Tuesday, December 6, 2005

speaking of ubiquitous Evil Empire...

"In a disturbing nationwide trend, more state studies are revealing that Wal-Mart employees are the top recipients of taxpayer-paid health care. The scope of this corporate failure is massive: Wal-Mart is the largest private employer in the United States, with over 1.3 million associates, yet they fail to give health insurance to 53 percent of its employees."
http://walmartwatch.com/home/pages/healthcare

Jeepboy is keen to get a Costco membership; the buzz on buyblue looks good but I would be interested in any other scoop crafters might have heard on Costco.
http://www.buyblue.org/node/721/view/summary
http://www.buyblue.org/node/75

On a semi-related note (and to avoid creating a new entry)... positive reviews for Hilario's on 38th. Jack-n-Grill & Taco Jalisco were both closed last night when the craving for real mexican hit. The margs here remind me of a college hangout. The salsas were all very good- lots of sweet onion in the one served with chips. Good sauces with my tacos al carbon too.
http://denver.citysearch.com/review/1838195

1 comment:

InfoChef said...

Costco ranks high in employee pay/benefits/retention, pricing practices, and general human decency. We are wanting to switch our membership to Costco, but the tug at inner-city convenience is a drawback to doing so.

There have been several NYT articles of late, showering the CEO with compliments and noting good business practices followed by Costco.

http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Business/story?id=1362779