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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;eddiespin, post: 642219, member: 4920&quot;]That may be, Larry. I think Jack and I are just unaccustomed to seeing that that high. For a Walmart, though, I can swallow that, as a gross profit before taxes. </p><p><br /></p><p>Just for the heck of it, I went to the Internet, and pulled up this little number on Whole Foods Market. These are more in line with the gross and net profit numbers I&#039;m accustomed to seeing. They&#039;re for Q2 (Apr &#039;09) and 2008, respectively:</p><p><br /></p><p>Net profit margin&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 1.90%; 1.44%</p><p>Operating margin&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 3.75%; 2.97%</p><p><br /></p><p>That linky-poo: <a href="http://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:WFMI" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:WFMI" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:WFMI</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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