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Walmart Scott Mew Revised22-10-2017Dr. BurnsBUAD 451YWal-Mart was one of the first companies to apply the self-service supermarket business model developed by grocery chains to sell merchandise in 1962. Wal-Mart focused on small, southern towns that were ignored by other grocery chains and had enough demand to support one large discount store, while other rival grocery chains.