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drewbaccaAWD t1_itm1kfq wrote

Reply to comment by switman in The Walmart at the Waterworks Mall is closing in November by James19991

My suspicion is that they would have kept it if there was space to convert to a "super Walmart" with larger grocery selection... they've been moving away from stores that have limited space. Usually it's just a move right down the road but probably not an option for this one.

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dewmahn t1_itmq7td wrote

So it's interesting they've been moving away from stores with limited space in some places but in other places they now have neighborhood markets which are like small grocery stores with a few other odds and ends.

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drewbaccaAWD t1_itms2qw wrote

>in other places they now have neighborhood markets which are like small grocery stores with a few other odds and ends.

I haven't seen that. Walmart? Good business move if they're doing that now. Sounds like the Dollar General model.

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DjNuppie t1_itnnrs5 wrote

I recently just moved to butler county. I have according to Google maps, 9 DG stores within 6.7 miles of my house 2 of them are 1.8 miles exactly from house !!

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drewbaccaAWD t1_ito98y4 wrote

I never thought the number of bars and churches in rural PA could be topped... but DG was like "hold my beer!"

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Willow-girl t1_itprn42 wrote

They are building one in Midway, FFS! I am stoked. Between it and Amazon, I will never have to go to town again ...

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dewmahn t1_itmuwew wrote

Ya visited some friends recently in Myrtle Beach and they have quite a few.

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Elouiseotter t1_itojjxk wrote

I drove from Pittsburgh up to Maine on all non highway roads last autumn. There were so many Dollar Generals.

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typingfrombed t1_itonr2h wrote

In nice suburbs the Neighborhood Walmart format is quite excellent. Everything you’d have at a normal grocery, wide selection of home supplies like cleaning supplies, pharmacy and beauty.. all at the expected low Walmart prices.

I always wondered why this watermarks WM didn’t get turned into a neighborhood WM but I guess the GE lease exclusivity situation someone mentioned above is probably why

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LetterheadNo4396 t1_itnj3ai wrote

Those stores are for higher economic areas, they'd never build there.

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sawamander t1_itombmd wrote

Nah, neighborhood markets appear in hyper-low-income areas all the time in the Southeast.

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