Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Walmart Inc.’s corporate mission is “to save people money so they can live
better.”
Based on this statement, it is clear that Walmart’s business strategies involve using price as
a selling point to attract target consumers.
Walmart Inc.’s corporate vision is to “Be THE destination for customers to save
money, no matter how they want to shop.”
For example, the “no matter how they want to shop” component indicates the
company’s strategic objective of achieving leadership in traditional brick-and-mortar
transactions and in online retail transactions.
Core Values
Walmart’s core values are “customer first, frontline focused, innovative
& agile, listen, inclusive, high performance, accountable, honesty, and
fairness” They outline the elements that guide Walmart operations.
Customer first: Listen to, anticipate and serve customer wants and
needs
Frontline focused: Support and empower associates to serve customers
every day
Listen: Be visible and available, collaborate with others and be open to
feedback
Innovative & agile: Be creative, take smart risks and move with speed
Inclusive: Seek and embrace differences in people, ideas and
experiences
High performance: Set and achieve aggressive goals
Accountable: Take ownership, celebrate successes and be responsible
for results
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Whole Foods Market’s Mission Statement
Whole Foods Market’s mission statement addresses a number of key factors in the
business. This mission statement reads: “Whole Foods Market is a dynamic
leader in the quality food business. We are a mission-driven company that
aims to set the standards of excellence for food retailers. We are building a
business in which high standards permeate all aspects of our company.
Quality is a state of mind at Whole Foods Market.”
Whole Foods Market emphasizes high quality in these points of its mission statement. The
company offers quality food products. The “standards of excellence for food retailers”
component of the mission statement shows that Whole Foods Market aims to become the
industry leader in excellence standards.
Core Values
The following list of Whole Foods Market “core values reflect what is truly important to us as an
organization. These are not values that change from time to time, situation to situation or person
to person, but rather they are the underpinning of our company culture:”