May its all scare. We are seeing recovery. New construction, defaulted developments selling lots again. Maybe there is enough recovery that some people no longer need to shop there. It is not a pleasant shopping experience, thats for sure.
Come out of a walmart and wonder just what has happened to America-—humanity.
Maybe Dollar General (ugh) is better? Can run in a and run out
and not have to hike a 20 acre floorspace and 40 acre parking lot? All the super walmarts are WAY out on the outskirts of town.
Everything in walmart is china-made..same for dollar general.
So why would economy shoppers bother with wally? There a DG on every rural intersection.
I live near a Dollar General, and shopping there is horrible. It seems they’ll leave one register open until there are fifteen people lined up, then another of the cashier/stockboy/janitors comes over and opens another. They run on a skeleton crew, and the prices don’t seem better than a regular supermarket - lower prices just buy smaller packages of goods.
Very bodega-like, IMHO - and geared towards the same clientele. The pictures online of Wal-Mart shoppers could just as easily have been taken at the nearby DG.
And then you have to wait in line at a checkout for 30 minutes because Wal Mart is to cheap to hire enough cashiers...I avoid Wal Mart as much as possible...
Actually, at DG I can get a lot of household products, soaps, foods and other items made in the USA. The prices are constant, they have good choices that are well-stocked, and the smaller closer store makes it a more positive experience, shopping there.
WalMart made sense when shopping was a major part of people's lives and they'd spend hours there. Lifestyles have changed.
DG is fine if you just need a quick item or two and they have very limited groceries, no meat, deli, produce, clothing, hardware.