I agree Norby!

It's unfortunate the Mom & Pop stores are closing. However, those that take stabs at the Wally Worlds surely have wives that grocery shop at large food chains... not the corner MA & Pa market.

Who in the lower middle class (most folks) wants to go out on a Saturday -- then give a large portion of a single day's take-home earnings & give the Ma & Pop gun store an extra $40 -- then give the Ma & Pop grocery store an extra $40 just for a personal greeting & personal purchase advice that he or she likes... but not you.

I worked hard for that $80 take-home pay. If I want to donate $80, I'll buy a couple of X-Mas presents for needy, homeless kids & take it to a nearby missionary in mid-town Detroit. Why give it to a comfortable-living, suburbanite store owner with a new car parked out front?

Remember sumthin'.... the Waltons started out as a Mom & Pop also. Cheap prices made them filthy rich. Tell Mom & Pop to lower their prices $40 & start driving used cars -- start living in the upstairs flat on top of their stores & save enough money to buy one of these mega stores.