Guess I spoke too soon.
Wal Mart is taking sprawl to a more intimate level. Last week I remarked that Bentonville appeared to be a convenience store gold mine and pondered why Wally World wasn’t getting in on the action. Well, turns out the retail giant recently opened its second “tiny” store- it’s only 2500 square feet! Both are located in universities and branded as Walmart Express.
Hot dogs from China, anyone?
Full story from CSP Net Online
Interesting battle for control of the convenience store landscape in the Land of Wal Mart.
According to CSP.net two c-store chains from Iowa are buying up property for new stores faster than pay-at-the-pump. Caseys’ and Kum-n-Go (tee hee) have opened more than a dozen new stores in Northwest Arkansas.
It surprises me that Bentonville hasn’t jumped into the fray. But I guess for some people Wal Mart is a convenience store? Yuck.
Mad Dash for Natural State Real Estate
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First there was Black Friday.
Then there was Cyber Monday.
This year we discovered Grey Thursday.
Now it’s time to prepare for the end of the Mayan calendar. By shopping at Sam’s Club!
A recent email promo touts the wonderful selection of emergency supplies available from the Bentonville-based warehouse club. This is the first concrete proof I have seen that supports this theory that the world will end on December 21, 2012.
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