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[MADem]

96. Not if Wally is the only game in town--and that is the case in many rural communities.

I've been in towns where if you want something, it's mail order or Wallyworld.

And Wally doesn't overcharge, really--they just treat their employees like shit.

The Market Basket dynamic was very different. There IS grocery choice in the region, but MB is way cheaper. The employees there are NICE and happy to be on the job, and it shows. The products that MB sells are wonderful and varied, if you want food choice/ethnic items, they're there. Their "house" brands are real quality products, many better than national brands. The Corporate bosses want to jack up the prices, fire workers so there's less customer service, increase the part time workers, reduce the benefits, limit the whole promotion from within aspect, and penny pinch to get more dough to the already very profitable board.

We're just not putting up with it as customers. They can't get away with this, because we like the place the way it is, and we like the happy, well-compensated workers. We like the good prices. We like the varied foods that appeal to all of us. They're trying to take all that away from us, and we aren't standing for it.