[rjn5656]

Just wondering if anyone knew what they were building on the corner by Shooters World?

[Wing-nut2]

7-11 or a 7-11 type business. A gas station.

[RICH1]

Mr. Patel cornered the market

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Wing-nut2

7-11 or a 7-11 type business. A gas station.

Yup. GoldWingNut talked about it in one of his recent videos...

[davem4616]

Originally Posted by Wing-nut2

7-11 or a 7-11 type business. A gas station.

hope they are successful hiring help

that seems to be one of the biggest challenges for businesses around here

with all the growth, the 'local employee pool' seems to be running dry....add to that the number of people that for some reason are choosing to not work (but getting money from somewhere)

[EdFNJ]

Originally Posted by davem4616

hope they are successful hiring help

that seems to be one of the biggest challenges for businesses around here

with all the growth, the 'local employee pool' seems to be running dry....add to that the number of people that for some reason are choosing to not work (but getting money from somewhere)

Likely because "around here" most of the people are old and retired and not in the workforce. Not sure what percentage of total population from Sumter and the close-by portion of Lake & Marion counties are from The Villages but I would think it is large enough to would water down the gas station & fast food related employment around here. Not sure how many young'uns are looking to travel 40 miles to work here especially with gas costs. Besides, many of those in the gas station and fast food working age group are in school during the day. The further you head away from The Villages the closer to "normal" the employment is. Just as an example, the 3 Starbucks around here (as is Dunkin' and Panera) are having a terrible time getting help and are often closed or partially closed but head up past Leesburg and it's not nearly as bad a problem there. Same if you go into towns like Ocala and Gainesville where the population is very different from here and the gas stations and fast food places are doing much better than here with full employment.

[mikreb]

Costco

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by EdFNJ

Likely because "around here" most of the people are old and retired and not in the workforce. Not sure what percentage of total population from Sumter and the close-by portion of Lake & Marion counties are from The Villages but I would think it is large enough to would water down the gas station & fast food related employment around here. Not sure how many young'uns are looking to travel 40 miles to work here especially with gas costs. Besides, many of those in the gas station and fast food working age group are in school during the day. The further you head away from The Villages the closer to "normal" the employment is. Just as an example, the 3 Starbucks around here (as is Dunkin' and Panera) are having a terrible time getting help and are often closed or partially closed but head up past Leesburg and it's not nearly as bad a problem there. Same if you go into towns like Ocala and Gainesville where the population is very different from here and the gas stations and fast food places are doing much better than here with full employment.

Then how were these local places finding people to work "pre-covid"?

[Northwoods]

Originally Posted by mikreb

Costco

Darn.... you beat me to it. I was going to say COSTCO.

[richdell]

Trader Joe's

[gbs317]

Oh Thank Heaven it’s…

[GOLFER54]

An unemployment office

[Don5154]

Originally Posted by rjn5656

Just wondering if anyone knew what they were building on the corner by Shooters World?

7/11 is my understanding

[coconutmama]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

Then how were these local places finding people to work "pre-covid"?

I believe that there were fewer businesses, so the workforce was not spread as thin.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by coconutmama

I believe that there were fewer businesses, so the workforce was not spread as thin.

They haven't opened THAT many new businesses in the last 2-3 years...

In fact, more probably have closed than have opened...