Both Walmart and Sam’s club have their headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas.Though Sam’s club is a subsidiary of Walmart, both have different CEOs. Walmart’s CEO is John Furner and the Sam’s club’s CEO is Kathryn McLay.
Key Product Difference
The key products sold at Sam’s club include electricity, child accessories, toys, jewelry, home and office furniture, garden supplies, patios, autos, pet products, and sports types of equipment.
Walmart’s key product includes a supermarket, convenience shops, hypermarket, superstore, and retail sales. Walmart has some subsidiaries in different countries. In the US it has the maximum number of subsidiaries starting from Sam’s club which is at 600+ locations around the states of America, Walmart realty, claims management, Walmart transportation and distribution centers under Walmart logistics, Walmart discount store, Walmart Supercenter, Walmart neighborhood market, amigo, Walmart money center, Walmart portrait studios, Walmart vision center, Walmart labs, shoes.com, Hayneedle, jet. com, Walmart soundcheck, bonobos, ModCloth, Moosejaw, and the list goes on.
Walmart discount cards can’t be used at Sam’s club. Yeah, the company doesn’t accept employee discount cards from Walmart at Sam’s club though Sam’s club is a subsidiary company of Walmart. But Walmart employees can get a discounted membership for Sam’s club.
Walmart Discount Card Policy
The Walmart associate discount card provides a 10 percent discount on general merchandise and fresh produce at all the Walmart stores in the United States. This can be used even for your online shopping from walmart.com.
Workers and field associates at Sam’s club get a free membership to Sam’s club and not the Walmart discount card. This also allows Sam’s Club members to get a 10 Percent Discount on fresh produce at Sam.
How To Use The Discount Card?
Walmart follows a strict deal on the usage of discount cards since they are mostly misused and used for manipulation of the company. Walmart allows the employee to use their discount card by the respective employee, their spouse, and legal dependents. Apart from that Walmart insists that employees follow the following things while using the discount card as their policy.
– Not to lend the discount card to any other employee or any other third party who aren’t subject to the authorization of the employee discount.
– Exchange of discount cards is also not appreciated by the company
– Walmart doesn’t encourage you to buy from third parties using your discount card.
– Items bought using Walmart’s discount card shouldn’t be used for resale or in any other business.
Products and services that fall out of the discount policy at Walmart
Certain items don’t come under the discount policy of the company. You can find it out by logging into the Walmart account and filling out the cart with the items that you want to purchase and adding the discount card details under the discount policy head at the Walmart app or website. The account automatically shows you the items eligible for discount separately and provides you the discounted bill separately.
Some of the items that don’t apply for discount includes:
● Groceries other than fresh produce
● Gasoline
● Clearance and sales and marked-down items
● The products that are purchased under the tax exemption identification number.
● Test for eye at the Walmart’s vision center
● Items bought for company usage when Walmart reimburses the expenses
● Items bought for charitable events if the associate receives consideration to buy items using the discount card. Immediate action will be taken and reimbursement will happen.
● Shopping cards
● Marketplace items
● Gift cards (online)
● Digital download of album or tracks for audio
● Shipping charges and clearance items.
It is to note that Walmart can modify the items allowed for employee discounts at any time.
Conclusion
Even though Sam’s club is a subsidiary of Walmart both the companies work under different management and under different CEOs. So the employee discount card issued at Walmart will not be accepted at sam’s club. Still, Walmart provides its employees with various benefits and a solid 10 percent discount. The card is automatically ordered by the company after the 90 days of work completed for the employee and their spouse and mailed to the provided residential address. You can also cancel your card if stolen from the online discount card application on the WIRE or through the link given http://WalmartOne.com.
- How can I change or replace my discount card?
If your card is stolen or you miss it somewhere you can cancel the old card and apply for a new one from the online discount Card application at WIRE or from the WalmartOne.com website.
