Having just recently been near Walmart's headquarters and seeing their *worst* Walmart store in that area--and that was better than the best Walmart store I've seen elsewhere--I'd be inclined to judge them all poorly. I'd rather have Target, but Walmart is willing to suck up a town's business, and at some point, you have to just accept them or drive quite a distance. Imagine the people in Hagerstown or Cambridge City, who don't have a lot.
The store is big but small, having grocery and dry goods sides, but not being a Super Center. It's about the same size as the store in Alma, AR I saw recently, that served a town of almost 5000 people. The Super Center in Richmond, IN is one of the smallest I've seen.
The layout isn't bad and the employees to whom I talked were friendly. Everyone seemed to be working at something. Way back when, I had been in this store to help friends with some church thingee where they needed to pick up a few things, and really the store seemed as accessible as any other Walmart I'd entered at the time.
I could go on about Walmart's corporate policies but seriously, does that take away from shopping? They have groceries you need. They're not high end groceries but they fill a need. They have most of the national brands, so you can get what you want. Do you have to watch the prices? Of course! Every store wants (more of) your money. Kroger always seems expensive, but then, I shopped at Meijer and thought that Kroger wasn't so bad. It's all about buying what you need. read more