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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    Pitbull Meet-and-Greet at Miami Beach Liquor Store, Costs $121 or Six Bottles of Voli Vodka

    See also "Memorial Day 2012: Fifteen Best Parties in Miami and South Beach." His last album, Planet Pit, peaked at the seventh spot on the Billboard 200 and it was certified platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association. But despite his international celebrity, "from the weed to the X, fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2012

    Local Food in Miami: Phonies, Freeloaders, and the Real Deal

    Flickr CCJeff McInnis grew up among a family of farmers. As the chef and partner at Yardbird Southern Table & Bar, he strongly advocates a farm-to-table ethic."People should know where the food they are eating is coming from," he says. "It's the responsibility of all chefs to know as well, and t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2012

    Burger King to Go Cage-Free by 2017

    Miami-based Burger King Corporation has announced that its eggs and pork products will be cage-free by 2017.The company is catching onto a national trend. Wendy's and McDonald's are making similar plans. Hormel and Smithfield Farms plan to end the use of cages in the same time period as BK. Already ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2012

    Midtown Walmart Plan Hits a Snag as Developer Comes Out Against It

    ​There may be plans in the works, but Midtown Miami is still far from the reality of actually having a Walmart built. Walmart's zoning change request has been put on hold by the city planning and zoning department just a day after another major developer in the Midtown area came out against the pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    Midtown Walmart Plans: Developers Want Road Changes To Protect Pedestrians

    ​Since Riptide broke the news in October that an Ohio-based developer wants to build a massive new Walmart in booming Midtown Miami, the firm has kept quiet about the plans. That doesn't mean they've backed down after residents angrily flooded our story and others with anti-Sam Walton comments. Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    Kardashians Looking to Expand Miami Beach DASH Boutique

    ​Oh, you thought Miami was done with the Kardashian plague ever since Kourtney and Khloe finished "taking" us? Not by a long shot. The klan's DASH boutique remains on Washington Avenue on South Beach, and apparently is doing so well the girls are looking to relocate it to a space twice the current ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2011

    Pinecrest Gardens: Holiday Shopping At The Farmers Market (Photos)

    ​There's less than one month of shopping days to go. The malls are horrible this time of year -- you'll wait an hour to find a parking spot two miles away only to push your way through crowds in order to buy some lousy gift like an acrylic sweater or a Justin Bieber electric toothbrush (sadly, we' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2011

    Black Friday Endurance Shopping: A Nutritional Plan for Optimal Performance

    Black Friday deals this year will be even better than usual. According to Bloomberg, if customers bought everything on the Toys "R" Us circular this year, they would save $12,500, up from $11,000 last year. Stores are opening earlier, giving you and the other ravenous holiday deal shoppers even more ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2011

    Five Crazy Black Friday Shopping Frenzies

    ​For many Americans, this Thursday will be a day of thankful reflection over a meal the size of which a third-world family has never seen. But according to the National Retail Federation, about 152 million of those folks (that's about half the population) can be expected to line the cold shopping ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2011

    Walmart's Midtown Miami Plan Sparks Anger, Confusion -- and Surprise Support

    via IMDB.comEvil empire or jobs creator? Depends whom you ask.​There's nothing quite like the impending invasion of Arkansas's finest low-rent retailer to inspire fiery emotions in an up-and-coming neighborhood. (How many other chains have sparked angry documentaries and legions of dissenting grou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2011

    Walmart Eyes Massive New Midtown Miami Store UPDATED

    photo by Sven via Wikimedia CommonsJust what midtown needs?​If an Ohio-based developer has its way, newly flourishing midtown Miami's newest tenant will be a 160,000-square-foot Walmart. The behemoth discount center would cover the five-acre spot just south of Petsmart on North Miami Avenue and wo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    Miami Man Accused of Stealing Identities, Going to Supermarket

    They don't let you wear shades in prison anyway.​It was trying to buy some Gucci shades that did him in.Thirty-year-old Ricardo Fleurant was arrested at the Coastland Center Mall in Naples late last week after running out of a Sunglass Hut with what a clerk suspected was a stolen debit card, accor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2011

    F*#% the World With Anti-Rock Stars Angels in America at Sweat Records Tomorrow

    ​These days, being a rock star isn't about mystery, aloofness, and fuck-the-world attitude. Thanks to the inescapable ever-presence of the internet and the slow death of the music industry, the rock 'n' roll lifestyle has become a sterile, never-ending cycle of virtual fan friendship, high-speed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Miami Heat Players Get Part-Time Jobs During Lockout

