Couillion wrote:
> >
> > Good job Couillion. Nice piece of research. I would hasten to add though
> > that Wal-Mart has not been indicted for safety violations or hazardous
> > working
> > conditions as has (apparently) Royal Oak. Sadly, the packaged Royal Oak
> > product was damned fine. I'm going to miss it.
> >
> > One of the major complaints agains Wal-Mart is they dictate the prices
> > they
> > will pay for various commodities, rather then bending to pay whatever the
> > vendor wants to charge. What's the matter with that. I enjoy the right to
> > dictate what I will pay for anything and everything. Sure, Wal-Mart is the
> > major market for many products, but they wouldn't be if the vendors held
> > out for free market prices.
> > --
> > The Brick said that (Don't bother to agree with me, I have already changed
> > my mind.)
>
> Hi Brick,
> I wasn't implying that Wal-Mart was involved, just that this was part of
> Fos' "I Love Wal-Mart" thread. I'm sure there are other places to discuss
> the pros and cons of
> Wal-Mart. It is hard to imagine that there is enough manufacturers mark-up
> in a $6.00 bag of lump or briquettes to pay those hefty fines. Which is
> probably why the doors are shut. I'm glad I bought 400 pounds of it last
> time I went through Ocala : )
>
> Couillion


>Which is probably why the doors are shut. I'm glad I bought 400 pounds of it last time I went through Ocala : )

Does this mean that all of Royal Oak's plants are closing, including
the one that manufactures lump? I just bought some more RO lump, and if
they indeed have shut down operations, I better head back and get some
more! If Royal Oak is no longer making lump, I wonder to which lump
charcoal manufacturer Wal-Mart will switch?

Jim