i live across the street from a localy owned grocery store. i drive 25 miles to sams club. The local store has higher much higher prices and the meat vegs. fruit and even some of the frozen stuff sucks.
I buy 90% lean ground at sams for less then the 70% 30% crap the local store sells.
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Same reason you don't see the small grocery/gas stations like you used to. I buy local and small shop if at all possible but on the other hand I can't afford to pay a small shop more than $100 more for say a gun that I can get at one of the bigger retailers.