• SorryQuick@lemmy.ca
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    5 hours ago

    I can’t imagine this being possible (the full sized part anyway). The less customers you have, the less options you can offer, it’s simple economics.

    Perhaps what doesn’t help my case is that most of the town works for that one company where everyone has one or two of their meals at their cafeteria. Still, of the neighboring towns, none has a grocery store bigger than a corner store. The only town that does have one has almost 5000 people….

    The truth is, when we did have a grocery store, everyone went to the city once a week anyway because everything is there (or they work there). So while they’re at it, they also shopped at the bigger grocery stores, leading to a decline in customers at the local one.