Today
the world is filled with corporations and big businesses and the money all goes
to these tycoons. The days are gone of old country stores that used to have
everything you needed. There is still some value stores around and Dollar
Generals, but it isn’t the same. The dollar stores are still owned by big
corporations. If you look around you can still find county stores that have
values to shop from. Somewhere you can get a variety of things that you
wouldn’t expect together. A turtle trap, hummingbird feeder and a meat grinder all in the same place.
That is a true old fashioned general store.
General
stores often have basic daily things that you need like food items such as bread,
cheese, and milk, and stuff like toilet paper, paper towels, a Philips head
screwdriver, and other hardware and electrical supplies. The idea of a general
store has been around for centuries and although a few are still floating
around there isn’t much left with the concept.We have become an increasingly
urbanized world and corporations have taken over most of the Mom and Pop
general stores. It is hard to compete with the low prices they can offer with
foreign products on the shelves. The
term "general merchandise store" is also used to describe the big
stores with a lot of goods and departments. Stores like K-Mart, Target and
Walmart would be the General stores of today. They are one shop stops with low
prices. The concept is the same, but they are certainly run very differently
than an old country store. There are still old fashioned country stores for you
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