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Best Alternative to Wal-Mart, 2007: Target
6365 I-55 North, Jackson, 601-956-1150
Mon-Sat 8am-10pm
Sun 8am-9pm
Target continues to offer many of the big-box advantages of Wal-Mart with a nod to the urban hipster--hence the faux French pronunciation--that resonates with voters. Yes, there’s a big, big box version out in Flowood, but that stalwart Target store located right inside the Jackson city limits is, hopefully, offering up a nice chunk of property taxes annually. Not to be left out are solid choices in Fred’s and Walgreen’s, the latter of which came in handy for your intrepid blurb writer late on Christmas Eve.
The vote for “Nowhere, Suckas!” made us feel honored that Shaft took the time out to vote, even if he is, apparently, a Wal-Mart fan.
--Todd Stauffer
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“Somebody told me that you get really mad at people if they shop at Wal-Mart,” said one of our interns the other day when she caught me running into the sales room to grab something off the printer. I tried to make it clear that it wasn’t exactly a company policy"she could shop at Wal-mart on her own time"but, truth is, I don’t want Jackson Free Press money spent in a Wal-Mart. That’s true. Not even if it’s really darned convenient because they’ve got the photo processing lab right there next to the cold cuts. I encourage avoiding Wal-Mart whenever possible. I think the company is antithetical to the America I want to live in.
So, is Target much better? Not much. I still cringe when I see that the clothes are made in El Salvador, as that seems to mean fewer jobs for people in American textiles. (Remember when it used to be conservative to care whether something was Made in America?) But Target is less predatory in their business practices, and they make a habit of donating a portion of their profits to local charities. Even better is Rainbow Co-op. I’ve noticed that whenever I accidentally make some massive corporate-controlled error in judgment, I’m never in Rainbow when I do it. Funny how that works. Everything from food to toiletries to toilet bowl cleaner is best bought in Rainbow if you’d like to see the co-op continue to exist and the hard-working little guy just occasionally get rewarded for what he or she is trying to accomplish.
--Todd Stauffer (Best of Jackson, Best Alternative to Wal-mart 2005)
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