I have watched some movies from the former Soviet Block. They now have big box stores that look like a mix between Walmart and Costco. There was a hilarious comedy involving a bunch of employees of such a store. It's probably on NF but I don't recall the title (rented it at Hollywood Video when they were around).
The closest big box store to me is Walmart which is a little over a mile away. It was the local Costco but the city wouldn't let them build a bigger store so they built a bigger store in the adjacent city. Fry's Electronics wanted the building too but the city fathers decided they wanted Walmart instead. That was a slap in the face to the Fry's family because they are from this town. Being a tech geek I would probably already be broke having such a "candy store" that nearby. Fry's took over an abandoned Levitz about 7 miles away. Don't hold your breathe too much on Walmart expansion. They are already feeling the pinch from the economy. If you want business you need customers with money. And right now that customer total is diminishing as people lose their source of income. And that is the banksters fault. Walmart is now getting into smaller stores these days. I don't shop at Walmart that much but I'm not about to drive the extra 3 miles to Target which is the same game different outfit (sorry Alex). I often just walk through Walmart to see what is up. And if I do buy things there they often are US made products. For instance Walgreen's had been selling Old Wisconsin Turkey Bites. Compared to the other turkey snacks out there Old Wisconsin has all natural snacks, no MSG. Walmart began selling the Turkey Bite packages at $2.50 a pack. They were $2.50 a pack at Walgreen's if you bought two. Walgreen's now only carries the Beef Bites and Turkey Sticks. The other day when I picked up a pack of the Turkey Bites at Walmart the clerk remarked "these are really popular" and when I told her they were all natural and had no MSG her eyes lit up. Now they will have another customer. Walmart still gets some of my money without going there. They bought the Vudu HD streaming video company last year and I often rent films "still in theaters" there or foreign and indie films that may take forever to come to NF. On 08/20/2011 10:24 AM, Bob Price wrote: > I also love Walmart because its truly American. Costco on the other hand > looks like what the communists promised but failed to deliver. And I love > Target because it helps us pretend we still have a middle class. I also agree > that Walmart has proven that “Unionization” was an aberration in the American > dream and its time for some rapper (say Python head) to do a remake of "16 > TONS” > > “Saint Peter don’t you call me---cause I can’t go----I owe my soul to the > company store.” > > One of the many other things I love about Walmart is that i love variety and > Walmart is the first thing I’ve seen Tom and Alex agree on. And of course how > could we owe the Chinese trillions without Walmart functioning as a conduit > from those Chinese sweatshops to my garage. With Walmart’s help American is > now in that position of strength that states: “When I owe my banker a million > I’m in trouble, when I owe him a trillion he’s in trouble.” > > I’m looking forward to Walmart turning the airports into Super Stores because > when the wife gets molested by airport security I would much prefer the > double wide > inspector is wearing a smily faces > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIfu2A0ezq0 > > > ________________________________ > From: Tom Pall<thomas.p...@gmail.com> > To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com"<fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2011 9:28:28 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Why I love Walmart > > > > There was a time before Walmart. I remember that time, going through jerk > water towns around the US and places not along the railroad and therefore > never capable of being jerk water towns. Fairfield, Iowa was a jerk water > town. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_stop I am now pretty much > guaranteed almost wherever I go that there will be groceries, batteries, > coffee mugs, mats for the car, all sorts of goodies, all under one roof. > One day I arrived in FF and my luggage did not. It had gone to Korea. So I > was able to pick up crappy but acceptable toiletries, flying clothes, some > shirts, pants, socks to tide me over until my luggage arrived a few days > later. Having to go into the little shops on the square with "SALE" > emblazoned painted on the windows was something I didn't relish. Choose > from a dozen shirts, none of which was my size, from a dozen pair of > trousers, no flying clothes except the stuff at the MIU bookstore, well it > was one stop shopping. > > I like that I can go to Walmart and stock up on certain things like big > bottles of mouthwash, batteries, staples, get a prescription filled, even get > my oil changed in my car, all at the same time. Is it Trader Joe's? Well, > perhaps. I have a "freshly picked, organic, right off the vine" tomato from > TJs sitting on my kitchen counter. Still pristine. And it's been there for > 6 weeks. Heck, I grew up in the Garden State and tomatoes where something > you bought or picked and ate pronto. I can buy the same "organic" tomato at > Walmart. Morningstar Farms? Yes, most of the offerings are available at > Walmart, even the no hormone, free range, organic eggs. And I don't have to > run all over town. Now Walmart is not the World Market, which I shop at next > or TJ's or some specialty shop. I feel sorry that Walmart employees slave > labor. But just how well was my grandmother who worked in the sweatshop > which made the trousers and shirts > that went to that shop on the square in FF paid? Just how much and what > kind of benefits were the employees of that shop on the square in FF paid? > > I find the grossest, most ill-mannered people at the Walmart I go to in South > Carolina, a few miles south of where I am. But guess what? Some of them are > oriental geeks who are walking like drunks through the isles checking their > grocery list on their idiot phone. I've also met some of the nicest people > in other Walmarts throughout the country. Yes, there are crackers. There > are also the salt of the Earth. The people who build things. Who work with > their hands. People here on FFL would consider the great unwashed. Little > do they realize that if it weren't for the great unwashed who build the > roads, the houses, drive the trucks, they'd starve. They do the World's > work. > > >
