Target coming to South Walton?

Silly Little Walmart is a good name.

I completely agree with you jdarg - Target at Pier Park is good enough for me. I was only saying that if they build it here - I would like to see it built to accommodate locals who live here and will shop there year round. The Silly Walmart has no real purpose, at least for me and mine.

Little 8 lb. 6 oz. baby Walmart.

I just want it as far away from 30A as possible. I have Two Super Targets and a Super Walmart within 4 miles of our house. I can get ANYTHING I need before I come down. I come down for my little piece of paradise.... not Walmart. Sorry, I don't live there ft yet. But, when we lived at a lake in North Carolina, I was happy to drive across it, be in awe of its beauty, and drive 20 minutes to Target. The concrete jungle can stay in Destin and PCB.... not our little SoWal.

I didn't want Wal-mart to come here. Now I don't want Target or any other big box retailer to come here.

Seems pretty consistent to me. ;-)

I didn't want Walmart either, but I didn't have a choice - and I do shop at the Super Walmart in Destin once or twice a year... so is it asking too much to have the same kind of items offered at any other Super Walmart? I just feel that if we are going to open up 98 to big box stuff and develop the land into a big huge parking lot and store (and subsequent other developments which follow), then make it good enough to be here in South Walton - make it worth the land and effort. why not serve locals as well as tourists!

We have a Walmart, and people seem happy about it overall. I still have to drive to Destin or PCB for real shopping - nothing has changed - except for Hwy 98.

I thought I would rather like having a smallish walmart - I LOVE my small publix. The small Walmart isn't worthwhile, imo. Not worth trouble to drive there and walk around trying to find what I need to find that most of what I need is just not there.

My first trip to the silly little Sowal smallmart I was looking for Miracle Gro and a sunshade for my car. They had neither, which was disappointing. I did decide to stay and do my week's grocery shopping, and I saved a bundle compared to what I usually pay at Publix, so that was a good thing. I too wish they'd devote less of their space to the touristy crapola... and they may do so now that it's the off season.

my problem with any of the box stores is that if you bring one then you might as well invite all of them. I do shop at Wally world and for clients basic needs i use it more than some. i would rather it be, i have to travel to any of them like i did in past years. did it really make my life better to have one right here..........not at the cost of having more coming in the future?:roll:

Y'all need a Dollar Tree. Everything's a dollar. Everything. You can buy food for a dollar or a gift bag. It don't matter. It's a dollar.

my problem with any of the box stores is that if you bring one then you might as well invite all of them. I do shop at Wally world and for clients basic needs i use it more than some. i would rather it be, i have to travel to any of them like i did in past years. did it really make my life better to have one right here..........not at the cost of having more coming in the future?:roll:

Agree! It seems some people unlike yourself can't see the big picture. Saving a few bucks on toilet paper is not worth all the crap - pun intended.

Y'all need a Dollar Tree. Everything's a dollar. Everything. You can buy food for a dollar or a gift bag. It don't matter. It's a dollar.

There's a Dollar Tree at Pier Park.

I despise the tiny Walmart. I went there to see if I could find a good deal on a xbox, kinect, iPad, and laptop. The electronic department had no idea what I was asking for, in fact the sales girl said," I don't know, I usually don't work in electronics." After asking for someone who does, the salesman told me to check online. I left irritated and went to Best Buy, where a young guy in the camera department managed to get me everything I needed. I was actually happy to drop 2000 at Best Buy just knowing my money wasn't going in to that crappy store.

thank you!

each time i have gone into the mini walmart, they do not have what i am looking for. the last time, i wanted to purchase a sun shield for my car windshield. the employee told me "we don't have those...we're really a store for the tourists". i have no idea how they plan to stay open all year 'round but just appeal to tourists. i would love to know what company did their marketing study.

i hope all of you who really wanted the walmart enjoy what our section of hwy 98 will become in the next 10 years.

i know you, and you are one smart lady.

i hope all of you who really wanted the walmart enjoy what our section of hwy 98 will become in the next 10 years.

It sounds like there is a market for a locals only $1 car sunshield outlet on HWY 98.

So Wal-mart is not the great thing so many people thought it would be?

Score one for the bug!

So Wal-mart is not the great thing so many people thought it would be?

Score one for the bug!

What are you talking about? The general impression I got was that the gloom and doomers and Wal-Whiners predicted that:

1-The blight of a Wal-Mart would forever leave a scar on SOWAL. The light pollution, noise pollution, blahblahblah. We would be ruined.
2-The heartless capitalists in Arkansas were going to ruin every business south of the bay by undercutting prices. Pharmacies, hardware stores, Publix, you name it, Wal-Mart was going to kill them off. We would be ruined.
3-All SOWALIANS would be enslaved at SOWALMART once their place of business went under and employment was needed. We would be ruined.

