Originally Posted By: fsskier
There are 3 Walmarts in Cedar Rapids, their Mobil 1 inventories are hugely different. One stocks every oil type in every jug size, another has a very limited stock, 5W30 and 10W30 only.
Individual store managers must have a huge latitude in what they stock.
Today, I could find everything EXCEPT 0W20 in 5 qt jugs, perhaps with Toyota's prodding this will become more available.
It is not exactly the individual store manager(s) who decide, but the stock varies depending on the size of the store, the demographics of customers (you are not going to see 0W-20 in a small store in a location where very few customers have newer cars).
At Walmart, there are regional managers who make those decisions, not individual store managers. As has been noted previously, even the HVAC thermostat is controlled back at corporate headquarters.