    Coach Erik Spolestra: "Will lose championships for food."​With the player lockout putting the 2011-2012 NBA season into question, it's only a matter of time before the league's poor, mistreated multi-millionaires are forced to pick up second jobs for rent money, car payments and general "make it r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2011

    Live Eels and Dead Gators Sold At International Wal-Marts

    Flickr/Terry Lee Stout Looks like Gary Busey found a second career.​Wal-Mart, with the approval of First Lady Michelle Obama, recently announced it would introduce healthier foods. Store brands will eliminate trans fats and reduce sugar, artificial colors and sodium. This is a positive ste ... More >>

  • News

    January 13, 2011

    Letters from the issue of January 13, 2011

    Flickr/Terry Lee Stout Looks like Gary Busey found a second career.​Wal-Mart, with the approval of First Lady Michelle Obama, recently announced it would introduce healthier foods. Store brands will eliminate trans fats and reduce sugar, artificial colors and sodium. This is a positive ste ... More >>

  • News

    January 6, 2011

    Volteo verde de Walmart: Los trabajadores pagan el precio

    Flickr/Terry Lee Stout Looks like Gary Busey found a second career.​Wal-Mart, with the approval of First Lady Michelle Obama, recently announced it would introduce healthier foods. Store brands will eliminate trans fats and reduce sugar, artificial colors and sodium. This is a positive ste ... More >>

  • News

    January 6, 2011

    Walmart greenwashing: Workers pay the price

    Flickr/Terry Lee Stout Looks like Gary Busey found a second career.​Wal-Mart, with the approval of First Lady Michelle Obama, recently announced it would introduce healthier foods. Store brands will eliminate trans fats and reduce sugar, artificial colors and sodium. This is a positive ste ... More >>

  • Culture

    July 15, 2010

    This week in art: Macho men and urban cocks

    Flickr/Terry Lee Stout Looks like Gary Busey found a second career.​Wal-Mart, with the approval of First Lady Michelle Obama, recently announced it would introduce healthier foods. Store brands will eliminate trans fats and reduce sugar, artificial colors and sodium. This is a positive ste ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 6, 2010

    Help Fill Haiti's Sack

    Flickr/Terry Lee Stout Looks like Gary Busey found a second career.​Wal-Mart, with the approval of First Lady Michelle Obama, recently announced it would introduce healthier foods. Store brands will eliminate trans fats and reduce sugar, artificial colors and sodium. This is a positive ste ... More >>

  • News

    April 29, 2010

    Letters from the issue of April 29, 2010

    Flickr/Terry Lee Stout Looks like Gary Busey found a second career.​Wal-Mart, with the approval of First Lady Michelle Obama, recently announced it would introduce healthier foods. Store brands will eliminate trans fats and reduce sugar, artificial colors and sodium. This is a positive ste ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 25, 2010

    Rednecking It

    Flickr/Terry Lee Stout Looks like Gary Busey found a second career.​Wal-Mart, with the approval of First Lady Michelle Obama, recently announced it would introduce healthier foods. Store brands will eliminate trans fats and reduce sugar, artificial colors and sodium. This is a positive ste ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2009

    News Roundup: Heat Melts Magic

    Turns out the Epic Hotel has not been completely cleared as the cause of Legionnaires' disease. [Herald]However, the disease might also be linked to the Liberty of the Seas cruise ship. [SFBJ]The Supreme Court of Florida has decided it's no longer legal to put shackles on kids in court. [JustNews]An ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 26, 2009

    Bring It, Hecklers

    Turns out the Epic Hotel has not been completely cleared as the cause of Legionnaires' disease. [Herald]However, the disease might also be linked to the Liberty of the Seas cruise ship. [SFBJ]The Supreme Court of Florida has decided it's no longer legal to put shackles on kids in court. [JustNews]An ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2009

    Top 5 New Candies: Chuao's Firecracker, Sour Patch Chillerz and Jitterbeans

    It takes more than just a sugar to hit my sweet spot, so I went in search of five new confections that have that added layer of oomph, coupled with some degree of hmm, and the power to make me cry, "Yowza!" Bye, bye Snickers bars and Sweet Tarts--I'm all about these new sugary sensations.Here's what ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2009

