Let this be a lesson to everybody,support your local stores!

@rogersmith7808

2 жыл бұрын

Why when you can go to a larger store with cheaper prices and much better selection? Look at that ugly, filthy grocery store that guy was running. Obviously he wasn't putting any profits back into the business to make it more appealing.

@mad0scientist

Жыл бұрын

Yes, the town where I live had this happen.

@fladave99

Жыл бұрын

Chinese takeover.. America falls to thunderous applause.

@bnferguson9827

Жыл бұрын

@@mad0scientist damn shame

@bnferguson9827

Жыл бұрын

@@fladave99 yep

I love that the guy won't open his store back up, serves those people right for abandoning him, you reap what you sow.

@Revkor

6 жыл бұрын

yet if he reopened they would likely come back and stay.

@stuffsilikestowatches5562

4 жыл бұрын

The reality is that he probably can't afford to reopen. It's a small town and he probably doesn't have the money to reopen.

@DavidSmith-sb2ix

4 жыл бұрын

@@Revkor Until another big store came in.

@METALMAN4Wii

2 жыл бұрын

Vengeance Is More Powerful Than Forgiveness!

@swallowedinthesea11

2 жыл бұрын

@@METALMAN4Wii That's not the Jedi way.

The guy had no plans to reopen. I guess when nobody came, he felt stabbed in the back. Store ran in his community for 60 years, all of a sudden people up and left to go to a foreign store to buy groceries. Owner went bankrupt. You sell out, you pay for it.

@allgoo1930

6 жыл бұрын

rmisionero says: "The guy had no plans to reopen. I guess when nobody came, he felt stabbed in the back..." == The way I see it, the guy dug his own grave by not having good business sense. First, he shouldn't have kept his business for 9 months after the -mart came in. It's not like he never heard of what was going to happen when the -mart came in to other cities and towns. He could have closed his store even before the -mart came in and save some money for other ventures. Second, now the -mart went out the town he has a great business opportunity but he doesn't see that way. If he had saved some money as I said above, he could have reopened it right away before anybody else comes in for total monopoly in town. Giving up the opportunity to somebody else, without fighting.

@User-nu6km

6 жыл бұрын

"foreign store"??? walmart is owner by americans.

@allgoo1930

6 жыл бұрын

Beryllium says: ""foreign store"??? walmart is owner by americans." == I think he meant out of town store. Most people know Walmart is based in US. At least they started their business in Arkansas.

@allgoo1930

6 жыл бұрын

John Hull says: "allgoo19 Wal Mart is run by the jews" == Is that ethnic jew or religious jew you are talking about. Are you a parrot just keep repeating what others say and you've heard? What "Jews" mean to you?

@rmisionero

6 жыл бұрын

Foreign as in: strange, not from here. Walmart was founded by Sam Walton, this I already knew. However, it was a juggernaut that killed small businesses across the US. If you go to other countries, there are literally millions of different stores that towns would have, and Walmart is not known. I lived in Mexico, where Walmart has a presence, but the main competition is the small stores and individual families that outprice Walmart because of the availability of farmers willing to work with small distributors and small business owners. Here, farmers, producers, and factories all have exclusive contracts to large corporations with big money to keep them exclusive, so that small business owners would have to go through big corporations to get those same things at a much higher price because of that. That is where the manufacturer retail price comes in, it is the minimum price that small business owners can sell those products and make a marginal profit. Big box stores like Walmart sells below that price because of the exclusive contracts that they bought to buy the manufacturer's product at a much lower price. Because of that huge discount, Walmart makes a bigger profit even if they sell it at 20% less than the small businesses do. This is why when people want to buy things, food or economical clothing, they go to Walmart. This is how America works. The best capitalist wins and the small business owner loses. This happened because government officials and politicians have been paid off to quietly pass laws that allow corporations to monopolize and gain unfair advantage over distribution rights. Why this is so foreign is because it is becoming like a communist country where we solely depend on Walmart for everything: food, clothing, household items, electronics, furniture, gas, jewelry, automotive, etc. Tell me all the stores you go to for anything, most people say that they only go to Walmart, and not because it is the cheapest, but it is because it is the only store available, and I am not talking about cities, I am talking about small towns like this, all across America. Once a Walmart appears, everyone stops going to the stores they use to go to. America is turning into a third world country because of corporations like this: all money going to corporate heads, and stores filled with underpaid employees. America is going into the trash because of it, and the idiot rich think that having all the money makes them richer, when in fact it makes the money worth less because people have less access to use it.

"Walmart didn't make Pettits close, you people who quit coming made Pettits close" yup

@cs0345

6 жыл бұрын

Why didn't he consider how he could make his business better and attract more customers? He sounds like someone who keeps blaming everyone else but himself.

@Dicknballz52

5 жыл бұрын

tree fiddy because he could not take advantage of things like outsourcing to inhuman Chinese labor. Did you ever stop and ask yourself as to why people in America cant compete with people who will work for dirt?

