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The world is full of knee jerk Walmart haters who tell each other total untruths about Walmart so that they can feel self-righteously superior because they don't shop there.
Lots of people shop at Walmart. Walmart is not primarily a grocery store, they just have a grocery section.
I buy a few things there but mostly shop at other stores. Walmart sells the same produce that other stores sell and for the same price. Canned goods and packaged goods are often a bit cheaper than else where. Sometime they are a lot cheaper. The brand of canned chili I like is a dollar cheaper per can than it would be if I bought it at the big name grocery store.
Mostly I don't shop at Walmart for two reasons. Their parking lot is overly crowded and I don't like to park there. The way I shop, I can buy the items I want for a better price by shopping elsewhere, if Walmart even carries the items I want, which they often don't.
I do some of my grocery shopping at Costco and some of it at the restaurant supply store, and some at a store that sells bulk items for a decent price (Winco). I buy very few canned goods or prepared foods, so mostly buy produce at Walmart. Oh yeah, Walmart has the best price on the brand of ice cream that I like.
The farmer's market in my area is mostly selling the exact same produce as I can buy in the store. They buy it at the same wholesale produce depot. That is true of farmer's markets all over the country. There will be some fresh locally grown produce, but not the majority of it. In my area, there is literally no locally grown produce at the farmer's market. Our growing season is very short and the farmers market is open for several months. If they sold local produce, it might be open for 3 weeks. So, out of the area vendors rent the tables and the farmer's market won't hold a table for local growers who only want the table for 2 weeks.
Not the same produce. It's not as good quality and doesn't stay fresh as long after you buy it. Many other people I know have had the same experience.
The world is full of knee jerk Walmart haters who tell each other total untruths about Walmart so that they can feel self-righteously superior because they don't shop there.
Lots of people shop at Walmart. Walmart is not primarily a grocery store, they just have a grocery section.
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Exactly.
My local Walmart Super Center would be the FIRST place I'd try for ANYTHING if I had only ONE shot at finding it. Like when we're expecting a hurricane.
The food store is perfectly fine, albeit not as large as the regular retail side.
And I'm picky. But I know what I'm getting and not trying to make a Ford turn into a BMW.
They recently opened a Walmart Grocery only near me but I haven't been there.
I live in Southern California and we have everything from Whole Foods and other "organic" markets, to farmer's markets, to grocery chains like Trader Joe's and Kroger, to Target and Walmart.
Speaking of the competition...Kroger's, Albertson's and other national chains have come to Texas. Our local statewide chain H.E.B. has run them all out of town. Wal-Mart remains only because they handle more than food in most of their stores. They also have enough clothing and appliance customers who will buy their groceries there since they're there for other reasons.
Wal-Mart would likely continue with their food marketing even if they only broke even. I think that's their scorched earth policy.
Well...it's really Ralphs, but Ralphs is a subsidiary of Kroger and all Krogers seem to carry many of the same products. It's easier to call it Kroger on a forum like this, since more people have heard of it, but you're right that it is technically not called Kroger in SoCal.
I had never heard of Harris Teeter, which has been mentioned in this thread, but by looking it up I find that it is part of Kroger too.
Did they ever resolve the ownership fight?
We started calling it market Casket.
Last time was 15 yrs ago in Chelsea, I had $60 worth bagged up and they say "we don't accept master card."
No credit cards, serious .
But they take food stamps.!
I've been paying at Market Basket with a MasterCard since the early 1980's. Costco used to only take AMEX until fairly recently. I think you're confused.
Arthur S Demoulas sold his 51% stake to Arthur T Demoulas on August 27, 2014. The company has amazing employee loyalty. Nonunion. Full benefits for full timers. Ownership and management have a culture where they look out for the employees. In the United States race to the bottom, it's kind of refreshing.
And I'm picky. But I know what I'm getting and not trying to make a Ford turn into a BMW.
More like turning a Geo Metro into a BMW, I think.
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