Welcome to Project Wal+Mart Freedom!

Head to the Mission Briefing for background information. Read on to stay abreast of the latest Wal+Mart mis-happenings.

Mar 25, 2008
Wal+Mart Growth Video
From Boing Boing, here's a creepy-yet-interesting video showing the growth of Wal+Mart since 1962.

Feb 26, 2008
Inter-store and International Inter-store Calling from Canada
An anonymous source sent new information regarding inter-store calling from Canada. Please assimilate the new information on the Phreaking page ASAP.

Dec 30, 2007
Project Wal+Mart Freedom Aids The Consumerist
The Consumerist asked for Wal+Mart contact information in a 27 Dec post. Thanks to all of the Agents, we at PWF were able to rise to the call. Thank you, Consumerist, for providing news, bad and good, about corporate America. More...

Nov 13, 2007
Wal+Mart Fined $89,705 For Overcharging Wisconsin Customers
Wal+Mart received an $89,705 fine after the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection found 280 weights and measures violations at nine Wal+Mart stores. The gargantuan retailer failed to subtract the weight of packaging materials, or "tare weight," when pricing bulk items like coffee, broccoli, and sweet potatoes. More...

Oct 4, 2007
Wal+Mart Workers Win $62 Million
Wal+Mart workers in Pennsylvania who previously won a $78.5 million class-action award for working off the clock will share an additional $62.3 million in damages, a judge ruled Wednesday. More...

Mon Sep 10, 2007
Man Attempts to Return Wal+Mart Ammunition at 1300 Feet Per Second
According to the Union-Tribune in San Diego, a man tried to return shotgun ammunition to his local Wal+Mart. After he was refused he became enraged and told the employees he would be back to kill them all. More...

Tue Aug 28, 2007
Wal+Mart owes back taxes, state says
Revenue Department lawyer Mark Zimmer argues that the world's largest retailer is not paying its fair share of taxes that support public schools, local police and fire departments and the highways it uses to transport what it sells in Wisconsin. More...

Wed Aug 1, 2007
Wal+Mart Uses 4,300 Unpaid Teenagers As Baggers In Its Mexican Stores
Wal+Mart is Mexico's largest private employer, according to Newsweek, and that doesn't include the 4,300 unpaid teenagers that it lets "volunteer" to bag groceries at its Mexican stores. More...

Tue Jul 24, 2007
Religious Action Figures Are Coming to Wal+Mart
Wal+Mart has always catered to the family values crowd, but that hasn't stopped some Christian ministers from questioning Wal+Mart's faith: "They'll carry anything that sells," says David Croyle, president of FamilyLife, a non-denominational ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ. "This simply signals intelligent buying within Wal+Mart." More...

Fri Jul 13, 2007
Wal+Mart's coming: Is violent crime far behind?
"To me, there is an absolute nexus between Wal+Mart and increase crime generated in an area," [Police Chief Dennis] Minnich said, adding officers respond to shopliftings, thefts and assaults. "We also get a few crimes against the elderly from people abusing their credit cards. We get B&Es (breaking and enterings), all directly related to Wal+Mart." More...

Settlement reached in diabetes death
Details remain confidential in suit brought against Wal+Mart by deceased man's family
A settlement has been reached in the death of a Frederick [MD] man who was sold the wrong drug for diabetes, representatives of Wal+Mart said Thursday. More...

Wed Jul 11, 2007
Wal+Mart toughens theft policy
Wal+Mart Stores, Inc. said Wednesday that it issued new guidelines to its U.S. stores this week lowering the age at which it recommends they pursue prosecution of first-time shoplifters to 16 from 18. More...

Tue Jul 3, 2007
Attorney: Wal+Mart Collected On Deaths
TAMPA - When Karen Armatrout died in 1997, her employer, Wal+Mart, collected thousands of dollars on a life insurance policy the retail giant had taken out without telling her, according to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court. More...

Sun Jul 1, 2007
Possible meth lab found in Wal+Mart parking lot
A possible meth lab was found in a Wal+Mart parking lot in Holladay [UT] Sunday evening. More...

Tue Jun 26, 2007
NY seeks Wal+Mart records on alleged surveillance
The New York City Comptroller on Tuesday demanded to inspect some Wal+Mart Stores Inc. records dating from 2002 to determine whether the retailer performed illegal surveillance on shareholders who submitted proxy petitions. More...

Wed Jun 20, 2007
Mass. jury awards $2 million in Wal+Mart bias suit
A state jury in Massachusetts awarded almost $2 million to a former employee of Wal+Mart Stores Inc., after finding that the retailer underpaid her and then fired her as a result of gender discrimination. More...

Atlanta the test ground for new Wal+Mart Money Center
Wal+Mart Stores Inc. is renewing its effort to get un-banked customers in its stores, and that effort starts in Atlanta. More...

Thu Jun 7, 2007
Wal+Mart Nazi T-shirt Watch: Week 29
29 weeks after Wal+Mart agreed to remove shirts bearing Nazi iconography from its shelves, and 17 weeks after getting a letter from Congress demanding the shirts removal, they're still there. More...

Mon Jun 4, 2007
Wal+Mart's orgy of corporate self-satisfaction
It is seven o'clock on a stormy Friday morning in an obscure corner of Arkansas and several hundred people in red t-shirts are screaming maniacally. More...

Fri May 25, 2007
Ex-exec hits back at Wal+Mart
Julie Roehm, the former Wal+Mart marketing executive fired for traveling with a co-worker at the company's expense, hit back Friday at her ex-employer - and especially its CEO - with a slew of accusations contained in a federal court document. Roehm accused executives at the No. 1 retailer of ignoring company ethics policy, accepting trips and gifts from clients, and of benefiting from preferential prices on jewelry and yachts. More...