@garyb8186

5 жыл бұрын

Walmart gets their product cheaper then the small stores, they also tell the supplier not to sell to anybody else on certain products. @@cs0345

@Westsoid2009

5 жыл бұрын

@@cs0345 So what's he supposed to do, lower his prices to where he loses money?

@vinloy23

5 жыл бұрын

Humans are selfish and look after their shrinking pockets only. Now they pay the price.

What I miss about the local store is the sense of neighborhood. We knew the owner of the store, the people who worked there, and most of the customers. The butcher would cut to your order and the high school kid would load your car for you. We lost it all when a chain store moved into our little town with its cold business like atmosphere. How’s the song go? “You never know what you’ve got till it’s gone”

@wh3139

2 жыл бұрын

insightful 🚫🧢

@muffs55mercury61

Жыл бұрын

Or you never miss the water until the well runs dry....you never miss your love until they say goodbye.

@MTknitter22

Жыл бұрын

That was the case in America for the bakers, shoe stores, bookstores, as well as grocery.

@kurrie3280

Жыл бұрын

You lost it because people liked the prices and products at the chain store better. You people try to make it sound like the chain stores somehow force people to shop with them.

@muffs55mercury61

Жыл бұрын

@@kurrie3280 Lack of customer loyalty forces the other stores to close. I've been to places where that did not happen as the customers stuck with the local outlets rather than the chain or box stores.

People should have remained loyal to the mom & pop store.. To hell with those corporate snakes. Now you have time travel 44 miles for groceries.. That's a shame..

@ericzerkle5214

6 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@CaptainViral84

6 жыл бұрын

just to let you know some thing, the evil Walmart that you claim is ironically started out as a mom and pop store USA then it grew so much because the quality and service that was producing out pacing other stores in the area then the brick and mortar shop had to expand and develop or face economic natural selection.

@faerefolke

6 жыл бұрын

CaptainViral84 Guess what? That is a by gone time. Wal-Mart grew into a monster. Under and sometimes unpaid employees, pollution, sweat shops, mass layoffs despite record profits. Oh, and they also desicrated native burial grounds and built the stores on top of them.

@dalbailey858

6 жыл бұрын

The Mom and Pop stores rarely had lower prices, they also paid as low as Walmart and gave no benefits either........It's not their fault that the town hasn't grown. That's due to the town not attracting more people or businesses....

@brbjuke45

6 жыл бұрын

Blacbutaflyy2 um. I like saving

Damn lol he called everybody out

@VietboyGamerUSA

6 жыл бұрын

lol

@1MicrosoftCPU

6 жыл бұрын

"yall mada fakas stopped commiinng"

@t0ny260

6 жыл бұрын

LMFAO!!! He’s like ☕️🐸😌

@Mhats

6 жыл бұрын

he's like a coffee cup and frog and a yellow face... **me slapping you**

@t0ny260

6 жыл бұрын

MadHatterx I’m referring to a meme! You obviously don’t know that.

Walmart bankrupts businesses and once your town has no $$$ they pack up and leave. In walmarts eyes you are expendable.

@jackielinde7568

6 жыл бұрын

I don't know if this is true, so it'll require vetting. Many years ago, I heard that one of WalMart's strategies was to open a bunch of little stores in communities, forcing the closure of those communities stores. Then , they open a megacenter in the center of that cluster. With the megacenter built, they shut down the smaller WalMart stores and force everyone to shop at the megacenter. Again, take that with a grain of salt.

@4149stonepony

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, or they build a super-Walmart just outside of the town limits and leave the old wally world to rot into a dystopian paradise.

@XeonProductions

6 жыл бұрын

Opening a store just to squeeze a little cash out of a small town and then leaving doesn't make any sense. I have to wonder why Walmart didn't consider the amount of business it would receive before wasting time and money opening the store there in the first place.

@itslola8995

6 жыл бұрын

Manny Madrox do u mean asda

@georgfriedrichhandel4390

6 жыл бұрын

It is true Jack. 60 Minutes did a report on this phenomenon back in the 90s (I think the video of that report has been uploaded here on KZread). This is why many other communities have refused to allow Walmart to open stores because of its predatory practices.

Walmart doesn't ruin lives; its the people who choose to buy from places like Walmart that do. Hold yourselves accountable and do what you think is right, people! You are partly to blame for your own downfall!

@kurrie3280

Жыл бұрын

@@D1008W Many people wallow in their nostalgia for the 'good old days' and forget how correct your comments are.

@stick9648

Жыл бұрын

Obama care is the Walmart of healthcare, wait til that closes , and all records are leaked .

That closed Walmart store in Whitewright, Texas has since reopened as a Spring Market grocery store.

@sheliamccullough9418

6 жыл бұрын

lukesams2 good

@eden20111

6 жыл бұрын

lukesams2 same here in Iowa Louisiana! I love it more than the Walmart market

@chicagogyrl7849

6 жыл бұрын

This is the way it is when you in a chappy hillbilly town.

@mxferro

6 жыл бұрын

Is it employee owned?...cause if not..this BS can just happen ALLL over again.

