If Sam can do it...Why can't we!!

Most of you may not know this but last summer Pamida in albia went through a change. It was to be called the Ultimate Value Store. Our prices were decreased on alot of merchandise and our ads were sent out monthly instead of weekly. The ads featured items priced at the new "everyday low prices". Sound Familiar? In my opinion we were trying to operate much like Wal-Mart. Well after we changed the floorplan of the store and sold lots of merchandise at the new lower prices trucks brought less and less merchandise. Our shelves became kind of empty.

Well I just heard today that the Ultimate Value plan is being dropped. Now Albia as well as many other pamida stores in the area are gonna have to remodel and raise prices. In return we will get freight. We just got a big truck yesterday.

So we tried to challenge the powers of Wal-mart and failed. Thats ok cause soon Wal-mart will attack the smaller areas that can't support it right now. It will start it's own campaign to attack smaller stores like Pamidas, Shopkos, and Dollar Generals. The campaign of
Wal-Mart Mini Centers