SAN JUAN TEOTIHUACÁN, Mexico — Critics were aghast when Wal-Mart began building a supermarket eight years ago in this town near the Teotihuacán pyramids, an ancient city where the Aztecs believed the gods were born.
They predicted it would ruin an important archaeological treasure.
None of that controversy has stopped Rosalba Aguila Sánchez from shopping at the store on a weekly basis and loading up on staples like bottled water, drinkable yogurt and cartons of eggs — even though it means driving 30 minutes from her village.
"Things here are better priced," Aguila says while in the parking lot of the store.
Wal-Mart built rapidly in small cities like San Juan Teotihuacán, where it opened under the Bodega Aurrerá name. It has also saturated Mexico City, the capital, with stores over the past two decades, becoming not only Mexico's biggest retailer but its biggest employer. It has 2,106 outlets operating under 11 brands and employing more than 200,000 workers.
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