@vipermate7_175

6 жыл бұрын

@@eden20111 you are in iowa louisiana too? holy cow! this place is like a ghost town

This is there fault they chose to shop at walmart instead of keeping it faithful to there local grocery store.

@clerickolter

6 жыл бұрын

That stores prices couldn't have been that bad plums for 99 cents a pound in season is a fair price.

@dogguy8603

6 жыл бұрын

its called market forces, you buy the least expensive product, it is how the market works

@chilolo1418

6 жыл бұрын

Good point Anthony Roberts and dog guy.

@Cerulean0987

6 жыл бұрын

*their

@ShivamPatel-hc8gk

6 жыл бұрын

And "market forces" have consequences. That's why we laws governing economics like minimum wage and government regulated utilities. The people have a choice to shop at wal-mart and they chose not to so their neighbor who owned the grocery store had to shut down.

That lady has no right to be angry. Walmart has every right to pick up and leave if they want to, they owe you nothing they are a private business. You should have kept loyal to the mom and pop shops in your community.

@IndianapolisAirportSpotter

6 жыл бұрын

Here's another question. If that property just got built, did the town/state give Walmart any incentives/tax breaks? There's a good number of unanswered questions here.

@Westsoid2009

5 жыл бұрын

It's okay to be angry at ruthless corporate greed.

@BlueJDMMR2

3 жыл бұрын

Don't defend soulless corporations. " The evil is not in Wal-Mart's beginning, but in where it inevitably led. One of the effects of a Wal-Mart on a town is that it will entirely seize all the goods and services of the business community without any particular dependence on the economy of the area. If that sounds like mere survival of the fittest, look at it this way: As Walmart Store #555 becomes the largest (and in some products, only) store in Dublin, New Hampshire, then Dublin depends entirely on Walmart... while Walmart continues to think of Dublin as merely Store #555. Should they ever make the decision to close the store (as they have in Nowata, Oklahoma; Hearne, Texas; or Grand Saline, Texas), then Dublin takes it in the shorts. The effect is not unlike a giant resting on a comfortable chair that breaks under the strain; the giant gets up and walks on to another place to sit; the chair's options are markedly less."

My dad lived in Oakwood, Texas which doesn't have a grocery store. He has to drive 21 miles to Buffalo to the Brooshire Bros. or 24 miles to Palestine to the Wal-Mart. So he plans his trips accordingly like back in the day when country folks went to town one day a week which was a Saturday.

@ronboerste1813

Жыл бұрын

The wife and I do that also so we can save gas as well thanks to that bonehead Biden🙄

@Damianoutlaw

Жыл бұрын

Oakwood up to no good

@maryannwaters339

Жыл бұрын

​@DonaldDonald-gv7ys I would rather have my privacy with no neighbors on 3 acres then having ppl above me, below me and beside me. I will drive the 20+ miles.

@MTknitter22

Жыл бұрын

@@maryannwaters339 yes and lots of rural places in Texas have grown a lot because LOTS of people now want that.

@maryannwaters339

Жыл бұрын

@@MTknitter22 And they should be vilified for their aspirations?🤔

I loved the way the grocery store owner blamed the local people, because it was really their fault for turning their back on him.

@MrDdooitt

Жыл бұрын

to be fair, walmart probably undercut his prices to close him down. The poor people just went for the cheaper prices.

@Falconlibrary

Жыл бұрын

60 years in business, good times and bad, the owners kept the doors open. And the people of that town ran Pettit's out of business in 9 months just to save a few bucks.

@bpavilion8994

Жыл бұрын

I know it's messed up, but how stores like Walmart wins is that yes they cut prices but also too, they can provide more variety, more so than a local mom and pop store can. That's one of the reasons why people still shop at Amazon...

Mr Pettit, as a fellow Texan, I applaud you for telling the plain truth. It was Whitewright’s PEOPLE who chose WAL-Mart instead of their local store who had been there for them for 69 years!

2 days later she’s at Walmart

@laureljade3476

6 жыл бұрын

I love how they're all "I'm never shopping here again" and they're back a couple days later.

@audste-9547

6 жыл бұрын

laurel jade lol I know right

@Hippielove90

6 жыл бұрын

I said this already in one comment. People say "I'm never coming back here again" and think they are upsetting the employees and company by saying that but in truth they don't care. Losing one customer isn't going to make a glitch in their system. I think these commercials and advertisements make it look like people live for their jobs when in reality they're just there to get a paycheck and provide for themselves.

@thaddeusmcgrath

6 жыл бұрын

She is buying Ramen noodles and Sam's Choice Pregnancy tests at Wal-Mart as we speak Manny, and finally updated her Road House VHS to DVD finally.

@austinhernandez2716

6 жыл бұрын

laurel jade don't we all say that stupid sometimes though

Dam right blame the customers I agree. They deserve to travel 20 some miles. He should open his grocery store back up and raise the prices up.

@rgvgunner7935

6 жыл бұрын

Sam Bonno Haha Right? but Still I think he's just gona stay closed to teach the people a lesson of soo

@brianbradburn

6 жыл бұрын

Then Walmart would move back in.

