Target also has a version and Kmart has its Super K stores, one of which is in Moon. Eventually, many of the smaller Big K stores may be converted to fit a full-line grocery and discount goods. Well, it's not just to sell a whole bunch of cheese and bologna. It's to get customers into the supercenters, where they also pick up higher profit margin clothing or toys. Wal-Mart has a reputation for coming in with very low grocery prices, even if that means taking a loss on some items.
Competitors call it predatory.
He predicts savings for the region's shoppers and pain for competing grocers as the competition rages on. Wal-Mart is going to take it out of the hide of the No. 2 through 10 chains in the market. The mid-sized Giant Number one in the Pittsburgh market is, of course, Giant Eagle. The latest report shows the O'Hara chain gobbling 52.3 percent of the metropolitan statistical area's sales. Saves and Foodlands.