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Yes and no. Walmart often is not going to have food as fresh as a Farmers market or community store. But farmers may feel the need to shop there anyway due to p

Yes and no. Walmart often is not going to have food as fresh as a Farmers market or community store. But farmers may feel the need to shop there anyway due to prices. Perhaps they still wanted fresh produce too, but because they weren't buying enough, the result was that couldn't buy any. People are not good at predicting long term effects of their purchasing decisions. This had been a trend for the last 20 years: Walmart comes in, local businesses close down. But no one said the people are happy. The issue is the people need to coordinate their purchases to get what they actually want.

smileysteve 7y ago
> Walmart often is not going to have food as fresh as a Farmers market or community store Supposedly, Walmart fresh produce and meat is more locally sourced than the chain grocery stores. Because Walmart focuses on supply chain costs and order in larger quantities, they order more food from the region than anybody else.
rwmurrayVT 7y ago
My local walmart has adverts on the shelves in the produce/deli/butcher areas that show the sourcing is actually quite local.