@kevinluh5086

6 жыл бұрын

I highly doubt that Walmart would be back to that town. The population is too small.

@iMadrid11

6 жыл бұрын

none of your business It’s a victim of corporate downsizing. It’s not like that Walmart store is losing money. It’s not making enough money to make it worth their time. When a big company expects a minimum ROI of $5 per $1 spent for operating a store. Yet the store only earns $4 in profit. The corporate bean counters would identify all of the underperforming stores to shutdown. It doesn’t even matter if it was a newly built store. They’ll rather eat their loses now than let it drag on and hurt their balance sheet.

@guy.allen9927

6 жыл бұрын

Then he would be BACK outta business😂🤣

I think Walmart is done with you lady.

@jonmacdonald5345

7 жыл бұрын

Big Baller Lol did you see that First gelatinous Blob!! I swear I can hear her playing Taps as The Doors were papered over!!!

@joscar724

6 жыл бұрын

Respect Whamen!

@Alex10daysago

6 жыл бұрын

Walmart didnt leave me. I left walmart.

@rusampler1877

6 жыл бұрын

in soviet russia... wait a sec!

@wakeboard34531

6 жыл бұрын

Guarantee shes driving 22 miles to a walmart. Never gunna learn her lesson

Are Americans really this dependent on these big corporations. Support small business and take America and capitalism back.

@jmjfanss

6 жыл бұрын

A Graceful Watchman and end the federal reserve

@vianjelos

6 жыл бұрын

people dont have enough momey to..when walmart offers the same items for 1-2$ less people are going to go there..sure it may seem like a small differance but it adds up. Obviously its a poor town to begin with so the people went where the savings were. Walmart should have looked into the area more to see if the profits would be worth it.

@shteve119

6 жыл бұрын

A Graceful Watchman small businesses are more expensive.

@shteve119

6 жыл бұрын

A Graceful Watchman people dont make enough money to buy from local stores.

@brad349miller

6 жыл бұрын

Aaaaaamen!

22 miles to the nearest grocery store is not that bad I don’t get why they’re so angry about this. You live in a low population area, of course business can’t thrive there.

I like those mom and pop grocery stores they have character

@jennylee9278

6 жыл бұрын

I lived in Ocean Beach San Diego for a while and the little town is great for mom and pop stores. The grocery store reminds me of the way they were in the 60s. When my ex and I traveled we always staying mom and pop motels and had breakfast where the locals ate; always a great experience.

@bobs182

6 жыл бұрын

They have less selection and higher prices too.

@GorlicBreadz

6 жыл бұрын

Jason Pegram indeed. I love my local mom and pop stores. I can't stand corporate global chains

@laragravenor5750

6 жыл бұрын

I'm a South African. We travelled to America on a road trip twice and the best parts of America were those little towns. Love the accents btw 🤗

@ermelindalarios1589

6 жыл бұрын

@John Johnson don't forget overpriced too

I can't blame the owner of the other store shame on the people of this town

@jamesaritchie1

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, shame of people for going to a store with lower prices and far more selection. Why on earth would they do that just to save a lot of money, and to be able to buy what they want? It makes no sense. And reasonable person would much rather go to a more expensive sore with far less products he wants. It's not like any of these people are poor. They all make so much money they could just throw it away at a mom and pop store.

@animal1nstinct394

6 жыл бұрын

lol I blame Walmart and greed rather than the people of the town.

@zacharyhenderson2902

6 жыл бұрын

Rex why would you blame Walmart for not continuing to operate an unprofitable store? If you went to your job everyday and your employer charged you to work there, would you keep going?

@bdgoins1

6 жыл бұрын

James Ritchie Support your local stores they seem to care rather than large companies that only worry about profit are you missing my point internationally or just so you have something post about

@dimaisatree

6 жыл бұрын

James Ritchie they were fine for 60 years till they got greedy and wanted to save a few extra dollars. Go to Walmart and buy the things the other store doesn’t have but don’t put the only other grocery store out of business and depend on Walmart.

I suspect the original stre was the right size to serve the community . Wall Mart was too big and couldn't survive. So it came into town, ran at a loss expecting business to pick up after the competition was gone. Business never met economic reality and so the damage done. Some college boy didn't get the math right.

@jimlahey5354

2 жыл бұрын

My son was that college boy

@hildahilpert5018

Жыл бұрын

Someone posted there is only 1700 people in the town.We have a Super Walmart, but there is 30k in my town.This whole corridor between San Antonio and Austin keeps growing. This was a dumb move on their part.Whoever came up with this idea was loony.Glad though have store now.

I like the response from the guy who was put out of business...it was so hurtful yet so true.

Walmart has done this across rural America. Mainstreet used to have all kinds of stores, everything from hardware, clothing, shoes, and drugstores, then Walmart moves in and undercuts them until they close. This pattern destroys not only mom and pop stores, but entire small towns.

