800-825-3555. • View the Resources For Living page in the Health section of WalmartOne.com. • Visit rfl.com. Username: Walmart Password: Associate

Resources For Living® is the brand name used for products and services and is administered by Resources For Living, LLC (“RFL”). RFL is an independent company and is not owned or operated by Walmart. This material is for informational purposes only. All calls are confidential, except as required by law. Information is believed to be accurate as of the production date; however, it is subject to change.

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