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South Side {Chicago} residents upset by Walmart closure, community group fills the gap by handing out free food
Chicago Sun Times ^ | Apr 16, 2023 | Violet Miller

Posted on 04/17/2023 2:44:28 AM PDT by Salman

The shadow of Walmart’s logo and name hung above the Chatham Supercenter location on Sunday, its last day of operation, as dozens of shoppers streamed in to shop among increasingly empty shelves.

Less than a week ago, the company announced it would close its store at 8431 S. Stewart Ave. along with others in Little Village, Kenwood and Lakeview, saying they were “losing tens of millions” annually and that losses had doubled in the last five years.

The company also noted the $70 million it spent in recent years creating healthcare facilities at its city stores and the Walmart Academy training center, which were also set to close.

Myesha McGarner, a 30-year-old South Shore resident and regular shopper at the Chatham location, said she hadn’t realized it was closing until she entered to find empty shelves and a “ghostly” atmosphere.

She called the company’s explanation a “cop out” and “infuriating,” and said she thought the closures had more to do with the area’s history of disinvestment.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: brandonjohnson; chicago; illinois; walmart
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To: pepsionice
I’ll even predict ‘club-stores’ opening where you have to be a member and have present a credit card upon entry.

That's an excellent idea. They can't even claim its "RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRACISSSSSSSSSS!!!!" because hey, anybody can join the club. You just have to be in the club and present your club membership card to enter the store. What's that? You want to join the club and get your unique club membership card which will be scanned in order for you to gain entry? Then show us government issued photo ID and a major credit card.

21 posted on 04/17/2023 3:30:38 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: the_Watchman
She isn’t the brightest bulb in the box. Why did she think that the area had a history of disinvestment?!

OOH! OOH! I KNOW! PICK ME! PICK ME!!!!

Cuz they be RRRRRRRRRRRRRAACISSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!

That's the answer to everything - didn't you know?

22 posted on 04/17/2023 3:33:09 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: Salman

Free food. Why didn’t someone think of that sooner.


23 posted on 04/17/2023 3:35:35 AM PDT by Palio di Siena (the g stands for walter )
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To: pepsionice

You don’t expect the wokerati to admit error, or change their opinions in the face of utter failure? The electrical grid and the military are on their way to disaster, but hey, omelet, eggs.


24 posted on 04/17/2023 3:35:59 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.)
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To: SaveFerris

Whoot!


25 posted on 04/17/2023 3:47:50 AM PDT by waterhill (Biden and most dems are foreign agents.)
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To: Adder

Only free food? Not good enough! They’ll need free TVs,designer clothes, jewelry, electronics(the good kind), and all of the other pilferable items that can only be found at walmart, target or a mall. Free food? How myopic is THAT?


26 posted on 04/17/2023 3:51:10 AM PDT by Qwapisking ("IF the Second goes first the First goes second" L.Star )
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To: pepsionice

Get rid of self checkouts may have helped stop some of the theft.


27 posted on 04/17/2023 3:52:10 AM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: Salman

So now South Chicago residents need to drive to another store to steel shxt. Bummer.


28 posted on 04/17/2023 3:57:05 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: Salman
“ Myesha McGarner, a 30-year-old South Shore resident and regular shopper at the Chatham location, said she hadn’t realized it was closing until she entered to find empty shelves and a “ghostly” atmosphere.”

Pretty much sums up the customers there!

29 posted on 04/17/2023 3:58:04 AM PDT by Brandonmark (November 2024 cannot come soon enough!)
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To: SaveFerris

Some seem smart enough to have them us their left hand. Perhaps all stores and restaurants should only require a left hand. The would eliminate any worry about the mark.


30 posted on 04/17/2023 3:59:05 AM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: Salman

LOL…the Walmart closed precisely because so many in the community were helping themselves to “free food” at the store. They continue getting “free food,” except now they have no fear of getting caught.


31 posted on 04/17/2023 4:01:12 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone els)
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To: pepsionice

Invest in companies making heavy steel bars and barriers to enter and leave stores. You’ll have to go through an “airlock” double entry to get in or out. On the way out, you will be strip searched.


32 posted on 04/17/2023 4:03:33 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone els)
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To: Salman

Road trips to be happening soon


33 posted on 04/17/2023 4:03:56 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: Salman

If only those shoppers had gotten their $5 million reparations checks and an annual guaranteed income of $97,000, they would have paid for all the goods in their shopping carts.


34 posted on 04/17/2023 4:08:11 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone els)
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To: FLT-bird

I do believe that you have cracked the code!☹️


35 posted on 04/17/2023 4:16:45 AM PDT by the_Watchman
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To: napscoordinator

Well, one of them is scanning their left-hand palm print.

Certainly not the Mark of the Beast, of course, but shows the palm print scanner will work on either. A foot print would probably work, too. They’re just about as unique? (I think)

Regardless, conditioning, if even by accident. Just like the Covid-19(84) mandates which IMHO were not by accident.


36 posted on 04/17/2023 4:20:34 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: pepsionice

All stores will be run by gangs loyal to the DNC.

This is fascism on display.


37 posted on 04/17/2023 4:23:29 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (This is the end of the Republic....because we could not keep it.)
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To: pepsionice
I’ll even predict ‘club-stores’ opening where you have to be a member and have present a credit card upon entry.

You would think that Club stores that require membership cards to enter along with armed security roaming their parking lots - would serve to curve theft. On the other hand, thieves can be innovative in overcoming obstacles to their free stuff.

What we're seeing is that businesses do not want the hassle and overhead needed to mitigate the high occurrence of theft in certain cities. They prefer to move to less thug infested locations.

38 posted on 04/17/2023 4:24:23 AM PDT by JesusIsLord
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To: RoosterRedux
This woman needs to look into the definition of the word "disinvestment" and its root, "investment."

She was told the store closed due to racism and that is what she believes. These are cultists, not free-thinking citizens. The perfect inhabitants of fascist cities.

39 posted on 04/17/2023 4:24:47 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (This is the end of the Republic....because we could not keep it.)
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To: Salman

There is a reason why YOU PEOPLE can have nice things.


40 posted on 04/17/2023 4:44:29 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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