walmart is here!

[popinfresh]

But both of the companies you listed as alternatives to Wal-Mart (Safeway and Costco) allow their employees to form unions, and as a result the employees receive reasonable pay, benefits, and protections that are not available to Wal-Mart employees.

I feel much better about protecting middle class jobs by shopping at either of the alternatives you list.

I see your point.

But really. If you wanted to protect middle class jobs you'd shop at walmart. As you said, the alternatives have better benefits and protection, if walmart employees have none then you're not doing their middle class job any favour by shopping elsewhere

 

[popinfresh]

the point is that once the local guy is gone the hmv feels less need to stock anything that doesn't sell bunches......no competition means higher prices+fewer choices long term

I'm not defending HMV or anything in my post, as I said, I normally wouldn't shop there. FWIW I don't see any major price hike (most CD's are pretty cheap at work, plus lots of deals on them too) and you could order in almost any CD you like as long as it's not on a small indie label (who knows maybe you could, haven't worked there that long), but for CD's like that you'd be wanting to get them from a local shop anyway.

I don't really see the problem though. The vast majority of people don't want small local bands on CD's, they want what's popular. My HMV at least hardly sells CD's as is (DVD's are a bigger seller), so of course they're going to try sell what people will buy. Otherwise they'd hardly sell any CD's at all.

Back home (I only know of one small CD shop here in Calgary sso can't really compare, and couldn't get a job there), all the local shops prices are higher (either a little or a lot) over the big guys like JB Hi Fi, yet I still support them because most are people active in the local music industry and I want to give them a go.

 

[Darkstrike]

"high class" grocery stores have a couple of expensive brand names (Coca Cola, Pepsi) and couple more of inexpensive brands... as cheap and "terrible" as Aldis River cola.

I'm drinkin' that stuff right now, its not bad.
Is it Lidl, or Aldi that sell "Golden Sun" burbon, because at a third the price here, 20 eurs cheaper, its near, if not exactly the same as Jack Daniels, yum!

We have ab Aldi's here too, but I've only been inside once. It's as you describe, with only house brands, and most of the signs are handmade, the store is clean but very simply laid out, just sort of.....there. Nothing special at all, a place that's easy to forget or overlook in the first place.

Thats exactly it. Nothing special, completley designed as a in and out with what you came there for approach.

 

[popinfresh]

Thats exactly it. Nothing special, completley designed as a in and out with what you came there for approach.

I actually found that the best thing about Aldi when traveling cheap. I knew what I needed for the next few days or week and I went in and got it. That way i'd stick to budget and not get distracted by all the big brand advertising. Besides with the money I saved shopping there I could usually buy a few treats extra still without going over budget.

 

[Darkstrike]

I actually found that the best thing about Aldi when traveling cheap. I knew what I needed for the next few days or week and I went in and got it. That way i'd stick to budget and not get distracted by all the big brand advertising. Besides with the money I saved shopping there I could usually buy a few treats extra still without going over budget.

Yup! Plus, with no one really looking at brands, pricing stuff, comparing etc. you seem to be in and out in minutes compared to a normal store.

One thing that can get me is the big tubs of gummys for like 2 bucks, damn' I'm addicted!

 

[Quadcam]

They do control a big chunk of the US economy, buy sheer sales volume they pretty much control what is made where around the world. They provide the gateway for Countries like China to really tap into the US market.

They are the number one supplier in the United States for clothing,sporting goods,groceries and toys and they can decide where to get their supplies and they are actually able to drive US suppliers out of business by going to overseas manufacturers

the info they're able to collect from shoppers is pretty amazing
"Wal-Mart has access to information about a broad slice of America - from individual Social Security and driver's license numbers to geographic proclivities for Mallomars, or lipsticks, or jugs of antifreeze. The data are gathered item by item at the checkout aisle, then recorded, mapped and updated by store, by state, by region.

By its own count, Wal-Mart has 460 terabytes of data stored on Teradata mainframes, made by NCR, at its Bentonville headquarters. To put that in perspective, the Internet has less than half as much data, according to experts. "

 

[Papazita]

Will a WalMart in India sell clothes...made in India?

 

[Papazita]

Was that store connected with this: http://www.aldi.com.

Actually, that chain of grocery stores are not that bad.
The food is actually of rather good quality.
All cheap brands in there mostly come from Germany.

On topic... an Aldi is nothing like a Walmart.

We have an Aldi's where I live in Ohio. Oddly enough, it's right next to Wal-Mart.
Our's isn't that bad of a store. Just don't buy produce from them; it will be bad before you get it home!
Last year, they started selling alcohol. I found a sake that absolutely kicks butt. Better than anything at the liquor store.

The only bad thing about shopping out our Aldi's is the Amish often shop there...before the monthly bath day.

 

[thehangingmist]

Will a WalMart in India sell clothes...made in India?

thats what am waiting to find out!

 

[René_Julien]

I'm drinkin' that stuff right now, its not bad.
Is it Lidl, or Aldi that sell "Golden Sun" burbon, because at a third the price here, 20 eurs cheaper, its near, if not exactly the same as Jack Daniels, yum!

Never heard of it. Never been inside a Lidle.
The whiskey and bourbon from Aldi I don't like (it' called Scothman or somting like that). Their whiskey isn't that much cheaper than J&B or Four Roses Bourbon (is that from Kentucky or Tenessee?) so I rather buy that in a liquor store.

