Walmart is the lifesblood of many deep red areas, having outpriced mom and pop stores into retirement long ago and replaced the local stores with racks and racks of cheap chinese garbage and low paid workers who are subsidized by welfare and public assistance.
It would be unthinkable for a competitor to enter the scene and challenge Walmart with competitive pricing and less predatory business practices, possibly even with an america-first business strategy. Well, it would be... except that massive amounts of retail store frontage is opening up due to the pandemic and real estate debt is almost cheaper than free. What a shame it would be for the company that put all the five and dimes out of business to have the same trick pulled on them.
Yes, we’ve pretty much got Walmart or HEB for groceries. It irritates the heck out of me, especially when HEB was wanting more mail in voting.
We have a Walmart, Aldis and 2 small chain grocery stores in our town. Since the pandemic we have been ordering from Walmart on line and having outside pick up.
I guess I will need to check out to see if Aldis does online ordering.
This is such a betrayal of Walmart’s rural customer base!
Your scenario cannot come too soon.