Second, this snapshot of America’s food culture and eating habits predates the homogenizing influence of Wal-Mart, McDonald’s and so on.

第二，这本选集作为美国食物和饮食习惯的快照，早于沃尔玛、麦当劳等均质化的影响。

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Even in these stores, however, discretionary spending was curtailed in favor of necessities, with 40 percent of Wal-Mart revenues generated from food purchases.

然而，即便在那些仓储超市中，可自由支配的开支也已让位于固定消费，其中沃尔玛百分之四十的营业收入来自食品销售。

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As in Britain,the brand was aimed at the middle market, between those loading up their carswith cheap food at Wal-Mart and those making expensive purchases at Whole FoodsMarket.

由于在英国市场，乐购主要将目标集中在中间市场，其消费者定位在那些往车子里猛塞沃尔玛的廉价食品的人和在Whole Foods Market购买昂贵食品的人之间。

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Nonetheless, a continued trend in commodity food inflation is something that Wal-Mart must keep on its radar.

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Transparency of company strategy is a key, in very simple terms for all staff members, even for foreign food sales at a Shenzhen Wal-Mart or PC software in the Akihabara electronics bazaar in Tokyo.

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That kind of growth will make Wal-Mart number one in plenty of other product categories soon enough, and it will put an even tighter squeeze on existing players in arenas that Wal-Mart already dominates, like apparel and food.

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