@mikeydeloa7348

Жыл бұрын

Walmarts and shopping malls and shopping centers before that. Convenience has killed much of our quality of life. I grew up loving the mall atmosphere, but it came at a price.

@amoskowitz0103

Жыл бұрын

Walmart hasn't done anything. People still had a choice. They went with the cheapest solution. They stopped shopping at the local store and shopped at Walmart because it was cheaper. That caused the local stores to have to close. How the heck is that Walmart's fault. You want to blame someone? Blame the idiot politicians who keep raising the minimum wage. That nonsense is putting a string on ALL small business. The only companies that can afford to pay unskilled workers $15/hour are the big corporate conglomerates. Walmart didn't cause anything... Idiot politicians (almost always democrats) and the morons who vote for them are the ones to blame.

@MTknitter22

Жыл бұрын

Same happened in England when Tesco’s (WAL Mart related by the way) came and little green grocers went out of business.

@MTknitter22

Жыл бұрын

Yes @Tian Dao, but WE rural communities chose to abandon our stores, WAL-Mart did not come in and MAKE us shop there.

@alexalex1251

6 ай бұрын

Future fema camps being built and no one bats an eye

This is exactly why people need to keep shopping at the local stores, those big stores like this don't care about anyone but their profit

1:33 1:34 he tells it like it is, the truth! you people need to take personal blame.

Walmart used you as an experiment. Always support your Mom n pop shops dude

People complain when Wal-Mart comes in.People complain when they leave.Never happy.Just love to complain.

@kellyrayburn4093

6 жыл бұрын

The businesses complain when they arrive. The ordinary people are happy to have lower prices. But when they leave then both the businesses and the people complain.

@ajrichards1190

6 жыл бұрын

It's a lose/lose situation when Wal Mart takes over a town. The old lady in the video is upset the overall damage Walmart did to her town, driving small shops out of business and close down with no other shops left.

@micahjohnsonboxing6409

6 жыл бұрын

Eric Wright They destroyed the competition and left.

@endroo93

6 жыл бұрын

USA! USA! USA!

@4149stonepony

6 жыл бұрын

Walmart exemplifies lassaiz-faire capitalism at its finest.

When Walmart moves in. Everybody else moves out. When Walmart leaves. It can take decades for the other stores to come back.

22 miles? thats not even far, thats basically about a 15 to 20 min drive depending on how fast you get there. I live out of town in my area, and the closest Walmart or HEB are about 15miles away, i get there in 10min thanks to the expressway.

@jms08905

6 жыл бұрын

cruzedin18 same here

@robertpreskop4425

5 жыл бұрын

Not all small towns have the luxury of an interstate expressway running by them. Most small towns are served by deteriorating two lane roads.

Walmart took all they teeth with them I guess

Walmart’s closing? Who cares! Good riddance!

It looks like they already have enough food

@rainsfall2494

6 жыл бұрын

Maybe if they didn't eat the way they did they wouldn't be so unhealthy

@Quagthistle

6 жыл бұрын

Actually, people in food deserts (places where groceries are few and far between), ironically, tend toward higher BMIs. Why? Because they lack access to healthier fresh food at affordable prices. Thus, they must make due with processed food high in calories. I should know. When I moved from a small town where I could get to the distant grocery only once a month to a larger town with three groceries in it (including a Walmart), I lost 55 pounds. Being overweight has little to do with overeating and a lot more to do with over-processed (but highly affordable) foods and the ridiculous prices of fresh fruits and veggies in some areas. You know how much a bag of 6-8 decent-sized apples is, even in my "larger" town? Over $5. A little pot of cherry tomatoes? $3.50. I could go on and on. Eating healthy food is VERY much a luxury of the rich and those who live in larger cities.

@KnightSlasher

6 жыл бұрын

You are an idiot most of the people in that video weren't even fat

@DaNoLimitSavage

6 жыл бұрын

On god 😂💯

@rainsfall2494

6 жыл бұрын

You both are wrong and contradicted yourself

Congratulations, the poverty brokers moved out, now open your own goddamned store and stimulate your local economy.

people wants too much from Walmart, blaming Walmart for all the bad things that happened well you should have been a loyal customer then walmart wouldnt become a giant corporation the way they are today. imagine one day walmart got up and close down all stores in the US imagine what that would do to the economy.

@icequeen6756

7 жыл бұрын

Vinh Tran just like K-mart

@tabytastick

6 жыл бұрын

Well, considering a monopoly is illegal in America I doubt Wal-Mart will shut down ALL the other places to shop.

@CaptainViral84

6 жыл бұрын

it's called economic natural selection

@Northernpull

6 жыл бұрын

If only I could dream.

@Alexz-mr2xy

6 жыл бұрын

Vinh Tran I

good...we are on the right track lol....shut them all down and bring back the locally owned businesses

@tehwood

8 жыл бұрын

+Joe Sullivan Easier said than done, i think you're missing the point.

