Reply #34: Wal-Mart "Neighborhood" Grocery Store [View All]

One of those just opened about 1/4 mile away from me, in a building that had previously been an Albertsons.

I went in just to check it out when it opened. It looks like it's half-owned by Tyson foods. Cheap prices, hardly any variety. And none of the people I saw shopping there looked like anyone I'd ever seen in the building when it had been Albertsons.

I know it sounds snobby and elitist, but .. the area I live in is comprised of single professionals and lower-middle class families. If redneck Wal-mart patrons want to come shop here, I'm not bothered by that. What I would be bothered about is if the wine stores nearby switch from Stag's Leap to Boonesfarm to accomodate them, or have to move further into the 'burbs as low-end competitors come in, which they will if this Wal-Mart succeeds in becoming an "anchor."