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[–] theepilepticferret 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Mostly what I do is sell vanity sized tents to whales within a grocery store chain that also has a Starbeetus.

...Joe Fresh?

A grocery store starting its own clothing brand is as weird to me as WalMart selling produce (especially since the produce is such shit quality)

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[–] Runway22L 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Omg I'm glad I'm not crazy! I was at the new Balmart super center getting peanut butter bones for my pooch and they had a huge produce section and I was thrilled! An almost entire store size section of fruits and vegetables! Until I started looking at the quality and it seemed like they bought everything that would've been thrown out because it was too old for the super market. I don't know why they'd have produce at Balmart anyway, not like land-whales even know what fruit and vegetables are.

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[–] theepilepticferret 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I don't know how true this is, but my sister told me it's because when the produce comes in to the distributor, WalMart gets the last pick. The more expensive grocery stores get their pick of the litter, the medium-priced ones pick next, followed by the low-cost grocery stores. Then WalMart gets the leftovers.

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[–] Dropkickbooties2 [S] 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Naw. I don't want to specifically give away where it is, but what happened here was a grocery conglomerate is also the owner of a major chain of clothing stores in the Midwest. About a year or two ago, they saw an opening as Kmarts started shutting down, and decided to try to become competitive to Walmart, so they combined the two. We actually carry a ton of really good brands. You can find a lot of the same stuff at Kohls.

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[–] theepilepticferret 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

That's interesting. A few years ago Loblaw's and all its regional chains (Fortinos, Zehrs, Canadian Superstore, etc.) started carrying their own brand of clothing called "Joe Fresh". They started by opening 3 stand-alone stores (I think all of them were in the Greater Toronto Area) to test the waters, and apparently it was so successful that they started putting the clothing in the regular grocery stores. I don't go to any of those stores on a regular basis (they're pretty expensive) but it's weird seeing a clothing section in a grocery store. The clothing doesn't look like the greatest quality either... I was looking at some yoga pants one time, and they were completely see-through. Maybe they've improved the quality since then, I dunno.