@tehwood

8 жыл бұрын

that is sad, yet still somehow not 100% their fault i feel

@MyPersonalVendetta

7 жыл бұрын

And pay for over priced crap? Yeah, right. You can shop at your locally owned business and I'll continue shopping where it's cheap.

@fightttttt

6 жыл бұрын

I use to be like that, helping the little guy. but their prices are over priced and I cant justify spending the extra 50-60 dollars food shopping.

@dalbailey858

6 жыл бұрын

Locally owned businesses which never gave benefits to their employees, always paid min wages and also had no interest in training their workers to seek higher education.

At first before view the entire video, I was going to jump on Wal-Marts case. Now. Only ones the people in that town can blame is them selves. They forced the closure of the local mom n pop store, when they switched to Wal-Mart. Have no one to blame but them selves.

You gotta respect the man for not blaming Wal-Mart

A happy ending to this story - Brookshire opened one its Spring Market grocery stores in this and 24 other former Walmart Express locations.

They were not making a profit, that is why they closed. The population was not large enough to open that store in the first place.

When walmart stores dont hit fiscal sales projections. They close them. If the money is not there then no profit. Another reason the costs to maintain the store can outweigh the need to be there. Walmart right now is actually hurting from e-commerce. Its main competitor is Amazon. Its killing them. Walmart is having a hard time competing with them. Main reason they are laying off employees. Closing stores and sams clubs. Buying companies overseas for e-commerce to beat amazon and closing stores outside the walmart name in the UK and Brazil. Its just the beginning.

@sophiaelayne9984

Жыл бұрын

Please repeat this over and over again. People are such sheep. They are blaming the closing of Walmart's across the nation on Black kids.

You wanted small town life you got small town life. This is reality for many Americans and they don't complain

@dreamingofbeingfree1217

6 жыл бұрын

Beckah Mataronas I myself love small town living. But I also know how to homestead.

@Nuggettha80sguy

6 жыл бұрын

You tell them Jennifer Pena

@MikhaelAhava

6 жыл бұрын

Beckah Mataronas oh… oh… big cities are just chaotic.

lol I don't think that fist lady is going to starve to death. XD

Capitalist can care less. Small business and mom and pop shops are where you feel a sense of humanity and hospitality.

@dassnek4728

6 жыл бұрын

conceptcs still better than Socalism.

@dassnek4728

6 жыл бұрын

junkmail oh blah blah I've heared the "Military is Socalism" BS a million Times. It still doesn't make it True.

I know we romanticize mom & pop stores these days, but the truth is that many of them are the REASON that Wal-Mart grew so large, so fast. It didn't always have the array of products or the negotiating power that it has now. Now it appears that there is and opportunity for mom and pops to re-establish themselves. Maybe this time they will remain loyal to their customers, and the customers will remain loyal to them.

@dustywaxhead

6 жыл бұрын

Sweet Lil Devil I live in California and we're lucky to have a few mom & pops including a store called Liquorette. They specialize in wines and craft beer from around the world. Mom & pop shops that have a certain niche that people like can still stay in business very well if there's a customer base

@mikekay3313

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget ridiculous Covid mandates forced millions of small businesses out of business while allowing Wal-Mart to remain open.

I warn people not to shop at Walmart for this reason.They saturate the geographical areas with their stores taking buisnes from grocery stores and other buisneses and will close their stores when they are needed most. In a depression they will just pack up and close their stores.

@anthonygrayson2789

7 жыл бұрын

Tarmack u are such a lier

@johnhull6363

6 жыл бұрын

Walmart grocery is more expensive than the locals if you sale shop..... Walmart NEVER HAS TEN FOR TEN sales or fresh deli meat for $2/#

@charlesf6247

6 жыл бұрын

John Hull they say they say 10 for $10 is a dumb gimic

They killed the towns local stores then just abandoned them. What an evil company

When Pettit's Grocery shut down 9 months after Whitewright got its own Walmart I almost felt betrayed.

@seecanon5840

8 жыл бұрын

Did you shop at Ps exclusively or take your dollars to Wally World?

@calvin3464

8 жыл бұрын

See Canon I shopped at Pettit's exclusively because it was my favorite store. I kept shopping there until the very end.

@Evil666llama

6 жыл бұрын

calvin3464 what's it like a year later?

@lilyblossom1240

6 жыл бұрын

not enough people did or he could have remained open. in the grocery business every penny counts. so even a small loss of customers can put you in the red.

@calvin3464

6 жыл бұрын

It's been almost 3 years since Pettit's shut down for good.

I bet we have at least six Walmarts in my area, the only time I (rarely) go to either is between 10pm and 5am because they stay crowded. 20+ registers and only 4 are usually open, I takes 30 minutes to go in and come back out with a small simple item. Unfortunately Walmart couldn’t care less about those small rural areas, the super centers in the metro areas are turning millions each day.

@jamesaritchie1

6 жыл бұрын

You have the intellect of a turnip.

@EricFortuneJr.

6 жыл бұрын

James Ritchie Can you back that negative comment up with some facts or is it just another failed attempt at trolling??

@rogersmith7808

2 жыл бұрын

Don't be dumb and use self-checkout.

