"They're driving local mom and pop and medium-sized businesses out of business "

Aww wwaaaah... that's the food chain for ya... And since when were these M&P stores ever supposed to be this great thing? Every M&P store I've ever been in had sucky selection, high prices, and lousy service...

"They pay shit, they treat their employees like shit"

O.k.. Pay?? How much SHOULD they get to do a job that basically a trained monkey would be bored at??? It's not rocket science... it's restocking shelves and running a check-out machine that is mostly capable of running itself...

Treatment? I know and have known all kinds of people who work, or have worked at Wal-Mart... none of them ever complained... In fact, most of the folks I've known there really kinda dug the job... It was easy money...

Maybe my experience is different because of the border? That in the US it's different? I donno...