[Vision2020] Wal-Mart meeting

[keely emerinemix]

I think this is unfair.  Safeway's prices are usually pretty good, just as 
Rosauer's are, and sometimes they're both even better than Winco.  Sometimes 
not.  Contrary to what Courtney says, those of us who are opposed to a 
WalMart Supercenter aren't trying to reduce your shopping choices -- there 
is a WalMart here already, and you can buy your pop and buns wherever you 
want.  The WalMart battle is about something else entirely, and unfairly 
maligning grocery stores is a poor way to make the pro-WalMart  point you 
want to.

I live right by Safeway, and so I shop there most often.  For all it's 
worth, I think the service there is great, especially in pharmacy, deli and 
produce.  If you want to shop at WalMart -- the one we have right here -- go 
ahead.  But please don't plan your monthly budget around the beneficient 
presence in your life that is WalMart, because there's very little evidence 
that WalMart is interested in yours or anyone else's wellbeing.

keely




From: Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>
To: Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com>, vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Wal-Mart meeting
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 22:20:04 -0800 (PST)

"And just what is Safeway?"

   Safeway  is a giant convenience store that poor people cannot afford. 
Many of  their customers only go there to save time from running across 
town.  Compare, Safeway- $4.50 for a lb of meat, and  $5.50 for a 12 pack  
of soda. $2 for a bag of hamburger buns. Compare to Wal-Mart or Win-Co,  $5 
for a 20 pack of soda, 68 cents for a bag of hamburger buns, and  $2.25 for 
lb a meat. Feeding a family on $200 a month, what would you  do? Wal-Mart, 
Win-Co, and Safeway get almost all of their food goods  from US and Canadian 
farmers. I go to Safeway because it is close to my  apartment. There prices 
are through the roof, and their lines are long  and slow. Not to mention I 
frequently catch them ringing my food up for  a higher price then they 
advertised it to be, I caught them three times  in one month overcharging 
me, then you have to argue with over it,  and  half the time the price 
difference is not worth the arguing.  I will say though that Eric, the 
general manager, is nice guy.
  Wal-Mart  coming in on the east side will save me no less than $75 a 
month, and  for a college student, that is a great deal of money.

   -DJA



Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:                    
st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }                    Arnold stated:

     “So my guess is that it [addition of  a Wal-Mart superstore] would have 
the same impact as it is having now with one  exception;

     The only thing new is a grocery store on  the east side of town.”

     And just what is Safeway?

     Tom Hansen
     Moscow, Idaho

         “I  think one of the best ways to support education is to make 
successful  private schools like Logos prosper through tax exemption.”

   - Donovan Arnold (July 11, 2005)






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