    Food News Roundup - Haiti, Cuba, Hunger, Top Chef, Nachos, and Opium

    Rotten food donations leave Haitians hungry. [SunJournal]Wal Mart Stores experiments with latin themed super store Mas Club, while Winn Dixie adds signs in Spanish and stocks ethnic merchandise. [WallStreetJournal]Florida Chef Ron Duprat represents for Miami Haitians on upcoming season of Bravo's To ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2009

    Anokha, Hakkasan, Chu, Susan Boyle, and Vegans in Hell

    Kurma ChameleonAnokha Restaurant number two has apparently bit the dust. When it first opened a decade ago on Commodore Plaza in Coconut Grove, this was a very good place for Indian food. Over the years it slipped little by little, and then last year moved to Virginia St. We wonder: Was this a case ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2009

    Anokha, Hakkasan, Chu, Susan Boyle, and Vegans in Hell

    Kurma ChameleonAnokha Restaurant number two has apparently bit the dust. When it first opened a decade ago on Commodore Plaza in Coconut Grove, this was a very good place for Indian food. Over the years it slipped little by little, and then last year moved to Virginia St. We wonder: Was this a case ... More >>

  • News

    February 26, 2009

    Letters from the Issue of February 26, 2009

    "Never have I seen a law that motivates people to break the law more than this one."

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2009

    The Eagles to Perform at BankAtlantic Center on Monday, Jan. 26

    Critical respect has been a long time coming for the Eagles, who didn't exactly help their cause much with last year's mediocre double disc Long Road Out of Eden -- which, despite (or maybe due to) being available only at Wal-Mart, wound up as one of 2007's top-selling albums. The quintessential Ame ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2008

    Mix Your Own Damn Granola

    People can talk all they want about the economy falling apart, but when you see an upstart Miami based company stackin paper off selling cereal on the internet (talk about grippin' grain), you gotta say "hell, America's back." Check out this exclusive interview with one of three local cereal pioneer ... More >>

  • Music

    December 18, 2008

    We Salute AC/DC

    The band's not-so-unlikely second coming.

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2008

    Over The Weekend - Madonna, Q-Tip and White Party Week

    Talk about your long weekends. Most of us, although not us at New Times, had a four-day weekend thanks to the Thankgiving holidays. That gave plenty of you time to celebrate Black Friday by crushing your fellow man to death as you and thousands of others rush into your local Wal-Mart to get that ext ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2008

    Is DMX the Dumbest Rapper Alive?

    Talk about your long weekends. Most of us, although not us at New Times, had a four-day weekend thanks to the Thankgiving holidays. That gave plenty of you time to celebrate Black Friday by crushing your fellow man to death as you and thousands of others rush into your local Wal-Mart to get that ext ... More >>

  • Music

    August 14, 2008

    Journey

    Revelation (Performer)

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2008
  • Music

    June 19, 2008

    Your Company Name Here

    Summer tour sponsorship we would not like to see.

  • Calendar

    May 8, 2008

    Where’s Your ’Stache?

    Summer tour sponsorship we would not like to see.

  • Calendar

    April 10, 2008
  • Calendar

    March 27, 2008

    Drool-Worthy Designs

    Soak up inspiration at the Home Design & Remodeling Show.

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2007

    Buy Nothing Day

    Soak up inspiration at the Home Design & Remodeling Show.

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2007

    Today's Arkansas-LSU Matchup Offers Promising Draftees

    Soak up inspiration at the Home Design & Remodeling Show.

  • Calendar

    May 3, 2007

    Farewell, Frizzies

    Soak up inspiration at the Home Design & Remodeling Show.

  • Dining

    October 5, 2006

    Where's the Fresh?

    Lackluster Chinatown sit-downs turn their backs on their own markets

  • Home Entertainment

    November 17, 2005

    New Times's top DVD picks for the week of November 15

    Lackluster Chinatown sit-downs turn their backs on their own markets

  • Calendar

    July 1, 2004

    Fete for Liberty

    Celebrating the revolution prematurely

  • Shops and Wares

    May 16, 2002

    BEST NURSERY

    Cornell Landscape Nursery

  • News

    July 6, 2000

    Anatomy of a Quarantine

    State officials are spending millions of your tax dollars to stop citrus canker. And they're making a mess of it.

  • News

    November 27, 1997

    News of the Weird

    State officials are spending millions of your tax dollars to stop citrus canker. And they're making a mess of it.

  • News

    April 8, 1992

    Snake, Rattle, and ... Ouch!

    A plant-fancying Wal-Mart window shopper gets more than he bargained for

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