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- shazbotben, on 03/04/2008, -4/+545I guess Target would be too ritzy for her tastes then.
- gcacho, on 03/04/2008, -3/+322I think dressing up means wearing a clean wife beater.
- Phatt138, on 03/04/2008, -7/+281Those people at Walmart are...dressed up? I guess 'shirt with sleeves' qualifies as casual-chic in her world.
- mtg1287, on 03/04/2008, -4/+251Does anyone else want to know why this is even in the paper?
- NCSUspoon, on 03/04/2008, -11/+232Im drunk right now and I still said "wow"
- Sornos, on 03/04/2008, -12/+232Dugg for the description.
- midriscoll09, on 03/04/2008, -4/+180She better stay out of fancy restaurants like McDonald's.
- RocketSeason, on 03/04/2008, -3/+162You gotta match slippers when shopping at Wal-Mart
- UtahApocalyse, on 03/04/2008, -3/+156I dun like dem uropeen stors
- sharkd, on 03/04/2008, -5/+139Targét is trés chic.
- Crash1337, on 03/04/2008, -3/+130HEY MA! GET OFF THE DANG ROOF
- milo3600, on 03/04/2008, -8/+114Dugg for being drunk.
- franklymister, on 03/04/2008, -4/+102A Snopes reader found this on Daily Town Talk, apparently it ran about two years ago:
April 21, 2005 Thursday
Local store finds success and major competition
By Robert Morgan
Kenneth Williams opened a store on Lower Third Street in Alexandria when no one else was looking to do business in the area.
Now he's looking at direct competition as a national discount chain is building a store right across the street from where he opened his new Dollar Palace at 2500 Third St.
Williams said he's been doing his homework, preparing for that competition from the new Family Dollar store that will open later this year.
Family Dollar, headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., has 5,600 stores in 44 states, according to its Web site.
Florence Stanley, spokeswoman for Family Dollar, said, "It looks like we're targeting a late summer opening, probably August."
The store will be of average size, a total of 9,100 square feet with 7,700 square feet of sales area, Stanley said.
Family Dollar has three other stores in Alexandria and one in Pineville.
The size of the corporation he'll be competing against has not escaped Williams, who said, "They are a multi-billion-dollar company. We (Williams and his wife) are just two little people here."
But standing this week in the store he built from a former auto parts business, he said, "I am cautiously optimistic. A lot of our customers have said they will not shop (at Family Dollar)."
He said there is a sense of community loyalty because Williams chose to invest in a business on Lower Third at a time when major companies would not.
In a letter to The Town Talk published Monday, Iradean Dupar-Gatson suggested the new business smacked of unfair competition because it will be part of a national chain.
While some members of the community agreed that it hardly seems fair that a national chain would open a store across the street after Williams took risks to get his business started, those interviewed by The Town Talk said they probably will shop at both stores.
"Well, I was talking to Kenneth, the owner, about it the other day. He said (Family Dollar) looked at it two years ago and decided not to open a store because they didn't think it was safe. I guess they feel like it's all right now," Malcolm LeFears of Alexandria said.
LeFears, who said he shops at the Dollar Palace almost daily, said, "I don't think it's fair. They wouldn't take the chance he did."
But he said, "I'll probably shop at both of them. I know (Family Dollar) has more clothes than he does."
Viola Coutee of Alexandria said she shops at the Dollar Palace "quite often" and likes the store.
Coutee said the new Family Dollar store will be competition for the Dollar Palace.
"I hope it doesn't bring them down," she said.
She said, however, she already shops at other Family Dollar stores in Alexandria and will probably shop at both Williams' business and the new store when it opens.
"I just think it's wrong. It's hurting the little man," Edward Jackson of Alexandria said.
But, like the others, Jackson said, "I'll shop both of them."
Debra Jackson of Alexandria said she sees nothing unfair about the new store locating on Lower Third Street.
Debra Jackson said she likes shopping at the Dollar Palace because it is convenient and casual.
"I don't have to get all dressed up like I'm going to Wal-Mart or something," she said, adding she shops at Williams' store "to pick up my cleaning supplies."
She said, "I'll shop at both of them, whatever's convenient for me. I'm not going to pick and choose between them."
Stanley said her company surveyed the community before deciding to build a new store.
"We found the consumers there that are looking for quality products at low prices, (such as) the merchandise we carry," she said.
Williams said his shelves are stocked with many items that are requested by customers.
"We carry a lot of items that are geared to the community," he said. "They're not going to do that."
Still, he said, Family Dollar stores that are already in Alexandria carry some items at lower prices than his store does.
