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Have you noticed they're replacing brand-name OTC medicines more and more with their own in-house brand? Those in-house brand drugs are diluted, & so, not as effective. They're a rip-off, and it's getting harder to buy quality items there. Besides, isn't Walgreen's related to Walmart? Walmart is evil. Boycott Walmart. (Sorry, Canucks--slight digression.)
Have you noticed they're replacing brand-name OTC medicines more and more with their own in-house brand? Those in-house brand drugs are diluted, & so, not as effective. They're a rip-off, and it's getting harder to buy quality items there. Besides, isn't Walgreen's related to Walmart? Walmart is evil. Boycott Walmart. (Sorry, Canucks--slight digression.)
I read a book about Walmart called "To serve god and walmart: the making of christian free enterprise" --- you should check it out. Walmart's not evil.
There are people in Windsor who will cross over once a month or so for bulk groceries or big household items (and gas too). Since the dollar is at par and since there's a total of $9 in tolls just to get across the river and back, it only makes sense to go over and shop once in a while.
I live on the north end of the Seattle metro area, and at the shopping malls here I see many, many British Columbia cars, especially on the weekends. I have heard it's not only the lower prices, but more selection than they typically find up north... another product of our larger population.
There is also a very large outlet mall about 15 miles north of me- which is only about 1 or 1.5 hours south of Vancouver, BC. The parking lot there is literally about half BC license plates on the weekends, along with tour buses that come and go constantly with people coming down from Vancouver (especially the Chinese from up there). There are so many Chinese people from Vancouver there at any given time that announcements over the loud speaker for ads, notifications, etc. are made in both English and Chinese.
I don't think anybody in my area complains, though- they love the added business from our friends up north.
There have been recent postings about how Bellingham residents have gotten fed up with Canadians shopping in their towns which struck me as pretty funny - we are supplying them with more business and money after all.
I read a book about Walmart called "To serve god and walmart: the making of christian free enterprise" --- you should check it out. Walmart's not evil.
Not paying employees a living wage and functional benefits, and cutting back on their hours to boost stock earnings doesn't seem very Christian.
There are thousands of Canadians in the Niagara region that shop mostly in the USA. Right now you can save $20 on one tank of fuel. The rainbow bridge here in the Falls is very rarely busy. I have gone over fueled up and returned home in 30 minutes. I'm not a regular cross border shopper myself, I just can't be bothered and I'm not a big buyer of anything really.
I read a book about Walmart called "To serve god and walmart: the making of christian free enterprise" --- you should check it out. Walmart's not evil.
Yesterday, I read a National Geographic article from 1990 about life along the border. There was a photo of people camped in a motor home park in Bellingham, Washington. According to the information attached to the picture, if a Canadian stayed in the United States for 48 hours, they could return with a hundred dollars' worth of merchandise. I don't know if this is true today.
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