787K population is small?
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787K population is small?
Mad Mike
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Yup. Look at the communities they serve.
When you go across small town Ontario, you will see them in places too small for Walmart.
At my place in Porcupine, my mail get delivered to a box at Giant Tigers front door!
Mad Mike
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I probably characterized that wrong. Small communities is a better description. I get they are in the urban metro, but they serve the smaller less affluent communities in the urban metropolis.787K population is small?
My mom lives up north and loves Giant Tiger. There’s one near my house and I’ve actually never been inside one before. Now I have to go check it out to see what it’s all about.
If you want to feel a bit bourgeois go to the Quebec ones…..Tigre Geant! Sounds a bit posher.
It's like a BiWay meets a Wal-Mart.
Not that there was anything wrong with a Biway.
Unless you were seen in one by one of your friends. Then the both of you were not cool.
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Relax
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LOL. That's why my American nieces pronounce Target like it's French.
Ahh yes... growing up we were frequent fliers at Biway, Bargain Harolds and Valdi. Sometimes when my folks were feeling spendy we would head over to KMart. I'm sure there was more, but I have blocked most of those memories in order to maintain my rep.
A kid down the street had image issues and he wouldn't wear jeans his mother bought from Biway. So she bought them at Biway and brought them home in a "Bay" shopping bag. They fit just fine.
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My spouse enjoys food shopping and comparison shops at Costco, Walmart, Longos, No Frills and Lablaws depending on what's on sale and what we need. Walmart, overall, has great prices and value. We're going to shift to Made in Canada and Product of Canada products to the extent possible and also seek out made anywhere other than the US for other products.
Time of the year is a challenge as many fresh veggies come from the US in the winter months, so can be a challenge to find other products at a reasoable price. California is a blue state, but central valley, where much of the food is grown, is solidly GOP. 99% of the workers in the field are legal and illegal migrants. We've spend some time in the central valley area during CA vacations and the size and scope of food production in the area is amazing. Rejecting CA veggies makes a statement, but is probably going to result in less work for dirt poor pickers............ Not a good thing, but what can you do.
Time of the year is a challenge as many fresh veggies come from the US in the winter months, so can be a challenge to find other products at a reasoable price. California is a blue state, but central valley, where much of the food is grown, is solidly GOP. 99% of the workers in the field are legal and illegal migrants. We've spend some time in the central valley area during CA vacations and the size and scope of food production in the area is amazing. Rejecting CA veggies makes a statement, but is probably going to result in less work for dirt poor pickers............ Not a good thing, but what can you do.
Back in the day, if anyone asked, we got our clothes at Haroldos... "not Bargain Harolds"
When I was in air cadets, I got my Spiffy collar stay at F.W. Woolworths. It clipped in behind the tie and held it out while pushing the shirt lapels down and flat. Back in the days when stores had wooden floors.
When a big box moves in they hire some of the people that got laid off when the smaller stores closed.
Growing up in a fifteen minute area of Toronto, I can understand the frustration of shopping at Home Depot or Rona when service is very thin. It's not the fault of the employee, there's just not enough of them.
Mad Mike
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I remember when Walmart came to my town - none of the mom-and-pop stores closed. All that happened is the staple things I needed were 5 minutes away... not 20.
Relax
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When Walmart opened in the Woolco location of Square One, I vaguely remember my sister-in-law just going from being a Woolco employee to being a Walmart employee, as did her co-workers. It was essentially just a signage change.
AllistonGT
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I was very young, we shopped at the Biway store on Mcmurchy Avenue in Brampton. Store was in a basement. Think it was a former tannery building. No windows, dark messy store. Turnstiles were taller than me.