"We are lower on some items than they are. And we carry items they won't carry," Williams said.
GRAPHIC: Kenneth Williams is cautiously optimistic his store, Dollar Palace on Lower Third Street, will continue to do well after Family Dollar opens a new store right across the street. Leandro Huebner, The Town Talk; Eddie Winston Jr. with Patrick's Post Tension of Shreveport installs rebar in the foundation of the new Family Dollar store under construction on Lower Third Street. It is expected to open in late summer. Tia Owens-Powers, The Town Talk - BubbaBubberson, on 03/04/2008, -0/+79teeth
- ncapone, on 03/04/2008, -3/+78Dugg for digging him for being drunk.
- inactive, on 03/04/2008, -3/+75My wife and I got engaged at the Wal-Mart snack bar. Good Times!
- pzwhite125, on 03/04/2008, -1/+68You have obviously never been in a small southern town. Go anywhere in North Georgia where the town's population is under about 600 and the word "colored" still flies, and I guarantee the local paper will be a barrel of laughs.
- pheedback, on 03/04/2008, -2/+67Did you mistake K-Mart for Wal-Mart again? Silly hillbilly your sister isn't supposed to be your wife.
- bluedostoevsky, on 03/04/2008, -0/+64keep on livin the dream man. there's nothing like getting drunk on your own and bumming around on digg.
- mattcoady, on 03/04/2008, -3/+63pants
- 89vision, on 03/04/2008, -5/+62I bet she has Christmas dinner at Denny's with the Bundys
- dhVyse, on 03/04/2008, -0/+57The lady I always see at my walmart doesn't 'dress-up' at all. She drives around in a little electric cart in a moo moo.
- wannapiece, on 03/04/2008, -10/+63This was on Jay Leno's headlines like a year ago.. old
- hoffey, on 03/04/2008, -17/+69Dollar Palace > Wal-Mart
- BigBallistix, on 03/04/2008, -1/+52...
- pharekyz, on 03/04/2008, -0/+47WTF?
- blorguehad, on 03/04/2008, -0/+47It would've been even better if she had said, "The Wal-Mat"
- bweltondav, on 03/04/2008, -1/+47I'm actually from a small north georgia town. I remember during middle school our english assignment was to go through the local newspaper and find as many grammar/spelling errors as possible.
...It was a literary massacre... - TheCasablancan, on 03/04/2008, -10/+55As a former "team member", every time I hear someone refer to the store as Targét rather than TarGET, I set them on fire.
No mercy, no remorse, it is simply a pleasure to burn. - shreveyboy, on 03/04/2008, -3/+47Dugg for digging him for digging for...oh nevermind.
- djbon2112, on 03/04/2008, -0/+40I think that was the joke.
- vspazv, on 03/04/2008, -0/+38If you ever want to feel better about yourself go to a 24 hour Wal-Mart at 2am...
- TheWorm, on 03/04/2008, -0/+38Dugg for being drunk on a Monday night.
- ricky125, on 03/04/2008, -0/+36I hate those ***** Wal*Mart snobs!
- euro22, on 12/17/2008, -1/+34Teach me to be cool like you.
- byrdgang, on 03/04/2008, -0/+32...the reporter wanted a good laugh?
- makkaveli19, on 03/04/2008, -1/+32i think i'm more of a ***** than a douche. hence my non-popped collar.
- OisinT, on 03/04/2008, -0/+31your dad is the top of cool.
- Moosebri, on 03/04/2008, -0/+31K, I seriously wanna see a pic of this lady. I think it would compliment the article nicely.
- SLYK, on 03/04/2008, -5/+36ooh yes, such a rant.
you ***** tough guy wannabe. shut up. - Namaha, on 03/04/2008, -0/+30Nothing about pants then, eh?
Excellent... - nonymous666, on 03/04/2008, -3/+33Shoulda paid attention in school.
- Dylson, on 03/04/2008, -1/+30teeths*
- badgermagics, on 03/04/2008, -1/+28I thought posting under the influence (PUI) was illegal here,
- gak001, on 03/04/2008, -5/+32Pronounced Tar-jay, of course.
- Pinkshisno, on 03/04/2008, -0/+27Dugg for your name and picture.
- Euler2718, on 03/04/2008, -0/+27I'm going to go out on a limb here and say they probably don't have a Trader Joes where she lives
- dulymachine, on 03/04/2008, -0/+26*toofs
- WhatsUpWithJack, on 03/04/2008, -2/+28c-c-c-c-c-c-COMBO BREAKER!!
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