This is the reason why it is so so important to patronize your local stores in your area! A town lost a business owner and you now have a 44 mile round trip for groceries!

@mt.shasta6097

Жыл бұрын

@@D1008W Amen. You couldn't believe the prices in our local Mom and Pop. Seven dollars for a bottle of 24 aspirin, and it was expired by 2 years. My husband took it back in after I read that date. The girl behind the counter argued and didn't want to refund his money, even though he had the receipt and she'd sold it to him 5 minutes before. After the return was finally made, the b*!ch put the bottle back on the shelf.

Probably a bag of oranges or apples for the severance package.

1:30 They had a grocery store and abandoned it so they could get milk twelve cents less per gallon, etc. I'm moving to a small town of two thousand people in May of this year. There's one small grocery there, and I plan to give them as much of my business as I can.

Walmart did this in its home state of Arkansas. I watched them build their “neighborhood markets” in several small towns here in N W Arkansas. The stores that supplied those communities for decades closed. Shortly thereafter Walmart closed their stores thus leaving those communities without food stores. Walmart is a ruthless business that destroys all competition,but they can only do so as long as consumers stop shopping at their local stores.

Amen, so mad that wal-mart left the town but you wouldn't support your local grocery store. You did it to your self!

No sympathy whatsoever for the residents of this town. You turned your backs on the store that was part of the community for decades, all for the sake of being part of the "Wal*Mart Family". You reap what you sow.

Corporations don't care about you. They need to learn to be self sufficient.

Some Walmarts close because of rampant thievery. One Walmart near me here in San Antonio has all the cosmetics and hair care products locked up. You can't even pick up a box and read the contents. You have to find a clerk (good luck) to unlock the case, and some of the items have a tag that is only removable at the register.

@lu_re7198

Жыл бұрын

It’s the same way at CVS, Walgreens and other drugstores. And those thick acrylic boxes probably cost about $100 each. Many urban stores also need off duty police security at the door. Plus minimum wages rose rapidly. And it’s harder for physical stores to complete w/ online stores.

They mad at WalMart but they had no problems with letting them open up and then stop shopping at the local store. The towns people could have stopped Wal Mart easy enough.

One nice thing about the internet is that you can shop for groceries from hundreds of different stores, and get free shipping over a certain amount of purchase. Online shopping can be more expensive than your local store, but if you don't have a local store, then online ordering makes sense. Canned goods, dried goods, soaps, and paper products can go a long way to helping cut down on long trips to a grocery store. Sometimes, local produce stands can fill in for fresh products as well. It pays to research your own area, as there are things you may not know about.

H-E-B should move in and take Walmart’s place in that town. They got a Monopoly on Texas as it is.

Love those old school Texas accents. :)

Oh, please. If there was enough demand for Petit’s in the first place there will be another grocery store in it’s place soon enough. Also, buy more and make fewer trips if you have to drive 22 miles. Heck, buy EVEN more and save your neighbors the trip. Charge a bit more for the inconvenience. Seek cheaper/bulk prices to make it even more worth your while. Setup shop and enlist others to sell or retrieve the goods and bring them to town. OOPS! You’ve just started a new grocery store. Isn’t the free market great?

Large businesses will continue to undercut small businesses until we have laws requiring wholesalers to charge equal prices to both.

lol that guy was obviously mad at the people that stop coming to his store.

@johnmagill3072

6 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't you be? They abandon him once. Why reopen and risk putting your self through it again.

I've never relyed on Wal-Mart for my groceries nor should anyone else....I ran in and bought household items like shampoo, trash bags, and stuff like that....small town's beware if something looks too good reconsider your shopping options

@jakeowen9388

2 жыл бұрын

Are you one of a huge fan of mine?

That loudmouth woman who was "mad" that Walmart closed wasn't mad when the longtime grocery store closed. Now you have to drive 22 miles for your groceries 😅

What goes around comes around. I hope the bargains were worth it.

You reap what you sow....the people who chose walmart put themselves in this situation....I buy at my small local grocery and hardware store all the time...it closer, saves time, saves gas money, has short checkout lines and the prices are usually 30cents - dollar more at most. Im not say you have to choose one or the other, but try going to the mom and pop as much as reasonable you can, especially if its just for a few items....

I agree. It's irritating when people blame big business for shutting down mom and pop's.

@MTknitter22

Жыл бұрын

Thank you @R Geel

That's what happens when you shop only at stores like Walmart.

i lived in colorado for 10 years and had to go 45 minutes or so to the nearest grocery store. If you need something major like costco or sams you had to drive an hour or two to go Denver.

@jonmacdonald5345

7 жыл бұрын

Safety First How Far Do you have to go to buy Weed???????🗿🚬

@slowdownmoveoversharethero9701

7 жыл бұрын

Oh that was back in 1998 or so

@jonmacdonald5345

7 жыл бұрын

Safety First Cool I Was Smoking up that Blueberry and Bubblegum Back than!!

