Wal-Mart is evil
Just to give a little background, I haven't been too happy with Wal-Mart for a while now. They claim that they're good for the local economy but if anything, they've made shopping in my neighborhood worse. We got a super Wal-Mart that includes the grocery store. Prior to them coming around, our major supermarket chain would have great weekly specials, buy one get one free promotions, and other great savings that would allow you to stock up on non-perishable items when they were at a really good price.
Then enter's Wal-Mart. Their "regular" price was slightly lower that the other chain. So now, in order to "compete" and make it look like their pricing is as good as Wal-Mart, weekly specials have basically gone by the wayside. They've set the price at about what Wal-Mart's is. Not to mention, it always takes me forever to get through the check out line at Wal-Mart, the place looks run down and cheap, the service is horrible, and the people working there don't really know anything.
So much for Wal-Mart being good for our area.
Now, for those of you that have not heard, Wal-mart is closing a store in Canada. Why you might ask? They say it's loosing money. Why is it loosing money? Because (according to Wal-Mart) the labor force unionized. Wal-Mart says it cannot reach an agreement with the workers so they are closing up the store. So that you don't think this is an isolated incident, the only other group that unionized within Wal-Mart was the meat-cutters. They were the ones that sliced up and packaged all the meat sold in Wal-Mart superstores. Shortly afterwards, Wal-Mart decided to "eliminate the position" and purchased pre-packaged meat. So much for Wal-Mart employees wanting to organize.
Across the country, more and more locations are deciding that they don't want super Wal-Marts and would rather have their smaller, local stores. A community in the LA area recently voted them out in a referendum. Here in New York State, a small community in the Adirondak Mountains is fighting them as well. Wal-Mart seems to think that everyone should welcome them with open arms wherever they go. They seem to thing all anyone cares about is buying stuff as cheap as they can get it.
I hate to tell them, but there are people that are willing to pay a little more for things like service, well trained staff, and the ability not to get lost in a big warehouse. I and my family no longer shop at Wal-Mart and never will again.
As I said, they're evil.
Then enter's Wal-Mart. Their "regular" price was slightly lower that the other chain. So now, in order to "compete" and make it look like their pricing is as good as Wal-Mart, weekly specials have basically gone by the wayside. They've set the price at about what Wal-Mart's is. Not to mention, it always takes me forever to get through the check out line at Wal-Mart, the place looks run down and cheap, the service is horrible, and the people working there don't really know anything.
So much for Wal-Mart being good for our area.
Now, for those of you that have not heard, Wal-mart is closing a store in Canada. Why you might ask? They say it's loosing money. Why is it loosing money? Because (according to Wal-Mart) the labor force unionized. Wal-Mart says it cannot reach an agreement with the workers so they are closing up the store. So that you don't think this is an isolated incident, the only other group that unionized within Wal-Mart was the meat-cutters. They were the ones that sliced up and packaged all the meat sold in Wal-Mart superstores. Shortly afterwards, Wal-Mart decided to "eliminate the position" and purchased pre-packaged meat. So much for Wal-Mart employees wanting to organize.
Across the country, more and more locations are deciding that they don't want super Wal-Marts and would rather have their smaller, local stores. A community in the LA area recently voted them out in a referendum. Here in New York State, a small community in the Adirondak Mountains is fighting them as well. Wal-Mart seems to think that everyone should welcome them with open arms wherever they go. They seem to thing all anyone cares about is buying stuff as cheap as they can get it.
I hate to tell them, but there are people that are willing to pay a little more for things like service, well trained staff, and the ability not to get lost in a big warehouse. I and my family no longer shop at Wal-Mart and never will again.
As I said, they're evil.
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