At last, a Wal-Mart supplier speaks! How many Wal-Mart suppliers feel intimidated and therefore keep silent? If you want insight on a supplier's struggle or thinking of selling products to Wal-Mart, get this book. Lots of twists and turns on this Wal-Mart journey. Read about the challenging two and a half year journey of a minority company selling ethnic food to Wal-Mart. See how Wal-Mart manipulates its system and people in obtaining its objectives. Book contains letters to Wal-Mart management, legal, board members and others. Gain first hand knowledge on events Kunmi dealt with as a supplier. Details on how two out of three black leaders (Ambassador Andrew Young & Rev. Jesse Jackson) failed to help when called upon. Find out who is buying African foods in major supermarkets and why. This book states true stories, food nutritional facts, gives exposure to culture and useful business insights.
 

There were so many distractions, discouraging comments and events when it came time to write the book. What if the people I talk about, Ambassador Andrew Young and Mr. Jesse Jackson react negatively? What if Wal-Mart and Dun & Bradstreet have a temper tantrum? Can I deal with it? What if someone sues me for libel? What if other supermarkets blacklist me for fear that I might write about them?

It was difficult keeping emotions out of this book. I didn’t want to be portrayed as an irate black woman lashing out at Wal-Mart or the others that I talk about. I tried to remain as objective as possible in stating the facts. Chapters Three to Five were the most difficult to write, with Chapter Five being the most excruciating. It forced me to revisit painful memories.

 
This book would be incomplete if I excluded my culture and religion, the basis of my foundation. I am Yoruba, a tribe in Nigeria. In different Chapters, I share Yoruba proverbs applied during the Wal-Mart experience. Even though I am a Christian, I have lost faith in the Church. The Christians I come in contact with can’t seem to do right. Given the Halleluyahs and spiritual victories stated in the book, it would be misleading to not disclose that I have not been to Church in years, yet the Trinity shows up in full force when I call on Them. Psalm 116: 1-2 NIV sums up my feelings about God. “I love the LORD, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. Because he
turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live.”
 

A most interesting reading!