Burt Flickinger III, managing director for Strategic Resource Group in New York, noted that Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott was groomed as a trucking manager and said Scott used his expertise to make sure the company was ready for the crisis.Wal-Mart has to serve customers or they go out of business.Can you say that about FEMA ?
"Unlike local, state and the federal government, which didn't react until days after the hurricane hit, Wal-Mart was at work around the clock before Katrina even hit land to have the stores fully stocked with full pallet positions of water, flashlights, batteries, canned soup, canned meat," Flickinger said.
"Wal-Mart served the city far better than any private or public institution," he said.
Tuesday, September 06, 2005
Wal-Mart handled Katrina very well
The private sector is much quicker than state,federal,or local government.Check out this from the AP :