06-23-2017, 12:56 PM
Ah yes, Meijers. I remember the 1980s grocery wars in Dayton when Meijers came to town and everyone thought they were going to be the greatest store since sliced bread. Meijers, Kroger and Walmart drove all of the mom and pop stores and independent stores out of business and consolidated their market shares which was soon followed by higher prices across the board.
The last time I was in Dayton, it's been awhile now, all the Meijers stores were big empty shells with big parking lots where all the dope was sold and a Kroger and Walmart store every 15 feet around them..
There's no love lost between me and these big box stores.
They come into towns, destroy all the competition and if they don't reach some arbitrary market share they close down and leave the town with nothing but empty buildings and nowhere for the local residents to shop.
As for pizza, it's one of the easiest foods you can make if you know how to make bread dough. The rest is just sprinkling whatever leftovers you have in the fridge on it. The pizza business is quite literally selling pennies worth of food for dollars and the people who make them are mere assembly line employees at best. I can't remember the last time I purchased pizza from a chain store and Papa John's would be the last place I would buy food from. I'd rather eat road kill.
The last time I was in Dayton, it's been awhile now, all the Meijers stores were big empty shells with big parking lots where all the dope was sold and a Kroger and Walmart store every 15 feet around them..
There's no love lost between me and these big box stores.
They come into towns, destroy all the competition and if they don't reach some arbitrary market share they close down and leave the town with nothing but empty buildings and nowhere for the local residents to shop.
As for pizza, it's one of the easiest foods you can make if you know how to make bread dough. The rest is just sprinkling whatever leftovers you have in the fridge on it. The pizza business is quite literally selling pennies worth of food for dollars and the people who make them are mere assembly line employees at best. I can't remember the last time I purchased pizza from a chain store and Papa John's would be the last place I would buy food from. I'd rather eat road kill.
In the immortal words of my old man, "Wait'll you get to be my age!"
Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse, but the one comfort we have is Cincinnati sounds worse. ~Oliver Wendal Holmes Sr.
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Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse, but the one comfort we have is Cincinnati sounds worse. ~Oliver Wendal Holmes Sr.
