Walton 5 & 10 Scavenger Hunt
What is your score? Find the answer to as many as possible. The objective is to get the highest score in
the class!
Hobbies:
1. Looking at Sam’s office, what would you guess where his favorite things to do other than work?
Hunt birds, fish and play tennis
EDLP:
2. What does EDLP stand for? Every Day Low Prices
3. In what year does Walmart expands it $4 generic-drug program, saving customers millions of
dollars? 2007
In the Beginning:
4. Where and in what year did Sam open his first Walmart Store? Rogers - 1962
5. Who came up with the Walmart name? Bob Bogle
Education:
6. Where did Sam attend college? University of Missouri in Columbia, MO
7. What did he study? Business or economics
Employees:
8. How many employees does Walmart have around the world? 2 M
9. What did Sam call the employees of Walmart? associates
Motto:
10. Showing the world what it is like to save and have a better life. – Sam Walton’s words
Sustainability:
11. How is Walmart trying to restore the small family farms? Buying locally grown produce and
buying American
Target Market:
12. What was the market niche Sam was serving through his Walmart stores? Bringing low prices to
underserved rural communities
Rules for Building a Successful Business:
13. Which rule of building a business was Sam practicing when he did the hula on Wall Street?
Celebrate
Walmart Stock:
14. Why did Sam and Bud decide to go public and offer to sell stocks, company ownership, to other
people? So they could have the money to pay off debt and expand the company
15. When was the first stock offering and what was the price? October 1, 1970 @ $16.50 per share
Walmart stock has split two-for-one eleven times.
16. That means a person who bought 100 shares for $1,650 in 1970 would, 40 years later, have
204,800 shares, worth about $10 million.
17. Who came up with the idea of the associate profit sharing plan, where employees could buy
stocks to have ownership in the company? Helen
18. What do you think would happen to associate behavior if they owned part of the company?
They would probably work harder because they feel like it is their company.
Technology: Walmart got ahead of some competitors by their use of technology to help them track
sales and to restock products on the shelves.
19. In 1968 Sam attended a training by a computer company? What company was it? IBM
20. How did Sam use their resources in the future? Used IBM computers to track sales.
21. In 1969 Walmart installed an IBM system that allowed them to track sales daily. Also enabled
them to pay through a centralized payroll system.
Growth:
22. In what year did Walmart open the first Express store and in which states? 2011 in Arkansas and
Chicago, Illinois
23. In what year did Walmart launch a global commitment to sustainable agriculture? 2010
24. In what year did Walmart celebrate it 50th birthday? 2012
25. Who succeeds Mike Duke as Walmart Stores, Inc. President and CEO? Doug McMillan
26. Where did Doug McMillan study? Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of
Arkansas
27. Who was the first female and African American to lead a Walmart business unit? Rosalind
Brewer, CEO of Sam’s Club, 2012
28. When and where was the first Walmart on campus opened? University of Arkansas in 2012
29. When Walmart purchased interest in Central American Retail Holding Company (CARHO), what
countries were included in their international line up? Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala,
Honduras, and Nicaragua
30. Why do you think it might be a good strategy to purchase an existing company in a country?
Customers know the brands and are familiar with the stores, others
International: This is designed for students to use the website and to get answers from either a
computer or a handheld device.
What are five countries that have Walmart stores? Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Guatemala,
Honduras, Nicaragua, NigeriaTeachers, you can check this at this website as the list is long and changing:
http://corporate.walmart.com/our-story/our-business/locations/
Challenge Questions – International:
Name two countries in South America that do not have a Walmart store?
Name four African countries that do have a Walmart store?
Which Central American country does not have a Walmart store?
Which country in Europe has a Walmart store?
Which three Asian countries have a Walmart store?
How many countries have Walmart stores?
How many employees in the world receive a paycheck from Walmart?
Debate or Discussion Questions:
Should Walmart buy only American goods?
What would happen to prices or quality if they did?
What are the advantages of buying products from a lot of different countries?
Who benefits from this global production?