In my neck of the woods we have a Woodmans grocery store and all of there food is low priced and the employees are owners in Woodmans. When my wife was alive and the only Woodmans was in Janesville Wisconsin we would go up about once a month and shop there. Now I have a store here in Rockford and I do most of my shopping there. I also shop at Sam's as well for their meat. I can buy a whole New York Strip loin for about 6.94 or 7.30 depending on the price of meat where ever they buy and then they cut it to whatever thickness I desire. I can then bring it home and vacuum pack each steak and freeze it and it is good for several years. Some food at Woodmans is bulk the same as Sam's is. I don't know if pop is more reasonable at Sam's or not. The only draw back to Sam's is the yearly fee but my daughter is on my membership and she uses Sam's fairly often and enjoys it. If you don't have a Sam's you could look into Costco as I have had a membership there at one time but then I have to drive to Chicago to use it so not much savings there.

No intending to be critical but:
"I wish I could say, "I've never set foot in a WalMart." But I can't. They take my $$$ every month at an average of $150 +/- (about $70 of that is for CocaCola alone, "

I wish I could hear you say "I will never drink another CocaCola", You'd $70.00 ahead right there.You might look at the pizza too.
how about some real meat/potatoes/veggies?
None of my business of course but I'd have a problem blaming WallyWorld for the $150+or- you spend there.

I hate and despise WallyWorld (as I call it) also includes Sams Club.
They don't pay their employees a fair wage enough to survive. They keep their hours low so they don't pay overtime or benefits and so the employees qualify for State assistance...or their employees have to work a second job. It's ridiculous...just like McDonalds
The owners of WallyWorld are selfish, greedy, rich bitches and bastards!
I haven't stepped inside any of their stores and I refuse to park anywhere near their stores!
I tell my friends not to shop there or buy from McDonalds!

No bahm, when they first opened one here by me in the early to mid 80s, most everything was made in America, all the advertising in the front windows said made in Americal with that usual blue union looking label you will find on union made, American products.....don't know when that all changed....but you would spend a day looking for anything made here in their stores now. ...i never shopped walmart, never will either.....i would skin and eat the neighbors first the last ones tasted OK

Years ago the same thing happened at my House of Worship, except the homeless man sat in the front Pew and wanted to be Baptized. I couldn't believe what happened next, He was escorted out of the building and told to come back after the service was over. He didn't return and I never saw him again, I don't know if anyone ever saw him again. Our Minister and Deacons didn't want to discuss the matter. Christians have to realize, when you except Jesus as your Lord and Savior and truly mean it in your heart and are born again and truly follow Christ teachings. You can't leave the Church and don't go there anymore, why because you know your the church, not that house of worship that you left for what ever reason. Why do people (christians) always ask you," what church do you go to"? I always tell them. How can you go somewhere when your already there ? I'm in church everyday, because I'm the church, my body is the temple of God, christ lives in me, and I'm His church that's He's coming back for, not that building on the corner everybody calls their Church. It's just a House of Worship, not the Church. So don't fret Christians if you feel you have left the church just because you don't go on Sundays anymore to a particular house of worship. Don't listen to that lie from the devil. Of course the devil wants you to think your only in church on Sundays, and thats the only day you have to act like a christian one day a week. Then go out and act anyway you want to the rest of the week. Wake up christians your in church everyday of the week and should live your life like christ everyday, not just on Sundays, like the devil wants you to believe and makes you think you have left the church and feel Guilty and Christ is not in you anymore. Jesus said He will never leave you or forsake you. Jesus lives in you, His Church. Wherever two or more people are gathered in my name, there I shall be also. Forsake not yourself of assembling together as some do. You should worship together as often as possible to help edify each other and grow in Faith. When you first except Christ, your a baby christian, you need help to grow up spiritually just like you did physically as a human baby. Live everyday in christ teachings. not just on Sundays, so you'll grow up to be an adult christian faster and not stay a baby christian forever. If you truly love Christ, you'll never leave the Church, you'll always be there, its you !!