jmcquown wrote:
> Michael "Dog3" wrote:
>> "jmcquown" >
>> : in rec.food.cooking
>>
>>>
>>> Now the same developer wants to put in a Dollar Store. Okay, I love
>>> my dollar stores. As long as it doesn't take up 295,000 sq. feet and
>>> clog traffic. But that's still not what the property is zoned for.
>>
>> I have not set foot in a Walmart in about 2 years and have no plans of
>> doing so in the future. I do enjoy browsing the Dollar Store and
>> Dollartree now and then. I was there about a week ago and one of the
>> employees was outside taking a break when I was coming out of the
>> store. I asked her why it was so busy on a weekday morning. She said
>> it just seemed busy. The store was cutting hours and there were
>> fewer cashiers.
>>
>> I found that curious because I'd never seen so many people in the
>> place shopping. One lady in line spent almost $200 on stuff and it
>> all looked like Xmas gifts... teddy bears etc. It would seem to me
>> that in hard economic times, people would be shopping much more at
>> these places than at their usual shopping spots. What do I know.
>> The only thing I know about retail is how to spend my loot ;-(
>>

The DS - a marketing major - explained this to me while at Target a
couple a weeks ago. It was strangely quiet. This particular store is
usually VERY busy. I don't remember the technical term for each type of
store but Target is one kind and WMart or dollar stores are another -
very obvious - I know. But, in tough economic times people flood the
cheaper stores.


>> Michael
>
> One of the hospice nurses keeps urging me to go to WalMart to buy
> things. She's obviously a WalMart proponent. I said, "You are just
> bound and determined to make me go to WalMart, aren't you? Let me tell
> you right now, I despise WalMart!" She laughed. I was deadly serious.
> I think she probably buys groceries there Oh goody, saline injected
> meat!
>
> Jill

We also stopped shopping at WMart a few years ago. My sil worked there
briefly and was treated like crap. It's just an evil, evil company.
The one thing I miss though is the cookie tins at Christmas time. They
were like a buck each. I could use a new source.

-Tracy