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Originally Posted by CFrance (Post 1459071)

In Gracie's defense--and she and others know I'm not a Gracie sycophant--you frequently post mostly negative comments on TOTV. Comes across as a person negative about TV, with few if any positive comments.

Some of us get our hackles up against people who constantly complain. We acknowledge that TV is not perfect but don't care to run every single thing into the ground. Sometimes it makes us respond with maybe what you should hear from an opposing view?

JMO

Perhaps my expectations are higher than others??? When they said that the Neighborhood Market was going to be a Walmart with just food, I'm thinking great! I expected it to be much like the other Walmart minus the other stuff. When I walk in a building that appears to be much smaller, isles narrow and choice limited I was let down. Am I happy it's here...heck yes but it will not serve the purpose I had expected it to serve.

As for my other negative comments, when I go into stores here and compare them with the same stores in different cities, we have the short end of the stick. They seem to build smaller versions of stores here. We have a growing population and are already overwhelmed with people in the winter. It just seems that the buildings are not sufficient for our growth. It's disappointing.

There's plenty I love about where I live and wouldn't change it. However, when I see things falling short, I voice my opinion. Everyone has an opinion. It's nobody's job to chastise me for doing so.

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Originally Posted by perrjojo (Post 1459076)

Migratory Humaniods. Now that’s funny! I don’t care who you are. If you can’t laugh...well, life can get hard.

That description tickled my funnybone.

The wife and I checked out the new store the other day and came away largely unimpressed. It was smaller than Neighborhood Wal-Marts we'd seen in North Carolina and the parking is kind of limited. I guess we prefer the greater selection we get at Publix or Winn Dixie. The prices may be better (I didn't really see any prices that knocked me out) but I'd rather go where I know I can get the specific products I want. The peanut butter chocolate chunk cookies we got were pretty good though.

Since several posters have mentioned the size of the new Walmart Market. I looked it up, and here are the sizes for comparison of stores in the southern area.

Walmart (New) 41,000 sf
Publix Traverse 46,000 sf
Publix Colony 54,340 sf
Publix Deaton 54,000 sf

I liked the new store. It should save us the 9 mile trip each way to the Wedgewood Lane store. Most of the stuff looked for on Saturday they had. They didn't have any real sponges, they had about 6 different sponges with rough sides for scrubbing, but nothing for wiping a counter. The Walmart Sherbet they had Rainbow and Orange, they didn't have the biggest seller Raspberry. I also didn't see any of the really good bakery pies, I had just picked up one last week lemon Meringue from Wedgewood store and it was great and only cost $4.98. I figured they'll be getting more items as the store settles in.

Nice to have another grocery store before the dislocated homo sapiens return from the northernmost regions.

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Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1459981)

Nice to have another grocery store before the dislocated homo sapiens return from the northernmost regions.

Who? Now that's funny!:a20:

Ms. KC went there yesterday to shop and really liked it; bear in mind that we are just common Midwestern folk and don't require high end stores packed with lots of high dollar fluff.

We went Sunday for the second time, just to check out the Liquor Store. Prices didn't impress me. We did pick up a couple bottles of wine. One of them had a $1 discount hanger on it. The clerk did not know how to process the hanger through the cash register. She said she hadn't gotten a lot of training (seems strange since they only assign one employee to the store). She ended up giving us $1 out of her purse saying she was sure they would reimburse her....I sure hope so.

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Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1459981)

Nice to have another grocery store before the dislocated homo sapiens return from the northernmost regions.

Very nice try Gracie! :ho:
But you can't beat TimeforChange's description of "migratory humanoids".
I love the expression, it makes me laugh. And I'm one of them! :pepper2:

Right ON Always someone that think they are much smarter than the professionals
and others will complain about anything.

Today, I visited the neighborhood Walmart. It was clean and well stocked. The parking situation wasn't bad at all. I breezed through the checkout in a few minutes. There were plenty of customers but not mobbed. I say it's an excellent addition to the area.

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Originally Posted by Jima64 (Post 1438820)

Love my walmart, crowds and all.

Me Too!!!

We make an early trip to the neighborhood Walmart yesterday. Crowd was light at 9:00 am in the morning. Mrs. Jim was not impressed with the store and she said prices were higher than what we paid for same in Illinois this summer. I was impressed with the gas station (price too) so filled the tank as we left for the Village of LaBelle. Although not a big fan of Walmart, perhaps we will give it another try. Publix is also close by “where shopping is a pleasure”.

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Originally Posted by justjim (Post 1462108)

ask her what taxes were like in the land of lincoln?

Now that the Neighborhood Market has been open a while, have any of the shoppers on TOTV conducted a price comparison with a Supercenter?

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Originally Posted by Mrs. Robinson (Post 1438956)

Walmart beats the price on many items compared to other stores. However, those who have a prejudice regarding Walmart, probably have a well-founded prejudice.

There is a huge difference between a Walmart Super Store and a Walmart Neighborhood Market, other than the size of the store.

Walmart Neighborhood stores are traditionally, much more expensive than the Super Stores. My guess is to be prepared for these stores to be on a parallel with Publix, price-wise.

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Originally Posted by Wiotte (Post 1439017)

I just did a quick search to see if the neighborhood stores are more EXPENSIVE than the superstores. Doesn't seem to bear that out. My wife knows prices, we will see.

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Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1439028)

Here is another article, this one from Business Insider, that says the prices are the same in Walmart Superstores and Neighborhood Walmarts;

Inside Wal-Mart's Neighborhood Markets - Business Insider

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Originally Posted by Mrs. Robinson (Post 1439262)

To those posters who have supplied articles, comments and questions regarding the price comparisons between the WalMart Supercenters and Neighborhood Markets, I can only say my comments are from my own experience.

I have shopped Walmarts in Pompano Beach; Deerfield Beach; Boca Raton; Coconut Creek; Hypoluxo, Florida, in Louisiana, Nevada and probably even more of their stores than that, but these are the ones that quickly come to mind. I have shopped WalMart for many years -- not because I like the store (because I don't!), but because there are certain items I buy on an ongoing basis, and for these items their prices are the lowest.

When I have shopped for the items I usually buy in quantity, I have found their Neighborhood Market to be higher in price than the Supercenter.

The only thing I can say to those who have criticized me for my opinion, is that everyone, including me, will have to play the wait and see game regarding prices at the new store.

I will say without equivocation, that prices throughout Walmart, from one store to another, are not the same on many items. This is a fact.