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In reply to the discussion: I just saw anohter article about how bad Amazon is... [View all]dawg day
(7,947 posts)Not being snooty (I shop at dollar stores
. The one time I went, the place was dirty and cluttered, junk in the aisles, and the line was so long at the supermarket-side cashier my ice cream melted in the carton. It was pretty clear the Waltons make their profit partly from underpaying and underhiring staff.
Anyway, Walmart was the "mom and pop" killer back in the day-- and it's just not nearly as good as Amazon for convenience and choice.
I haven't gotten into ordering groceries online (there are plenty of supermarkets around me), but if I didn't have a car, I'd definitely look into that.
Best Amazon Prime experience ever-- I ordered a big exercise equipment thing, and it was 100 pounds, and got shipped free, and the delivery guys even carried the box back to the backroom. I still had to assemble it, however.