Monday, September 10, 2007
I've done a little research on the whole Wal-Mart/Big Box store phenomenon and how it has caused the downfall of the small business in communities. Wal-Mart, for so many reasons, sucks. However, most communities don't have Joe the grocer, Sam the butcher, and Eddie the produce guy. I don't think there are any non-box stores in our neighborhoods. I mean, I like Trader Joe's but even it's getting a bit corporate and playing to the hippie chic crowd that feels better about themselves simply because they spent an extra $2 a pound on "organic" produce. I live about a mile from a Wal-Mart and shop there only because the only local "small" businesses it's hurting are Fred Meyer and Safeway. I'm sure that those two stores alone put some independent business people out of business, and I'm sure no one made a documentary about that.
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Lest Not Forget: Fred Meyer's has the spin off hippie store QFC. Hippie's don't like wal-mart because they don't cater to the hippies, but QFC is the hippie feel good More EXPENSIVE version of the fred meyer box store. Also this whole fiasco is because they miss K-Mart and don't want Target to go the same way.
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