Had no idea a boycott was happening.

  • teawrecks@sopuli.xyz
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    16 days ago

    Every time I’ve gone into a target in the last 5 years, they legit looked like they were closing down. Idk why people are boycotting them in particular when Walmart and Amazon are way worse.

    • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      15 days ago

      Same, I get major K-Mart in its final days vibes: lots of empty shelves, stuff in dented and torn packaging, hostile and surly employees etc. etc.

      Browsing through the Target grocery section has always mystified me. Not great selection and everything costs about 50% more than the local grocery stores. I have never understood why anybody would shop there for groceries.

      • PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        15 days ago

        The Rite Aid near us actually was 3/4 empty all through the pandemic. They put up a sign saying they were remodeling, but closed a few months ago.

        • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          0
          ·
          15 days ago

          Drug stores are so fucking weird. It’s a business model that apparently supports a store on every corner, yet they often go out of business too. And it’s always Rite Aids going out of business, although I couldn’t say what the difference is between those and the other chains.

          • glitchdx@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            15 days ago

            there’s only a couple of companies that run every drug store in the us. both cvs and walgreens each own over a dozen other names that they operate as depending on where in the country you are.

            same thing with grocery stores. Kroger and Safeway also both own over a dozen names that they operate under.

            I believe rite aid is owned by walgreens.

            A long time ago, i woked at a savers (thrift store), which also operated as a dozen other names depending on region. Makes me think that maybe someone could make a bot that could identify a person’s geographic location based on the brands mentioned in their comments.