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We’re not surprised you’re thinking about hitting Wal-Mart this weekend.

AOL Autos reports, “TeleNav, one of the largest providers of navigation services for millions of subscribers via cell phone, recently unveiled data that showed exactly what people are searching for. With Americans increasingly setting their GPS to find anything and everything, one begins to wonder: where exactly are 13 million people going?”

The New York Times says, “Apparently, to places where they will find bargains, fast food and cheap gas. During December of last year (the first month for which TeleNav has detailed, word-specific data), Wal-Mart was the number one business destination in the United States for navigation users. This should be no surprise given the state of the economy during the holiday gift-giving season. On the other hand, while some people were looking for cheap DVD players, it appears nearly as many folks were willing to spend money on little luxuries. To wit, Starbucks came in a close second to Wal-Mart.”

The results were even broken down by region. Turns out that people in Chicago search for pizza the most, while New Yorkers searched for Chinese food. Good luck finding decent Peking Duck at Wal-Mart.

Autoblog adds, “Have we ever used a nav system to find a Walmart? Yeah, once, but we were in Louisiana and in need of spray paint (don’t ask). We’ll sleep okay tonight.”

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