Thread: Sam's Club opening new store called Mas Club

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc's (WMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) Sam's Club division is opening a new type of warehouse club aimed at attracting Hispanic shoppers with an expanded selection of products from Mexico.

The club, to be called Mas Club, will be opened in Houston the first half of 2009.

"Our objective is to create an additional shopping choice that provides currently unavailable value for families, restaurant owners, convenience stores and more," said Doug McMillon, president and chief executive of Sam's Club, in a statement.

Customers pay an annual fee to shop in Sam's Club locations, which sell everything from diamond rings and digital cameras to bulk sized packages of paper towels and soda.

Sam's Club has been looking for ways to boost its membership ranks, offering a special deal for college students earlier this year.

Sam's Club said it is designing new signs and a Mas Club logo. It also said that existing Sam's Club members who want to shop at Mas Club will need to purchase a separate membership.

Membership fees for the new club have not yet been determined, it said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/id ... ZV20081028

I've been boycotting Walmart and Sam's Clubs for years. I am glad they are not opening this trash pit on any of my dollars.

They treat their employees like slaves while they rack in big money at the top. They are beyond greedy.

That could really backfire on them

Sam's Club said it is designing new signs and a Mas Club logo. It also said that existing Sam's Club members who want to shop at Mas Club will need to purchase a separate membership.

It's great to see an American corporation encouraging more division and separation between American citizens (insert sarcasm)! Anyone here shop at Sam's Club? Do they carry an ample supply of Mexican products?

Leave it to corporate America to exploit a situation which is destroying this country! Anything for a buck is fair game I guess!

You can bet your bottom dollar that I will never purchase a Sam's Club membership, even though I do have a Costco membership!

Originally Posted by MW

Sam's Club said it is designing new signs and a Mas Club logo. It also said that existing Sam's Club members who want to shop at Mas Club will need to purchase a separate membership.

It's great to see an American corporation encouraging more division and separation between American citizens (insert sarcasm)! Anyone here shop at Sam's Club? Do they carry an ample supply of Mexican products?

We use to in S. CA but they don't have them were we live now. We ended up liking them better than Costco but were limited and I didn't see Mexican products but I wasn't looking for them either.

Gogo wrote:

I didn't see Mexican products but I wasn't looking for them either.

You would think they could expand the buildings, if necessary, to accomodate all Americans.

Originally Posted by MW

Gogo wrote:

I didn't see Mexican products but I wasn't looking for them either.

You would think they could expand the buildings, if necessary, to accomodate all Americans.

Look if they want to segregate it just shows they don't want to assimilate. It shows that one ethnic group in American will not become Americans in the truest form. They will not speak English in public, if they even can. It shows that they are the worst immigrants this country has every had.

Originally Posted by Gogo

Originally Posted by MW

Gogo wrote:

I didn't see Mexican products but I wasn't looking for them either.

You would think they could expand the buildings, if necessary, to accomodate all Americans.

Look if they want to segregate it just shows they don't want to assimilate. It shows that one ethnic group in American will not become Americans in the truest form. They will not speak English in public, if they even can. It shows that they are the worst immigrants this country has every had.

Ditto Gogo!