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No more love among the aisles
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-07-24 08:48
Wal-Mart has ditched a program that helped single shoppers find love in the
discount store's aisles.
 Officials at Wal-Mart headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, ordered their
Roanoke store to put an end to Singles Shopping, the only program of its kind at
Wal-Mart's U.S. stores.
Taking a cue from Wal-Marts in Germany, the month-old program encouraged
customers on Friday evenings to pick up a red bow they could place on their
shopping carts as an invitation to other singles. "Flirt points" were set up in
various sections of the store.
A Wal-Mart spokesman declined to comment on the reason behind the program's
cancellation. But customer Dale Firebaugh, who showed up Friday night hoping to
meet his match, said store employees told him several people had complained.
"I'm disappointed," said Firebaugh, 63. "Where can someone over 40 who
doesn't smoke or drink or go to bars meet someone?"
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