President Donald Trump is taking credit for Walmart’s summer sale, claiming that a request from his administration led to discounts on thousands of items for summer road trips and pool parties.
Summer Sales
The country’s largest grocer on Monday highlighted some of its seasonal sales, which are common for the summer. This included rollbacks on ground beef, ribs, soda and more at Walmart and Sam’s Club locations.
Trump wrote on Truth Social that Walmart lowered prices ‘at my Administration’s request to celebrate our great Country’s 250th birthday.’ He highlighted an alleged 15% discount on beef.
However, summer sales are typical for chains like Walmart and these discounts had been in place for a week before Trump’s Truth Social post. For example, the soda packs that are on sale were discounted last summer, as well.
Prices and Discounts
According to Walmart’s press release, 73% ground beef roll is marked down almost 12% to $5.94 a pound. Corn on the cob and cherries, both of which are in season, have discounts of roughly 50%. Twenty-four packs of Pepsi and Coca-Cola products are on sale for $9.97, and a 200-count of disposable paper plates are also a dollar off.
Sam’s Club is also offering discounts on 250 items, including different types of meat such as chicken wings, beef hot dogs and ribs.
Original reporting: El Paso News (HLL/CB) — read the source article.
