From: "Gary Britt" 

No nuance needed.  I'm in favor of competition on the basis of price.  That
means I'm in favor of Wal Mart.  Suppliers will compete as best they can.
Its not a matter of a few pennies here and there in savings.  Its a matter
of several hundreds of dollars per month for a family of 4.  The multiple
by millions of families.  The few jobs lost to outsourcing will be replaced
with other jobs funded by the spending of the additional disposable income
not wasted on overpriced food and other products.

Cheers,

Gary 

"John Beamish"  wrote in
message news:41190b2f{at}w3.nls.net...
> Using Wal-Mart directly and indirectly causes outsourcing.  The pressure
> from Wal-Mart to suppliers to wring out the last cent of costs often
forces
> the suppliers to outsource off-shore the manufacture.
>
> So ... tens of millions of American (and Canadian) consumers save a few
> pennies here and a few pennies there while thousands of Americans (and
> Canadians) see their jobs evaporate.
>
> What's the call:  don't offer goods at the lowest price (and keep the jobs
> here) or offer them at the lowest price (and lose the jobs).
>
> (Think "nuance".)
>
>
> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
> news:4118f9ef{at}w3.nls.net...
> > Publix are good stores.  One of my preferences when a super Wal Mart is
> not
> > available, but the Super Wal Marts are significantly cheaper that Publix
> as
> > well.  Wal Mart will have some things as much as 40% and 50% cheaper
than
> > other food stores.  Somethings will only be 10% cheaper.  A few might be
> > comparably prices.  Probably an average of 20% cheaper.  These are just
> > non-scientific guesses on my part.
> >
> > Gary
> >
> > "Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
> > news:4118f180{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > I don't know about your Super Wal-Mart, but prices have been going up
> > > QUICKLY here, especially on milk, cheese, etc.  We've seen prices on
the
> > > packaged shredded cheese go from $1.97 to almost $3.00, along with
other
> > > things as well.  Not sure what's going on, but recently we did a run
> > through
> > > Publix, and realized that at least at this point, the prices were more
> > > similar than they used to be.
> > >
> > > Other things in the store were far better, but the food is getting
very
> > > close to the other stores now.  Competition is a good
thing.....
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Glenn M.
> > >
> > >
> > > "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
> > > news:4118415e$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > > That's WAY more than we pay here in South Georgia at
the local Super
> Wal
> > > > Mart.  If you don't have a Super Wal Mart, you NEED ONE
FAST.  Once
> you
> > > get
> > > > over the few things you hate (for me its dealing with the parking
lot)
> > you
> > > > really do save a LOT of money on food and many other things.  I
really
> > > laugh
> > > > at the TV when I see these communities shooting themselves in the
foot
> > by
> > > > fighting for higher prices to keep the big corporations with
> entrenched
> > > > union labor from having to compete with Wal Mart.  In order to
protect
> a
> > > few
> > > > hundred union guys, they condemn the entire city or community to
> > > > significantly higher prices on all their food and many
other things.
> > > >
> > > > Gary
> > > >
> > > > "Steve Ewing"  wrote in message
> > > > news:opscht5dbzsagvys{at}news.barkto.com...
> > > > > On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 18:11:55 -0400, Gary Britt
> 
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I don't know for sure, but I do know that
Milk is less or almost
> > less
> > > > pero
> > > > > > gallon than gasoline, sadly.  Somewhere
around 1.80  to 2.20 per
> > > gallon
> > > > > > depending on where you shop would be my
guess.  We don't buy
> sugar.
> > > > > > Gary
> > > > >
> > > > > Curiously enough, I was just at the supermarket
tonight with the
> wife
> > > (as
> > > > > cart-pusher and money-carrier), and while I nodded, nearly
napping,
> I
> > > > > pondered over the "what price for a gallon of
milk?  Or a dozen
> eggs?"
> > > > > questions candidates get asked, and here I was,
paying the bill,
and
> I
> > > > > wasn't sure, so I looked: $3.30-odd for a gallon
of milk.  The
> > > half-gallon
> > > > > of whole milk I bought cost $2.39.
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Steve 
> > > > > http://www.qmss.com/sewing
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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