Years ago my Dad and I read the book “The Walmart Way” written by a friend in the Carolina Canoe Club.

There is a chapter in that book were Sam Walton was convinced to first put pharmacies in his stores even though they would lose money for the first 5 to 6 years, if “only” drug sales $ were considered.

The “upshot” to the pharmacies is that extra customers would come through Walmart’s door, and wander the aisles for awhile while waiting for their prescriptions to be ready.

I see electric vehicle charging stations in Walmart parking lots and cannot help but wonder:
is this another
“Get ‘em wandering the aisles while they wait”
ploy to boost sales?