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About two years ago here in my home town the "Rainbow Market" closed down. It had been run by the same family for the past forty years, was the anchor of a little strip mall in the center of town, and was a combination grocery store and five and dime. I had only been in there once or twice, it seemed old, "dingy", and the employees not too friendly.
When the store closed it took out the Taco Bell and pizza place in the same building.
When Wal Mart announced plans to create a "neighborhood grocery" store at that location, we all bitched and moaned. Great, another big box store and this right right smack in the middle of our historic downtown.
They just opened up two weeks ago. They hired all local people, have a clean store, and the prices are better. It's like they took the old mom and pop store and made it better. On top of that, they donated to all of the local sport leagues.
Seems like win win to me.
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