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Well I can’t, personally, shop at Walmart less (then zero), but I hope others will consider it now.
It was already past due to support Walmart’s competitors, anyway, if we want any choices in our communities. Bullshit like this just confirms it.
I wish I could shop at Walmart less; there’s nothing near by that fits my budget. I truly believe this is a tactic for Walmart to recoup their money; pay their employees less, forcing their employees to shop at Walmart because they can’t afford anything else.
I wish I could shop at Walmart less; there’s nothing near by that fits my budget.
I totally get that, and hope you never feel bad about that.
I will keep voting with my money, when I can, for alternative options that may someday make your situation better.
Hang in there however you can.
Aaaaawwwww! Thank you so much for your kind words and compassion. It truly means a great deal.
Then they start offering apartments nearby, owned by WalMart, so you can save on gas. Then they start paying you in WalBucks which can only be used at WalMart or to pay for your apartment.
Suddenly you can’t afford the things you need to live, but it’s ok! WalMart has it all and they’ll give you credit! It gets even easier though! They’ll just your purchases out of your pay! …which is never enough to cover the purchases.
Now you’re a slave to WalMart.
How long until Walmart starts paying in scrip? I mean you could argue they already sort of do with how many of their staff are on food stamps.
Yeah I haven’t given Walmart a penny in the last decade or so but I also realize I’m incredibly privileged to be able to shop at the more expensive local stores.
Walmart is also directly responsible for the cost of sea freight though so they’re still affecting your life whether you want them to or not.
Oh, one of the top employers whose employees use public assistance like food stamps cutting starting wages? Cool.
I tried to explain this to my boomer boss when they started praising the Walton family for ‘employing most of the USA!’. Like no, you idiot. We taxpayers subsidize the Walton family enterprise, just like we subsidize SO MANY of these rich jackasses. I’m sick of the welfare royals who feel entitled to it. Surprised the good people of Arkansas haven’t done anything about the Waltons
ALDI has great prices for groceries and I’ve never been disappointed with their brands. Oh, they pay their cashiers (remember, those people who help you check out faster?) pretty well, too.
They also get chairs!
Though their business model is basically having a store staffed by like 8 people total.
You’ve been in an Aldi with more than 2 people working there?
No I mean across all shifts, including management.
Now that makes sense.
While they might pay better, I think the work at ALDI is super stressful and still underpaid.
I hope they are successful enough to expand. I’ve also heard good things, but the closest one to me is 150+ miles away. In contrast there’s like 4 Wal-Marts within a 30 mile radius (all of which I avoid).
They just bought a huge grocery chain in the south, Winn-Dixie. Hopefully, they will convert them all to Aldi because WD is overpriced as all hell. I just drove 30 minutes out of my way today to go to Aldi instead of a 2 minute drive to WD.
I’m a bit shocked Winn Dixie made it this long, I don’t ever remember them being any good and Publix was similarly priced, also the Central Florida WDs kept getting in trouble for dyeing and selling expired meat.
It’s not all great, we are losing our pharmacy.
I have a friend who works at one and can confirm. They treat their workers really well.
This is good to know. We’ve been trying to switch to Aldi anyway.
I can get Aldi doordashed to my house and it’s incredible. There are like 3 dashers in my area, and the same person does my Aldi runs every time lol
Ah yes, very good. Using a business that exploits workers to deliver your guilt-free Aldi groceries.
These people are going to DoorDash regardless of if I get the groceries delivered or not. I use the service and tip incredibly well. I know DoorDash is absolutely terrible to employees, but my area has like 3 dashers and I want to support them.
Most Krogers are unionized, and have a better selection of groceries than Walmart. Looks like they’re going through a merger right now, and plan to close a lot of stores though.
I work at a Kroger in Michigan, our current contract is shit, and our pay is shit, we are having issues with staffing at my store (one of the busiest in the state) and a lot of it is caused by low wages. Also none of us want that merger, I know my union had us send a notice to some government office about it.
Yeah, I worked there part time for a year a long time ago. Pay was shit (for people with no seniority) then too. I think it was because hardly anyone really participated in the union (I didn’t and neither did anyone I knew). It was just a “stepping stone” job for most of us while we were going to tech school. And the manager was worst manager I’ve ever had; ineffective and abusive.
Man. If walmart hadn’t closed all of their stores in my city this would make me want to shoplift
I got you boo! I’ll go double hard for both of us!
Godspeed
Easy example for me to point to, when anyone thinks management will advocate for better employee working conditions than a union.
That’s a boycottin’
more like shopliftin
Napalmin?
My boycott is already over 5 years old.
