Similarly, I've been buying a lot more from smaller, local stores because the major chains are disasters. It's worth it to pay a few dollars more for groceries

Similarly, I've been buying a lot more from smaller, local stores because the major chains are disasters. It's worth it to pay a few dollars more for groceries to avoid waiting in an hour-long line, for example. Just as companies are re-thinking the fragility of supply chains that depend on a single country, maybe this will help counter-balance the consumer trends toward huge retail.