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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-03-08 10:58 AM Original message |
Are stores by you getting emptier?? |
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kdmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-03-08 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
1. Nope. |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-03-08 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
2. Im finding that even our local Walmart has a lot of empty spaces on shelves |
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Miss Carly (296 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 09:04 AM Response to Reply #2 |
37. I have noticed that at our walmart |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-03-08 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
3. Even the grocery stores near me are like ghost towns. And |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-03-08 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
4. Not only is there less congestion, there's less stores. There's a lot of |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-03-08 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
5. I have noticed but not sure if cause and effect are correct. |
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haele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-03-08 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
6. yes- both in drug-store and smaller grocery stores. |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-03-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. My hubby works for a large SE supermarket chain. He's a FT meat cutter, |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-03-08 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
7. Yes! |
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fight4my3sons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-03-08 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
9. not around me |
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murray hill farm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-03-08 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
10. i have noticed it everywhere I shop. |
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rusty fender (442 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-03-08 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
11. I can see why they are empty--we have no money! |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-03-08 11:51 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I was "lucky" to get internet free. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-03-08 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
13. I remember when I was young, talking to my grandmother who had lived |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-03-08 12:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Now ask yourself this |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-03-08 12:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Look in the pockets of Big Oil and Big Pharma and Walmart |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-03-08 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
16. The shelves in my 2 major supermarkets are full. |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-03-08 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
17. A nearby grocery is out of flour |
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orangerevolution (282 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-03-08 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
18. Yes they are emptier |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-03-08 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
19. Yes, and during the week the stores are quite empty of customers. |
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coriolis (691 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-03-08 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
20. Not around here...shelves are jammed with stuff. Including rice. |
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recoveringrepublican (779 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-03-08 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
21. well I work at a Walgreens in FL |
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Danmel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-03-08 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
22. Yes |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-03-08 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
23. Not even close. If anything the exact opposite. |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-03-08 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
24. Nope, and you still need to wait 30 minutes to get a table at most restaurants. n/t |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-03-08 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
25. malls are definitely taking a hit |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-03-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Even the upscale market in my neighborhood is |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-03-08 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
27. No nt |
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hatredisnotavalue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-03-08 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
28. Shopping hint... |
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Pastiche423 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-03-08 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
29. Stores in my neck of the woods |
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Maggie_May (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-03-08 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
30. Yes sales are bad I work for a grocery chain |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-03-08 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
31. I find lots of stuff but wayyyyy less people. nt |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-03-08 10:42 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I've noticed fewer shoppers, but no empty shelves |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-03-08 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
33. Yep....Research Triangle, NC here...and we are supposedly doing well in Recession |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-03-08 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
34. No, I haven't noticed anything like that here |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-03-08 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
35. not where i live, i went to the market tonight after the movies and there was plenty of |
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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-04-08 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
36. Yes, absolutely yes..yes.. Please read my short report. |
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