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The Associate’s Guide to Living Better JUNE 2014 “Working ___, we can make a di erence.” (See Page 66.) Bet on More U.S.-made products in our stores means more U.S.jobs in our communities—and both are on the way. Cover doc_Combined (Working Copy).indd 2 5/19/14 12:01 PM ContentsJune 2014 Open Inside Walmart Beliefs in Action 2 American-Made From Sam 4 Apparel 27 Voices 5 Keep on Truckin’ 28 Steady and Ready 29 The Guide In the Know 30 Entertainment Greetings Q&A: U.S. Men’s Soccer 9 From Bentonville 33 The Rise of a Sequel 10 How Our Tee Is Made 34 Money We Are Walmart Five Ways to Avoid On Your Side 43 a Lemon 13 Celebrating 40 Years 44 Style & Beauty Celebrating 35 Years 45 Care for Your T-Shirt 15 West BU Stories 46 Central BU Stories 52 Health East BU Stories 59 Save Your Skin 17 Home Checkout Pallet Planting Tips 18 Game On 66 Make a Cool Treat 19 My Sam Story 67 Walmart’s Truck Fleet 68 Food Be a Pepper Picker 20 Enjoy a Green Chili Cheeseburger 23 Outdoors Stop Your Itchin’ 24 We make the products. You make it possible. At P&G, we’ve proudly invested in American communities for over 175 years. Visit MadeWithAmericanJobs.com to read more about our American workers. 37 Look for this and other displays in your store. Investing in Hope All products on the display are made with American What’s red, white, and blue, fits in a shoe, and comes in jobs and support communities just like yours. packs of six for less than $5? It sounds like a riddle, but the answer is no joke. © 2014 The Procter & Gamble Company 1 The Associate’s Guide to Living Better P&G Ads.indd 2 5/16/14 9:42 AM 0614_toc (Working Copy).indd 1 5/19/14 12:02 PM Beliefs in Action SERVICE TO OUR CUSTOMERS Support our associates so they can best serve our customers. Who Truck driver Warren Greeno of Transportation Office 6819 in Loveland, Colo. Where Hitting the road outside Loveland on Friday, May 6, 2014 Why Warren has provided tons (literally) of support to our associates and customers in the goods he’s delivered to stores over the 4 million accident-free miles he’s driven for Walmart. And in appreciation of that feat, Walmart recently supported Warren by giving him a new truck that he’ll drive for the rest of his career with our company. Warren Greeno, a truck driver at Transportation Go to walmartworld.com/ Office 6819 in Loveland, Colo., is the first Walmart ourbeliefs to read more driver to reach 4 million miles without an accident. READ about Our Beliefs. 2 The Associate’s Guide to Living Better Walmartworld.com 3 0614_12_beliefs.indd 2 5/16/14 11:36 AM 0614_12_beliefs (Working Copy).indd 3 5/19/14 12:03 PM Welcome Our customers FROM THE EDITORS know Walmart Jobs Are Made Here will save them The Investing in American Jobs initiative is bringing new money when products to our shelves—and new jobs to our they buy communities. (See one such story on Page 37.) from us. Surprising statistic: Two-thirds of what Walmart currently spends on merchandise for U.S. stores —Sam Walton, is for products made, sourced, or grown in the Walmart World, U.S. Look for the sock flag icon on our pages to May 1980 see U.S.-made products related to the stories To read Sam’s full letter, go in this issue.—THE EDITORS to walmartworld.com/inspiration. Pets Coverage, Continued Our May issue featured stories about pets, with even more on Walmartworld.com. One associate shared how happy she was to be included. The video and pictures are amazing! I can’t wait to show my mom. This was an experience that I will never forget. Thank you so much for everything. —Kacy Brocious, market assistant, Store 574, Surfside Beach, S.C. See Kacy’s video for yourself at walmartworld.com/kacysstory. 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. 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