Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market -- anybody else seeing these TV ads?

[Brigid]

Now Wal-Mart is apparently trying to become a neighborhood grocery store? Yeah, right.

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Started in colleges or near colleges

They want to occupy all the spectrum, from convenience stores to super centers

[djean111]

2. Here in Florida, we are inundated with ads proclaiming Wal-Mart is cheaper than Publix.

No, they are not, not for a lot of things. And they could only dream of having the selection that Publix has.
Or the clean stores. Or the specialty foods. Or the bakery. Or the fried chicken.
Wal-Mart took over an (over-priced) Albertson's that closed, across the street from Publix, in a fairly upper middle class area..
Be interesting to see how long they last.

[rppper]

6. Public has great fried chicken...fresh sushi too...

....a bit more expensive on some things, but the public delis make it worth it....

[lpbk2713]

7. And subs and Cubans.

Their bakery is first class too.

[RockaFowler]

11. I love how Publix is going after WalMart now

They have a special ad insert each week that shows you all of the stuff you could buy at Publix and the same items at WalMart and you will save money at Publix not WalMart. I love it.

Oh and yes Publix is a much better store in every way possible. The Deli, the bakery, the milk (WalMart's milk is dreadful), the customer service. Try finding someone at WalMart. Can't do it. Publix is right there to help you when you walk into the store. Love it!!

[SheilaT]

18. Where I live, Santa Fe, Albertson's is cheaper than WalMart.

Since I haven't been in a WalMart in over a decade, I can't comment on selection, cleanliness, etc that you mentioned in your post, but my local Albertson's has a good selection and so on. And there are also other stores here -- Whole Foods, Sprouts, and Smith's -- for whatever I can't find at the other.

Choice is good. WalMart wants to eliminate any possibility of real choice.

If I were ever to move a hundred miles from the nearest decent-sized city, I'd scout out the grocery store options ahead of time. I still wouldn't go to a WalMart myself.

[Frankie the Bird]

3. We have one nearby.

Still total garbage.

Not interested.

[RebelOne]

16. There is one about 2 miles from me.

I rarely go there. Last time I went there was a couple of years ago because I had an out-of-town friend visiting and she wanted to go to WalMart. For groceries, I prefer my local Kroger.

[kiva]

4. They've been in Las Vegas for years,

so probably just moving into your area? Meh, the prices aren't so low and they are too big to be convenient.

[Lasher]

5. Ju-Jitsu slogans

Job creators. Class warfare.

[Jenoch]

8. I've been to one of these

'neighborhood Walmart' stores in Arizona. It's just a Walmart that is about 1/4 the size of a Walmart Super Center.

Edit to add: I think the merchandise is only what you would find in a grocery store.

[tammywammy]

9. We've had the neighborhood Walmarts for years around here. n/t

[maryellen99]

10. they're competing with Target

The Targets around here have expanded their grocery sections to include fresh produce and meat.

[djean111]

12. I have always found Target to be sort of expensive, for food.

[sinkingfeeling]

14. Here Target's food items are cheaper than WM's SuperCenter's.

[RebelOne]

17. There is a Target almost around the corner from my house.

The grocery section has a really good selection and the prices are right.

[sinkingfeeling]

13. Neighborhood Markets have been in Arkansas for more than a decade and

the campus store was opened on the University of Arkansas Campus like 3 years ago.

[grasswire]

15. One of those muscled in, in my town.

It went in three doors away from an existing, established Grocery Outlet. Too bad that planning couldn't keep that from happening.

I went inside the place. Ugh. It is HUGE, but it has no soul. And it wasn't any cheaper than the Kroger a mile away. I did notice many many aisle of freezer meals. So I guess that must be the focus.