Such a shame...many of the guys I went to high school with started out at their first jobs as associates of WD.

But, as the posters before have pointed out, it's not surprising. Less than four blocks away from where kleclere and I purchased a home, there's a Super Walmart. You'd never know by looking at the neighborhood we live in, but drive down the street a bit, and there it is. In Iowa, Hy-Vee food stores are the major regional chain. (And I'm hoping they *never* go under, as I can remember sitting in the car with my then three-year old and listening to him "read" the Hy-vee sign as he was learning to put letters together into words.) We also have a Fareway store here, which is also a regional chain on a smaller level. Good prices, great meat selection--but no alcohol, and they aren't open on Sunday. There were a couple of other independents here in town, but they've since closed. We do have one small one left--Naifeh's (nay-fees)--that has the best meat in town.

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