****FOOD STAMPS BUSINESS MODEL****
Based on where I see them choosing to locate here in the Tulsa area, I tend to agree. There is a recently announced plan to open in North Tulsa, a "food desert" that the local bleeding hearts regularly bemoan. The location is one where other name stores have previously occupied and left because their margin could not be maintained. It never comes out publicly but I'm sure shrinkage is a significant issue. However, I do wish them success in their ventures as access to food is a basic human desire that has history of business success, i.e A&P, etc.
Actually save a lot is in poorer communities because more affluent shun it’s business model. Store is mostly house brands and you must bag your own groceries and pay for the bags if you want them separate. Not deli or Bakery etc there model is for those who are looking to save on their food costs and they do indeed offer far cheaper food bill.
I have shopped at save a lot for years, never had an issue but I know most in my income bracket, especially wives would be mortified at the very prospect of shopping there even though it is in the same shopping plaza as the supermarket they shop at.