@MsPoppinbottles123

6 жыл бұрын

Share the Road😃😃😃😃😃😎

Walmart is a business not a community service people!

@technologyproductions-ye3px

6 жыл бұрын

Ruby Wingo how about you stop relieing on Walmart

It's business, simple as that. Why did they stop going to the local shop? Should have spent a little bit more and stuck with them. If you choose to live in a small town your you can't expect the same choice. I wonder how many of those protesting will see that people who don't have access to a car have food.

154 Walmarts close.....154 Walmart cashiers out of work.

WALMART have every right to close any of their store if they want.

In Clever, Missouri a small town of maybe 5000 Walmart came in with their neighborhood market a few years ago and apparently couldn't compete with the local store, they closed and Murfins stayed.

@greexduap6149

Жыл бұрын

Smart

this is like globalization on a smaller scale.

I hope HEB can step in and help these small towns in Texas. Open a small HEB store.

These people were told years ago to support their local mom and pops. No sympathy for these locals.

The guy said it right. The people close down the local store because they decided to go somewhere else. Is also good that he is not re-opening so people can understand this guy's struggle.

And this is why you don't out all your apples in the same bag. Having small business grocery stores along main Street wouldn't create this problem

@metoo3342

6 жыл бұрын

Andrew Wimberly If Walmart is cheaper or more convenient idk why they shouldn't go if the other store wasn't as good. Why does everyone seem to be blaming them for doing the logical thing.

“Walmart didn’t make Pettits close, you people who didn’t shop at Pettits made it close.”

If not making money, then they need to close. Walmart is not a charity. People need to drive for food, drive or starve. Tough, that's life.

I Don't Get It .Why Would A Walmart Stayed Opened For A Year And Close Down Emidetly ? Whoever Owns Half The Company Beside The Walton Family Is Obviously Messing With Us. Like If You Agree.

@MikhaelAhava

6 жыл бұрын

StabTheDab 2 it’s a small town, WallMart’s probably not having the profits.

@Flyinghotpocket

6 жыл бұрын

why is every first letter of a word capitalized in your centences?

Welfare town. Welfare people are up in arms.

@dreamingofbeingfree1217

6 жыл бұрын

Edward White Do you homestead?

This is capitalism and Big Business at work. Big Business cuts its losses and shifts its assets in order to make the most profit for its shareholders. Clearly the Wal-Marts in some of these rural communities were not making enough profit. Big Business is not about social welfare or the what is best for the average citizen. People who live in rural areas can choose to travel far to shop once a month in a more populated area that has more amenities or they can re-locate to an area with more amenities or they can start ordering their necessities from Amazon or other internet businesses for home delivery. There was a time when rural America ordered a lot of its consumer goods from Sears Roebuck catalogs and from Montgomery Ward catalogs and used something called rural free delivery to get those goods delivered. As times change, consumers have to make adjustments and some of those adjustments are painful.

Every city/town/village should have at least 1 or 2 grocery stores...

Amazon grocery, delivered right into the front door ;)

Wallmart comming in, selling at lower prises and putting local out of bussiness. Because nobody will shop and support the only local. Then wallmart leaves in under one year. Well... Of course he will not reopen. I fully understand him. Why would he offer service to those thqt put him out of bussiness? This whole thing reminds me of Pinocchio. He was warned not to go to the land alongside all the other children... Finally, when they did not listen, they turned into donkeys. Yeah.... Suck it and own it.

I mean this is a big issue if you can't afford a car to go 22 miles. But the guy should just re-open the store, because business would be good

Been hearing this same story for a long time now. A big box store comes to town and makes a dozen small stores close. Big box store closes due to profit line not being met, town left with no stores.

It is sad to see businesses closing

The town is called "Whitewright"??? Subtle

@LplusRatioplusNobodyCares

6 жыл бұрын

You’re going to love white settlement, TX

@RoseLilyClover

6 жыл бұрын

Dana Harvey congratulations

@RoseLilyClover

6 жыл бұрын

Dana Harvey I was referring to the sheer amount of W's that Walmart left behind but yeah I guess that works too

@x1achilles99

6 жыл бұрын

Pinto Beans: My dad is from Wheelwright, Argentina. Not terribly sure what either name means

When a town has only 1700 residents, how much money can Walmart make? it seems like it would be a financial burden. Small towns like that need mom and pop stores and independent supermarkets. It's such a big corporation and they don't care about closing this store and they don't care about residents having to drive over 20 miles out. It sucks but they only care about generating funds.

22 miles to get groceries???? We drive 45 to get groceries in South Dakota. Yea we have a lil grocery store but it is like 7 bucks for a loaf of bread and 10 for milk.

Walmart, You were a delight when you came into our community. Now you left us with broken hearts. We didn't have to drive to different stores, You had everything We needed. You left U.S.A. in the cold.😂 Our children aren't smiling anymore.😞

Small town, Big people

A town of 1,700 people should have at least three Dollar General stores.

That woman was right, Walmart comes in and shuts all the smaller businesses down, if they don’t make big profits, they close and move on…. Sad…