Now it sounds like the main complaints revolve around the failure of the Arkansians to anticipate our love of auto sunshades, the really surprising development that a micro-Wal-Mart does not have as much audiovisual crap as a Best Buy and an amazingly short sighted strategy of loading the store with items that might be more useful to a family stocking a beach condo for a week instead of a family stocking up for a month. Jeez.

As I predicted way back at the genesis of the SOWALMART brewhaha, there was so much hyperbole which we now know was 100% inaccurate in retrospect. Scooty, if you get 1, the skunkape gets 10, and my 10 was cheaper than your 1 because I got my 10 at SOWALMART!!!

Walmart and Publix (which is a chain that nobody seems concerned about being in Sowal) appear to be thriving businesses and job producers. +1 for economic growth!

What are you talking about? The general impression I got was that the gloom and doomers and Wal-Whiners predicted that:

1-The blight of a Wal-Mart would forever leave a scar on SOWAL. The light pollution, noise pollution, blahblahblah. We would be ruined.
2-The heartless capitalists in Arkansas were going to ruin every business south of the bay by undercutting prices. Pharmacies, hardware stores, Publix, you name it, Wal-Mart was going to kill them off. We would be ruined.
3-All SOWALIANS would be enslaved at SOWALMART once their place of business went under and employment was needed. We would be ruined.

Now it sounds like the main complaints revolve around the failure of the Arkansians to anticipate our love of auto sunshades, the really surprising development that a micro-Wal-Mart does not have as much audiovisual crap as a Best Buy and an amazingly short sighted strategy of loading the store with items that might be more useful to a family stocking a beach condo for a week instead of a family stocking up for a month. Jeez.

As I predicted way back at the genesis of the SOWALMART brewhaha, there was so much hyperbole which we now know was 100% inaccurate in retrospect. Scooty, if you get 1, the skunkape gets 10, and my 10 was cheaper than your 1 because I got my 10 at SOWALMART!!!

if your smart remark about auto sunshades refers to my post, that's too bad. there were many other things that walmart did not have - i just didn't bother to list them. i am clearly not the only one who thinks very little of the place. the locals keep a place going...tourists are here for a short time. you can be a walmart fan....i choose not to be. free country, i guess.

Damn the big boxes. They are a scourge on our nation.

I've heard from many locals who had wanted the Walmart who say they are disappointed in the merchandise. It is not just those who never wanted it.

However, I did find something the other day that I really needed to purchase asap (a shower seat for someone having foot surgery) - I was going to order online but I swung in as I was over that way. no one could help me, but I looked and helped myself. pleasantly surprised!!! thank you 8 lb 6 oz baby walmart!

I've heard from many locals who had wanted the Walmart. They are disappointed in what it has to offer so far.

However, I did find something the other day that I really needed to purchase asap (a shower seat for someone having foot surgery) - I was going to order online but I swung in as I was over that way. no one could help me, but I looked and helped myself. pleasantly surprised!!! thank you 8 lb 6 oz baby walmart!

So how is Scooterbug's foot doing? ;-)

Here is a frontline report from your SOWALMART. I went yesterday to get deodorant, soap and shampoo. Just for fun I went looking for an automobile windshield shade. I did not find a shade, but the auto section is close to electronics and a nice lady from electronics asked me if she could help me find something...I passed and thanked her. Lots of Halloween stuff on the shelves and don't look now, but the Christmas goods are starting to arrive. Very festive, I tell ya. I contemplated buying an imported pair of sunglasses for $10 but resisted the urge. I found the exact products I wanted in the pharmacy area and was out in less than ten minutes. No crowds. Cashier was a very friendly smiling lady who skillfully hid the shackles that would reveal her unwilling servitude to WAL-MART. Got outta the joint for less than $11. And I forgot to mention, on the way in I pitched a handful of plastic bags into the bag recycler...very active hub of plastic recycling in the store, I must say. In and out. Got what I needed, helpful employees, quick and easy and eco-friendly. Great experience.

So how is Scooterbug's foot doing? ;-)

My feet are both fine and you know it!

Wal-mart was supposedly going to be the place for locals to get their everyday and hard to find items at low prices and a convenient location. That was supposed to offset the negatives. Instead, we opened the Pandora's "big box" and seem to not have gotten the touted positives.