i have a college buddy who just retired as a top level exec for them. think walmart start-up. they are on track to become serious competition for wmt . we have 3 or 4 about 25 minutes from the farm. wife visits them weekly. i have no problem with honest competition, in any arena.
i have a college buddy who just retired as a top level exec for them. think walmart start-up. they are on track to become serious competition for wmt . we have 3 or 4 about 25 minutes from the farm. wife visits them weekly. i have no problem with honest competition, in any arena.
Disruptor today, distuptee tomorrow...
Just business cycles.
Amazon and its like have done damage to brick and morter businesses. I'm sure it's helped FedEx and UPS stock...
At least theoretcially the consumer is the long term winner. Sometimes I wonder about that, though.
We have a Dollar General Market here in our little burg. Not crazy about their food offerings. However, appreciate that they offer a little competition to keep the only other private grocery store in town from price gouging...
50 miles round trip to Wally World in three different directions... I'm glad to have the DGM...
They are basically miniature Walmarts, they sell the same crap such as food, snacks, health and beauty aids, cleaning supplies, basic apparel, housewares and seasonal items.
Walmart hates them, they are taking a healthy chunk outta their business.
$25.6 billion in sales in fiscal 2018 15,472 retail locations as of March 1, 2019 Approximately 135,000 employees Ranked #123 on the Fortune 500 list as of May 2018
Dollar General is employing the concept Wal-Mart did when it got started. Small stores, smaller towns and deeply discounted items that people buy most frequently.
Captain of the high school cheerleading squad now is a cashier at one those local stores. She was gonna be somebody back in the day. Now she looks like Learherface from Texas chainsaw massacre. Covered in tatts, smokers deep raspy voice.
I chuckle when I go thru the checkout.
Translation: "I was smitten with her beauty and charm but when I finally got up the courage and asked her out on a date she rolled her eyes, laughed hysterically with her cheerleader friends and then had her jock boyfriend and two of his buddies hang me from a fence by my Underoos...The memory still hurts. Bad."
"Big deal?" No... Just 60 to 70 minutes (RT) out of my day that I would prefer to spend otherwise. Versus 8 miles/10 minutes RT on decent road to DGM...
Have averaged 100 miles, 2+ hours, per day RT for work for past 26 years. My tolerance for idiots on the roadways is wearing thin. Anything I can do to reduce wind shield time is good.
Captain of the high school cheerleading squad now is a cashier at one those local stores. She was gonna be somebody back in the day. Now she looks like Learherface from Texas chainsaw massacre. Covered in tatts, smokers deep raspy voice.
I chuckle when I go thru the checkout.
Translation: "I was smitten with her beauty and charm but when I finally got up the courage and asked her out on a date she rolled her eyes, laughed hysterically with her cheerleader friends and then had her jock boyfriend and two of his buddies hang me from a fence by my Underoos...The memory still hurts. Bad."
Wrong, keep trying. I was already dating a much smarter and better looking young woman.
Don't project the years of rejection you endured upon me with a snarky barb. Too bad you had to finally settle for the prune faced mole you're anchored to now. How much did it cost for you to adopt her anyway?
