A Walmart in Hope Mills, North Caronlina was blasted on social media today after several images of anti-trucker signs posted in their store were shared online.
The signs, which were supposedly posted by a manger read: “Truck drivers you are not welcome at Walmart”.
Truck drivers and their families were quick to call out the company on Twitter and other social media platforms. Some even threatened boycotting the company.
@Walmart guess u won't get any of my trucking money lots of truckers feel this way pic.twitter.com/WyiRUjSGxt
— jeff blakely (@jhbcside) January 23, 2015
@WalmartHub WTF!! your hope mills nc #Walmart hates truckers? Shame on you…Expect a boycott!!! #walmartfail pic.twitter.com/qYhgunHjXb
— Erik lee (@Moto_TowDaytona) January 23, 2015
After several complaints, Walmart made an official response stating that they did not post the signs in the store. They posted the following reply to concerned followers on Facebook:
We are not sure how these signs were hung up in our store but as soon as they were noticed by an associate our management immediately took them down. At Walmart we greatly value our 7200 associates who are drivers in our private fleet as well as the drivers from over 200 other carriers who all play such key roles in moving goods to our customers throughout the country.
The identity of the person who actually posted the signs is unknown.
