Let's try an experiment. Name some stores in your area that are "chain" stores.

[Jamastiene]

I'll see if I have one of those here where I live.

I'll go ahead and knock two off the list.

Target - No
Home Depot - No

Have fun!

[Midlodemocrat]

1. Target, Wal Mart, Best Buy, TJMaxx, Kroger, Food Lion,

Lowe's, Home Depot, Ben Franklin, Michael's, SteinMart, Barnes and Noble, Kohl's, Bath and Body Works, Dress Barn, Hallmark, Pier I, Old Navy, Office Max.

I think that's it for the immediately near shopping area. BUT, we're getting an upscale Wal Mart !!!! Across the street!!!! and a Penney's.

:woohoo:

:woohoo:

:eyes:

As if we need one more retailer here, sheesh.

[Jamastiene]

6. Wal Mart: Yes, we have one of those.

Target - No
Best Buy - No
TJMaxx - No
Kroger - No
Food Lion - Yes
Lowe's - Yes
Home Depot - No
Ben Franklin - No
Michael's - No, closest one is 26 miles away
SteinMart - No
Barnes and Noble - No
Kohl's - No
Bath and Body Works - No
Dress Barn - No
Hallmark - Yes, but I've never found it yet.
Pier I - No
Old Navy - No
Office Max - No, closest one is 35 miles away.

[Liberal_in_LA]

Ralphs, Sears, JCPenney,

[Jamastiene]

7. JCPenney Yes

Ralphs - No
Sears No, we also lost it when the new Wal-Mart super center moved in.

[billyskank]

2. Sainsburys and Tesco.

I win. :P

[Jamastiene]

8. No and No

Wow, never even heard of them.

:P

[Skittles]

3. Albertsons, Tom Thumb, Kroger

[Jamastiene]

9. Kroger No

Albertsons - No
Tom Thumb - No

[machI]

4. Piggly Wiggly

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[Jamastiene]

11. There is one of those over in Hamlet, so I can say Yes

to that one in a way. :P

[lost-in-nj]

5. Target, Wal-Mart, Borders

Bed, Bath and beyond
Sears
Pennys
Home Depot
Lowes
Staples
A&P
Macy's
Bath and Body works
lots more in the mall


:hi:

lost

[Jamastiene]

12. Target - No

Wal-Mart - Yes
Borders - No
Bed, Bath and beyond - No
Sears - No
Pennys - Yes
Home Depot - No
Lowes - Yes
Staples - No
A&P - No, but we did have one a long time ago.
Macy's - No
Bath and Body works - No
lots more in the mall - We don't have a mall where I live. :( I wish we did. I used to love shopping at malls.

[MorningGlow]

10. Depends on what "in your area" means, geographically

In my village? Nothing. Zip. Nada. One Mobil gas station, one Sunoco gas station. One small grocery store.

However, about a 10-minutes' drive away there's a McDonalds, and a 20-minute-ish drive away, in two directions, there are two chain-store hells--so extensive I can't even begin to list the chains.

[Jamastiene]

13. I'm thinking within 20 miles is good.

I figure 15 to 20 miles is fairly close enough. Anything over that and it is a special trip to me.

[buckettgirl]

14. Alco, Dollar General, Pizza Hut, A&W

Thats about it in the small town I live in - all the big chains are in the next town over

[Jamastiene]

15. Alco - No

Dollar General - Yes and we have some other Dollar type stores too, not sure what's up with so many kinds of dollar stores around here; maybe it's for shopping sprees. :P
Pizza Hut - Yes
A&W - No

[Texasgal]

16. Lowes, Marshalls, Hobby Lobby?