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I have been a Wal-Mart customer here in The Woodlands Texas since 2000. We do practically all of our grocery shopping at one of two stores locations. The majority of the time, I shop with my children and normally purchase either beer or wine along with our weekly food intake. Today, while shopping at your store located at highway 242 I was told that I could NOT purchase beer because I was in the company of my sixteen year old son. At first, I thought it might be a clerk problem so I requested a manager. He affirmed that it was &quot;Company Policy&quot; to not sell alcohol to adult in the presence of minors. I was obviously taken aback due to the fact that I had made such purchases at Wal-Mart stores throughout the previous 13 years. <br /> <br /> Is this new corporate policy, profiling of customers with teenagers or simply the silly, illogical policy of a single store. I say silly and illogical because this is, after all, a family oriented store and you do sell wine and beer. Furthermore, I could have gone thru your automated lines and no one would have known that I was, in fact, accompanied by a teenager. <br /> <br /> Now I am being told that Wal-Mart does not sell alcohol in the presence of minors. If that is truly the case, you should make a formal announcement to the entire country that Wal-Mart will not sell beer or wine to any person accompanied by a child least you be accused of false advertising.<br /> <br /> I find it hard to believe that this could possibly be an actual policy. Think of the ramifications. Exactly how many shoppers shop with their children? Of those, how many purchase alcohol? Then ask yourself if they cannot purchase their alcohol at Wal-Mart, but can at Kroger, HEB, Randal's, etc., how many customers will you lose?<br /> <br /> As I stated, I have been a customer for as long as you have had a store here in The Woodlands so hopefully, this is an isolated incident. If not, I think that is time for Wal-Mart to let the public know.


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