re: Wal-Mart update thread.

Small business needs to figure out how to survive. Can't beat them on price? Beat them on specialization and service. Justify your higher prices by added value.

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I'm not a fan of big box stores across the board. But Walmart is easily the worst of the bunch. And they have a tendency to attract some of the worst trash in the area because of their price points and product quality. I'll pay a little more at somewhere like Target if need be to avoid dealing with that.

But FWIW I buy majority of my produce at either our local farmer's market or some of the smaller stores that carry local products. Or I just grow it myself in the summer. If I can't manage that I'm shopping at Kroger.

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This is the arrogance and Eliteism I'm talking about, even if I can sympathize with it.

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Wal-Mart kills local businesses. Cannot support someone who is ok with running smaller businesses out of town.

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That would be called capitalism which gave you residence in the most powerful and greatest country on Earth. Business models change and you either adapt or die.