Yup! Plus, with no one really looking at brands, pricing stuff, comparing etc. you seem to be in and out in minutes compared to a normal store.

One thing that can get me is the big tubs of gummys for like 2 bucks, damn' I'm addicted!

They don't have that here.

That's anothere thing, not every Aldi carries the same items, even one 20km away from another. Where I live know I can buy cheap good tequilla and where I used to live they never had it in store.


During my bachelor days I love Aldi. There was one about 200 meters from my door.
They also offer some fastfood complete meals. The chili with rice is quite good, so is the tagliatelli bolognese.
As Darkstrike said: the layout is cool. You go in, get out. Only disadvantage of not lingering by the products is that the waiting lines at the cash registers are relatively long.

We have an Aldi's where I live in Ohio. Oddly enough, it's right next to Wal-Mart.
Our's isn't that bad of a store. Just don't buy produce from them; it will be bad before you get it home!
Last year, they started selling alcohol. I found a sake that absolutely kicks butt. Better than anything at the liquor store.

The only bad thing about shopping out our Aldi's is the Amish often shop there...before the monthly bath day.

Over the quality of food we can't complain here.
Just the vegetables are of lesser quality.


Believe it or not I am quite the cook.
I once made dinner for some friends with all the ingredients coming from there. Everyone said it was very tasteful.



Are we about to start an Aldi fanclub?

 

[Darkstrike]

Never heard of it. Never been inside a Lidle.

Not missing anything, almost exact Aldi twin, just the brand names are different, and they have that awesome Golden Sun whiskey for 10 bucks, here, they're actually like 5 mins from each other, so we do half our shopping in each, as they both are cheaper in certain items(yet they are the same stuff with different lables).

That's anothere thing, not every Aldi carries the same items, even one 20km away from another. Where I live know I can buy cheap good tequilla and where I used to live they never had it in store.

Yup, theres a type of potatoe chips/crisps that I utterly adore, but they're in the Aldi thats over an hour away, rather than the one 10 mins away.

During my bachelor days I love Aldi. There was one about 200 meters from my door.
They also offer some fastfood complete meals. The chili with rice is quite good, so is the tagliatelli bolognese.
As Darkstrike said: the layout is cool. You go in, get out. Only disadvantage of not lingering by the products is that the waiting lines at the cash registers are relatively long.

Their version of Pot Noodle is probably nicer than the propper stuff!
The thing about the long lines, since there's no price checks and stuff, being all one brand, they move pretty fast too.

Are we about to start an Aldi fanclub?

I'm game!

 

[thehangingmist]

oh no!

 

[rustynuts]

Their whiskey isn't that much cheaper than J&B or Four Roses Bourbon (is that from Kentucky or Tenessee?) so I rather buy that in a liquor store.

Four Roses is made right here in the town I live in, Bardstown, Kentucky, which has the nickname 'Bourbon Capitol of the World'. I drive past the distillery several times a day, along with several others. The town/city is filled with them.

 

[René_Julien]

Four Roses is made right here in the town I live in, Bardstown, Kentucky, which has the nickname 'Bourbon Capitol of the World'. I drive past the distillery several times a day, along with several others. The town/city is filled with them.

Sounds like I know where my next vacation is going to be.
Four Roses is great, but if you guys have other bourbons I'd give them a shot too.

 

[rustynuts]

Wild Turkey, Old Granddad, Heaven Hill, Maker's Mark is right down the road, and I pass Jim Beam every night on my way to work. Several others in town too.

 

[Darkstrike]

Wild Turkey, Old Granddad, Heaven Hill, Maker's Mark is right down the road, and I pass Jim Beam every night on my way to work. Several others in town too.

*shivers*

 

[warwick.hoy]

Four Roses is made right here in the town I live in, Bardstown, Kentucky, which has the nickname 'Bourbon Capitol of the World'. I drive past the distillery several times a day, along with several others. The town/city is filled with them.

Wild Turkey, Old Granddad, Heaven Hill, Maker's Mark is right down the road, and I pass Jim Beam every night on my way to work. Several others in town too.

Yes, Yes, but can you drink it there?


(being totally ignorant of which counties are dry in Kentucky)

 

[Snakeman1066]

Wild Turkey, Old Granddad, Heaven Hill, Maker's Mark is right down the road, and I pass Jim Beam every night on my way to work. Several others in town too.

Didn't Haven Hill catch on Fire a few years ago?....I seem to remember it being on the news when i was up visiting my parents....

anyway makers Mark IMHO is the best out of all of those brands...

 

[rustynuts]

Yes, Yes, but can you drink it there?


(being totally ignorant of which counties are dry in Kentucky)

Oh yeah. Hardin County, one over from us, is a dry county though.

Didn't Haven Hill catch on Fire a few years ago?....I seem to remember it being on the news when i was up visiting my parents....

anyway makers Mark IMHO is the best out of all of those brands...

One of the warehouses did. Distilleries are usually quite a few buildings scattered over a large area around here.

And Maker's Mark is, arguably, the best bourbon period.

 

[Darkstrike]

And Maker's Mark is, arguably, the best bourbon period.

I'll have to add that to my shopping list!