wal-mart not open 24 hours a day?

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NeoPTLD

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Originally posted by: amdskip
The goal of Walmart Supercenters is that every sing supercenter stay open 24/7. I work at a very small supercenter and it stays open 24/7 and thats when the real scarries crawl in to work and stock shelves (not all of them but a bunch). Not all of the Supercenters are open 24/7 because of some special condition/location, etc.

We do sell BF 1942. I know because I put it out on the shelves for like $39.96. When have you ever seen a security camera rotate;) Really though they do have cameras freakin all over the place. Our store has crazy amounts of cameras, kinda like a casino but we have so much theft, comestics was a real killer.

what do people coming late in the night or early in the morning usually buy? im tempted to assume some food and snacks. i doubt they'll have a 24/7 walmart here anytime soon. Theres 24/7 Winco and a ton of Fred Meyers open 'till 11PM.
 

amdskip

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Lots of people do shop during the night actually to avoid crowds. Many people from companines with various shifts will come shop in the middle of the night when their shift is finished, very convenient for them. People will buy anything during the night.
 

Eli

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Originally posted by: NeoPTLD
I dont even know if theres any Walmart around here/portland oregon. Around here we have a lot of Target's and Fred Meyer's

theres a store called Safeway very close to my place thats open 24hours. i think this is the only location of safeway open 24/7 however.


:Q You must not get around much... lol

There's a Wal-Mart way down on 82nd... There's also a GI Joes, and other things in the same place.
 

NeoPTLD

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Originally posted by: Eli
Originally posted by: NeoPTLD
I dont even know if theres any Walmart around here/portland oregon. Around here we have a lot of Target's and Fred Meyer's

theres a store called Safeway very close to my place thats open 24hours. i think this is the only location of safeway open 24/7 however.


:Q You must not get around much... lol

There's a Wal-Mart way down on 82nd... There's also a GI Joes, and other things in the same place.


I've no reason to go to east side. Using hwy 26, it's faster to get to Beaverton area from downtown than the east side.
 

Eli

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Originally posted by: NeoPTLD
Originally posted by: amdskip
The goal of Walmart Supercenters is that every sing supercenter stay open 24/7. I work at a very small supercenter and it stays open 24/7 and thats when the real scarries crawl in to work and stock shelves (not all of them but a bunch). Not all of the Supercenters are open 24/7 because of some special condition/location, etc.

We do sell BF 1942. I know because I put it out on the shelves for like $39.96. When have you ever seen a security camera rotate;) Really though they do have cameras freakin all over the place. Our store has crazy amounts of cameras, kinda like a casino but we have so much theft, comestics was a real killer.

what do people coming late in the night or early in the morning usually buy? im tempted to assume some food and snacks. i doubt they'll have a 24/7 walmart here anytime soon. Theres 24/7 Winco and a ton of Fred Meyers open 'till 11PM.

Yep. WinCo rules. Fred Meyers is good, shop there all the time.. But they're kinda expensive... At least compared to places like Wal-Mart, and WinCo(groceries).

Heh.. Only people from the Northwest are going to know what a Fred Meyers is.
 

Eli

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Originally posted by: NeoPTLD
Originally posted by: Eli
Originally posted by: NeoPTLD
I dont even know if theres any Walmart around here/portland oregon. Around here we have a lot of Target's and Fred Meyer's

theres a store called Safeway very close to my place thats open 24hours. i think this is the only location of safeway open 24/7 however.


:Q You must not get around much... lol

There's a Wal-Mart way down on 82nd... There's also a GI Joes, and other things in the same place.


I've no reason to go to east side. Using hwy 26, it's faster to get to Beaverton area from downtown than the east side.

Ah, yeah. I suppose it would be.. Never thought about that. :)

I would be surprised if there wasn't a Wal-Mart somewhere in Beaverton....

Heh.. Nope, none in Beaverton. There's two in Portland(one basically in gresham), two in Vancouver, and one in Woodburn.

Ah, didn't see your Safeway comment. I don't like Safeway, only because they're horrendously expensive...

I used to go grocery shopping at WinCo at 2-3am all the time. It was fun.. hehe
 

NeoPTLD

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I would be surprised if there wasn't a Wal-Mart somewhere in Beaverton....

Heh.. Nope, none in Beaverton. There's two in Portland(one basically in gresham), two in Vancouver, and one in Woodburn.

Ah, didn't see your Safeway comment. I don't like Safeway, only because they're horrendously expensive...

I used to go grocery shopping at WinCo at 2-3am all the time. It was fun.. hehe


There's only two Walmart from me within a distance I care to drive.

One on SE 82nd 5miles away
One on Wood Village, 13miles away.

Theres two in vancouver, 9 and 11miles away, but i'm not going to go to vancouver and pay sales tax to shop at Walmart.