DISQUS

inkedup · 2 months ago

Sprawl Mart's usual mode is to put in several stores in an area forcing out all the little competition. Then they pick a location, and build a super Sprawl Mart and then close all the surrounding stores Thus forcing everyone who has become dependent on them to drive the extra distance to the super store.

Also as I understand it - if you are a vendor with a product that you would like Sprawl Mart to carry, you beg for an appointment to show it to them and you pay for the privilege. Then Sprawl Mart will decide what they want to pay you for your product and if you don't kowtow to them, they buy your product from another vendor for the price they wish to pay - eventually putting you out of business.

Then they take out life insurance policies on most employees, so when that sweet old senior greeter dies, Sprawl Mart get the insurance pay off, and gets most of that persons wages back.

Go ahead - you shop there - I won't