We have 3 grocery stores in our area, some organic store, a Safeway, and a Wal-Mart.
It took Safeway a couple of years to figure out they were losing sales to Wal-Mart, and they finally cut their prices about 20% to compete.
I admire rich people like yourself, you've got it made and can afford to buy at the old Safeway level prices, or maybe even at that organic place, prior to Obama I could too. No more.
Now I'm extremely grateful to have a Wal-Mart.
So you do want a Soviet-style one big place, no choices, no competition. OK.
We have a Wal-Mart, Fred Meyer, Safeway, and a Winco all within a 10 minute drive from my house. I go to Winco for most groceries because they have a better selection AND cheaper prices than Wal Mart. I DO go to Wally’s at least a couple times a week for paper goods, personal stuff, plant/gardening things, ammo, etc. Funny thing is, before Wal Mart built the store, it was a BIG, EMPTY Field. Now, there’s an Applebees (jobs), a China Express (jobs), a Red Canoe Credit Union (jobs) a new Kohls department store (more JOBS), a new Les Schwab (jobs) a new Firestone (jobs) and just opened recently: Red Robin (jobs) and a Big 5 sporting goods (jobs). THIS in a place where ten years ago there was nothing. I view that as a good thing.