Here’s what I’ve heard from various friends at church who work at the following places in town:
Hobby Lobby - sales are down “significantly” nationwide, layoffs coming locally.
Wal Mart - grocery sales OK, sales of other items down “a lot.”
Home Depot - big decline in sales of building supplies.
Local family restaurant - open only for breakfast and lunch, no longer open for dinner (not enough customers and can’t find workers)
Toyota dealership - only two new cars on the lot. Focusing on used cars. Several sales people quit recently.
It’s getting ugly out there.
I think cars are mainly kept off site, so every vehicle will sell readily.
Maybe. I'm still seeing a lot of activity at Home Depot, but not as much as before. Was there yesterday and bought over 1000 pounds of rock for a backyard project, got 1/3rd of the 50-pound bags for $1 each because they were open. They were offering grass sod for free if anyone would take it; but there are water restrictions here so we and others declined taking sod.