Both kill local businesses. Walmart makes "slaves" out of people in "third world countries" and Starbucks isn't fair trade among other things. Starbucks is allover the world dragging along its unhealthy crap. Walmart is apparently the top company in the world (yikes!) Walmart is allover this country, but not in NYC so maybe there's still hope. The franchise has thankfully not gone international. A perfect example of Walmart's bullshit is when South Park had the episode where they went around trying to destroy "The Heart of Walmart". There was another point mentioned in there. It showed how someone could start a company and if the company is a success it starts to grow bigger and the company eventually starts branching out. It's a never-ending cycle.
There's not much you can do except "boycott" those companies.
It has gone international, Walmart has branched out to England kind of. I'm pretty sure they own ASDA, which is big over here:/ Although as far as I'm aware, they aren't known so much for directly damaging small businesses, or at least not compared to Tesco. So I guess that's a bit better, although not by much.
They say the reason it recks business is becuase they go to the manufactuer companies and say if you do not drop prices for us we are going to tell all the other businesses you gave us a bad deal and youll go broke . So the manufactuers drop the prices very low for walmart even though they lose money becuase they dont make a profit and the locol stores sell it at a higher price becuase they buy it for regulaur price from manufactuar . So the small business can not compete . However as it is siad " busniess is business " .
Never considered the manufacturer's role. I think the main effect it has on small businesses is it's pricing. Businesses run on demand, and if two businesses are both supplying the same product or service, chances are one's gonna lose. And since smaller businesses really can't compete in terms of pricing etc., they're the ones who fail.
I think customers also need to be cautious about how bigger businesses effect them and their community. Yes, large businesses make shopping cheap and easy, but many are gaining more and more dominance in terms of market share. This can be very bad for the customers, and even the government discourage this, because it gives these businesses more and more control over the customers.
yes that is true I dont really go walmartbecuase the location ours is like 2 towns over we have regular franchises like general fast food places and pharmacys and such a few blocks or closer but I prefere those to the walmart .
Also I think the 99 cents store is much better . I love the dollar stores and 99 cents store . Also coffee is unhealthy anyways I do not see what the big deal with coffee is also i have been to other companys they do not have preprepared coffe like a mochachino they say list all the iteams you want in your coffee please . which I hate and coffee is just coffee also I think the best coffee comes from those machines at the gastations were you push the button and get coffee I love those " . all other coffee is krap next to the gastation stop stores .
When it comes to coffee, it's best to do your research and make it yourself. If I knew then what I know now about starbucks I would've never started drinking their shit.
Oh I know I been to them and other coffee places I also knew they were using bugs in thier food . Long as thier is not poo in the drinks I do not care look at all the things we put in pre packaged soda cookie and all this other krap we eat . It isnt worse than most the stuff we put in out body also I prefere the quick pick up gastation coffee that you press the button and I am not very good at making coffee so . They also put all this krap in our meat and clone our apples . Nothing is really healthy but we have to eat something ?
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Walmart is like Starbucks.
Both kill local businesses. Walmart makes "slaves" out of people in "third world countries" and Starbucks isn't fair trade among other things. Starbucks is allover the world dragging along its unhealthy crap. Walmart is apparently the top company in the world (yikes!) Walmart is allover this country, but not in NYC so maybe there's still hope. The franchise has thankfully not gone international. A perfect example of Walmart's bullshit is when South Park had the episode where they went around trying to destroy "The Heart of Walmart". There was another point mentioned in there. It showed how someone could start a company and if the company is a success it starts to grow bigger and the company eventually starts branching out. It's a never-ending cycle.
There's not much you can do except "boycott" those companies.
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It has gone international, Walmart has branched out to England kind of. I'm pretty sure they own ASDA, which is big over here:/ Although as far as I'm aware, they aren't known so much for directly damaging small businesses, or at least not compared to Tesco. So I guess that's a bit better, although not by much.
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No, it can't be!!!!
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I despise the company so much that I didn't want it go international. It seems they have plans for world domination:/
They say the reason it recks business is becuase they go to the manufactuer companies and say if you do not drop prices for us we are going to tell all the other businesses you gave us a bad deal and youll go broke . So the manufactuers drop the prices very low for walmart even though they lose money becuase they dont make a profit and the locol stores sell it at a higher price becuase they buy it for regulaur price from manufactuar . So the small business can not compete . However as it is siad " busniess is business " .
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Never considered the manufacturer's role. I think the main effect it has on small businesses is it's pricing. Businesses run on demand, and if two businesses are both supplying the same product or service, chances are one's gonna lose. And since smaller businesses really can't compete in terms of pricing etc., they're the ones who fail.
I think customers also need to be cautious about how bigger businesses effect them and their community. Yes, large businesses make shopping cheap and easy, but many are gaining more and more dominance in terms of market share. This can be very bad for the customers, and even the government discourage this, because it gives these businesses more and more control over the customers.
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yes that is true I dont really go walmartbecuase the location ours is like 2 towns over we have regular franchises like general fast food places and pharmacys and such a few blocks or closer but I prefere those to the walmart .
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Walmart does suck!
Also I think the 99 cents store is much better . I love the dollar stores and 99 cents store . Also coffee is unhealthy anyways I do not see what the big deal with coffee is also i have been to other companys they do not have preprepared coffe like a mochachino they say list all the iteams you want in your coffee please . which I hate and coffee is just coffee also I think the best coffee comes from those machines at the gastations were you push the button and get coffee I love those " . all other coffee is krap next to the gastation stop stores .
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When it comes to coffee, it's best to do your research and make it yourself. If I knew then what I know now about starbucks I would've never started drinking their shit.
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Oh I know I been to them and other coffee places I also knew they were using bugs in thier food . Long as thier is not poo in the drinks I do not care look at all the things we put in pre packaged soda cookie and all this other krap we eat . It isnt worse than most the stuff we put in out body also I prefere the quick pick up gastation coffee that you press the button and I am not very good at making coffee so . They also put all this krap in our meat and clone our apples . Nothing is really healthy but we have to eat something ?