A short little survey if you don’t mind…

@MarieCoyle I see a lot of the greeters at Walmart are older people. In talking to them, they have been retired, but needed to make a little extra money. That always made me sad, and I wondered if Walmart was the only one who would hire them because of ageism.

Yeah, I understand that.

I do realize that some people live places that Walmart has killed most of the other stores, so now they have to shop there, whether they like it or not. I know they ruined so many nice downtown areas as well. People who know me know that I detest Walmart with a passion. I used to live where there was a huge Walmart distribution center. Yes, they provided a lot of jobs, and yes, the pay wasn't terrible. But the work is very hard on bodies...I can think of many people there now on disability that had to have back surgery from lifting so much, loading pallets, etc. It's not all done by forklifts and such, some of it has to be done by hand. I've known many people who worked at Walmart. They were not treated well, nor paid well. I haven't been to one in a long, long time. If I never have to, that's just fine with me. But--I do have the option of other stores to get groceries, etc. from, and many do not. For now, I will just keep on avoiding Walmart.

We have a Target here too. It’s usually busier, but their employees seem happier.

@AmbiePam on the whole Target is better for in person shopping but Walmart is great for pick-up or delivery convenience (at least here)

I prefer Target to Walmart.

Wow, ASDA…I never would have made the connection there. That name just makes me think of the USDA.

@AmbiePam I get that association, too.

Interesting about the chicken. I rarely buy food if I find myself in a Walmart.

I just love the name, Piggly Wiggly.

@MarieCoyle My grannie always called it it Piggy Wiggy. When Nathan was about 3, he said indignantly, "You mean she can't say Pigawy Wigawy!"

I always go to Piggly Wiggly when I m in Panama City. I love to say ''goin' to the Piggly Wiggly' which to me is always hilarious, not sure why!

@MarieCoyle When we had K-Marts, our K-Marts were like that. Maybe that's why there are no more K-Marts.

I try to patronize smaller local businesses as much as possible.

I have one Walmart very close to me, and 3 more not far away. They are all kind of scary. Fights, the stores are grossly dirty, the lines are forever long, and the police are always there arresting someone. Even if I DID like Walmart, I would still shop somewhere else.

A whole lot of people really do love Aldi's.

@AmbiePam I think everyone that shops at Aldi loves it.

@RubyHawk Aldi has good house brands as well, for a LOT less money. I love Aldi.

I have to shop there because they are the cheapest. I used to have to go to the Supercenter, but now we have a Neighborhood Market, and they are really handy. Plus, they have several $4 prescriptions. Do you not have a car anymore?

@AmbiePam Oh no I have not had a car for what 12 years now.

@RebeccasFarm I just vaguely remember in a discussion you said something about your car, but you and I have been here so long it could have been at the beginning of the site’s creation. Do you take the bus to get to the doctor?

They truly are everywhere, aren’t they?

@AmbiePam Don't you think they planned it that way? Move into a town, have bargains, kill the downtown. Then (at least I see it a lot here in the Midwest) they move their stores from the original spot and build what they call a SuperCenter on the edge of the same town. Usually, the taxes are way less and they have already murdered the town's stores so they know that they will still have everyone's business.

@AmbiePam Like I said before, I do understand people have to go there, because they don't have choices. And Walmart has made sure they don't have them, which makes me kind of sad. It's so hard for the smaller stores to compete with them, because obviously they can't buy in massive amounts like Walmart can, so their prices are higher. Our Walmart stores here no longer have fabric departments. The Amish/Mennonite communities nearby have to go to Hobby Lobby or somewhere else to get their fabrics. Walmart sells sewing notions and other supplies, but not fabrics.

Have you heard what Target did? And they lost billions for doing it.

@just4him Oh, my. I don’t want to say it. But I strongly recommend typing in Target boycott online, and reading about it. It really won’t take long because you’ll get the gist in a few sentences.

@AmbiePam No, I didn't hear what Target did.

Oh, really? That’s interesting; thanks.

@AmbiePam yes

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@GoAskAlice okay

Do you have self checkout lanes too?

@mayka123 Oh, ok. I just wondered since self checkout lanes have helped speed up the lines here. Although, they are still long anyway.

@AmbiePam No we do not have self check out lanes in any of the supermarkets near my house. Am not too sure about other places.

I would love it if I could shop online more.

@rebelann With groceries I haven't found any place that takes food stamps over the internet.

You don't have to answer but I am curious why you can't?

I knew Aldi originated in Germany, and am glad it made it's way over here. I greatly appreciate that they charge you a quarter for a shopping cart to ensure you will return it, and not leave the cart in the parking lot.

@AmbiePam All our grocery stores do the same, we have to insert a coin and collect the coin when we put the cart back. I often find coins on the floor where people bring back the carts.

@AmbiePam I like this, too. We have Ruler stores, very similar to Aldi, that do the quarter-cart thing. It really does cut down on all the carts in the parking lots rolling around--I wish all grocery stores did that.

Yeah, I imagine it’s like that for a lot of people.

@wolfgirl569 We don’t have either of those, and I don’t know why. We have Crest grocery stores. Do you have that chain of grocery markets?

@AmbiePam We have Meijer and Kroger also. Both big stores

I was always curious about Instacart.

@RasmaSandra I used the Wal-Mart delivery option for awhile, but they kept delivering my groceries to the wrong address. A couple of times I got someone else's groceries. Eventually, I decided I had to start shopping myself in person.

@AmbiePam as I said expensive, charge quite a bit to serve, and add all kinds of extra charges From what I remember they have deliver fee, service fee, and then you tip the shopper and as I said I was also charged a bit for gas and then I had, had enough. With Walmart there is a delivery fee but the tip for the driver I can adjust how I want and do not have to pay a certain percentage

Do you prefer the Supercenter over the Neighborhood Market?

@JESSY3236

@AmbiePam I like the supercenter better because they have more variety of cat food.