Is sowal ready for it's own Wal-Mart

scooterbug, Walmart carries most every same brand product that Publix carries.

WalMart does not carry the variety of brands that Publix does. Plus WalMart tends to carry larger sizes of items that, as a family of two, we don't need.

I did once - Dunelaker raves about their meat so I stopped one day. Rare for me to be in Freeport around grocery time and I like Publix, so didn't feel the need to repeat the experience. (Now I just cut out the middle man and go to her house for dinner. 😀)

Not the best grocery I've ever been in, but not evil incarnate like Wal-mart, hence my questioning of its classification.

Wal Mart and other mega retailers can buy batteries and everything else in such vast quantities that they get incredible price breaks not available to the mom and opps who buy and sell at much lower volumes. They aren't marking it up that much, it is that their cost is much higher than Wally's.

Well Hell, then what the mom and pop stores need to do is buy their batteries from Wal-Mart.:floor: They could sell them for less than they do now and have higher profit margins!:clap:

Many Mom and Pop retailers do buy their goods from WalMart via Sam's Club, and they do it because their prices are less than buying directly from the distributors.

Scooterbug, I don't know anyone in mgt, nor the owners of Kelly's, and I have no idea how they treat their employees, nor the wages which they pay. I can tell you that the employees at Kelly's don't seem to look any happier when at work, than the employees working at Walmart.

From what I've read, Walmart doesn't treat employees well, but for some reason, thousands of people still work for Walmart. If you explain that one to me, I think we will have some answers. Walmart provides jobs, and people have choices to work at other locations, but many seem to still go to Walmart to get their paychecks, so something must be decent about working there, or they would just go elsewhere if WalMart was the evil beast.

Well Hell, then what the mom and pop stores need to do is buy their batteries from Wal-Mart.:floor: They could sell them for less than they do now and have higher profit margins!:clap:

Some do. You may think it is funny, but grocery wholesalers do determine the prices that retailers pay for their inventory based on their volume. Two stores can get the same case of ketchup from the same grocery wholesaler and if one is classifed as a supermarket, they pay less than a c-store.

And I think Freeport is an excellent place for a Wal-Mart, if Publix doesn't jump on it first. There are things that WalMart has that I like (namely the sweet BBQ boneless wings in their deli) and I do stock up on frozen food there. But rare is the day anymore when I set out to deliberately go to one.

Target, however, is a different story. I adore Target. :wub:

Hey Bobby J! If you had beer in your cart, I think I've got a Bingo!! :wave:

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Back then..... Of course, I had beer in the cart!:rolling:

back then..... Of course, i had beer in the cart!:rolling:

bingo!!

Many Mom and Pop retailers do buy their goods from WalMart via Sam's Club, and they do it because their prices are less than buying directly from the distributors.

Scooterbug, I don't know anyone in mgt, nor the owners of Kelly's, and I have no idea how they treat their employees, nor the wages which they pay. I can tell you that the employees at Kelly's don't seem to look any happier when at work, than the employees working at Walmart.

From what I've read, Walmart doesn't treat employees well, but for some reason, thousands of people still work for Walmart. If you explain that one to me, I think we will have some answers. Walmart provides jobs, and people have choices to work at other locations, but many seem to still go to Walmart to get their paychecks, so something must be decent about working there, or they would just go elsewhere if WalMart was the evil beast.

From what I've read, it's because they provide inexpensive health insurance benefits. It doesn't appear that a great level of expertise is required for getting a job there. Not everyone is as blessed as others.

From what I've read, it's because they provide inexpensive health insurance benefits. It doesn't appear that a great level of expertise is required for getting a job there. Not everyone is as blessed as others.

I have heard that their benefits aren't good and tend to be expensive for the coverage employees get. :idontno:
Plus a lot of their employees aren't even covered - like maybe less than half, because they can't afford it. Seems many Wal-mart workers are instead available for public assistance. Keeps the corporate giant's bottom line showing better that way. :angry:

As for why people choose to work at Wal-mart, I would guess a number of them can't qualify for other jobs in their area, maybe don't have or can't afford transportation to other job opportunities?
Like Wal-mart?

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Many Mom and Pop retailers do buy their goods from WalMart via Sam's Club, and they do it because their prices are less than buying directly from the distributors.

Scooterbug, I don't know anyone in mgt, nor the owners of Kelly's, and I have no idea how they treat their employees, nor the wages which they pay. I can tell you that the employees at Kelly's don't seem to look any happier when at work, than the employees working at Walmart.

From what I've read, Walmart doesn't treat employees well, but for some reason, thousands of people still work for Walmart. If you explain that one to me, I think we will have some answers. Walmart provides jobs, and people have choices to work at other locations, but many seem to still go to Walmart to get their paychecks, so something must be decent about working there, or they would just go elsewhere if WalMart was the evil beast.

1 out of 3 employees in the retail business work at Wal-Mart. That is a lot of people. They can not all be mad.

There was a huge hyperbole-filled debate regarding the construction of a Wal-Mart in New Orleans' lower garden district a few years back. Opponents predicted it would be the death nail of the 'mom and pops' there. Quite to the contrary, the neighborhood has thrived since Wal-Mart came in, and if nothing else, vacant stores on Magazine Street are now occupied by niche shops that sell products Wal-Mart never will. I am not saying that Wal-Mart is great, only that in certain circumstances it can have a positive impact.

Just for the sake of fun, let us suppose a super Wal-Mart is built somewhere near 331 and 98. What SOWAL institutions would go out of business as a result?

More importantly, how many SoWallers will be seen shopping there, with their hair in curlers, thinking that no one they know will be shopping at WalMart?

More importantly, how many SoWallers will be seen shopping there, with their hair in curlers, thinking that no one they know will be shopping at WalMart?

....and hiding behind those $10 Car Trunk Boutique Designer Vera W'ang Sunglasses. :cool:

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There was a huge hyperbole-filled debate regarding the construction of a Wal-Mart in New Orleans' lower garden district a few years back. Opponents predicted it would be the death nail of the 'mom and pops' there. Quite to the contrary, the neighborhood has thrived since Wal-Mart came in, and if nothing else, vacant stores on Magazine Street are now occupied by niche shops that sell products Wal-Mart never will. I am not saying that Wal-Mart is great, only that in certain circumstances it can have a positive impact.

Just for the sake of fun, let us suppose a super Wal-Mart is built somewhere near 331 and 98. What SOWAL institutions would go out of business as a result?

:idontno: I think Tom Thumb would do less business. People would go to walmart and be buying bulk Cheetos and Red Bull.