Comments on: Another Wal-Mart?

By: J. W. Kyle

J. W. Kyle — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:25:46 +0000

AND NOW…. 4 OR 5 MILES SOUTH, ALONG HESPERIAN BLVD, NEAR THE CORNER OF INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY…. A NEW COSTCO STORE AND GAS STATION!

lOOK FOR IT TO BE OPNE LATE IN 2009 !

Wow1 Walmart, Costco and an “In and Out” fast food joint…. a haven for the unemployed to work, shop and eat!

By: oofly

oofly — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 04:16:44 +0000

This walmart is actully in San Lorenzo, which is in Alameda county. Super Walmart’s are usualy stopped by residents of the city. Well San Lorenzo is not a city and can’t fight it. So I guess everyone will go to San Lorenzo for cheap grocerys. And that old Gemco spot is perfect.

By: Jerkins

Jerkins — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 22:39:54 +0000

The San Lo city council is ALL about money. End of story.

By: Fernando Hernandez

Fernando Hernandez — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 23:55:23 +0000

Indeed, I never shop there, their merchandize might be cheap, but it is just an illusion,

I saw Wal-Mart open a store in Pullman (WA) and within two years most family owned stores in the down town area had closed. They just couln’t compete with the cheap, imported goods. I saw former store owners working for Wal-Mart, probably on the public dole from the sound of it!

That is why I make a point of patronizing family owned or independent businesses,

By: Tino

Tino — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 07:08:27 +0000

Traffic be damned, folks better start worrying about higher taxes AKA ‘The Walmart Tax’ –>

CALIFORNIA

A 2004 study by the University of California at
Berkeley Labor Center found that Wal-Mart
employees’ reliance on public assistance pro-
grams, including health care, costs California $86
million annually, with health-related costs
accounting for $32 million.

According to the
study, 23 percent fewer Wal-Mart employees par-
ticipate in the company’s health care plan than is
typical for employees of large retailers in
general.

And Wal-Mart families use 40 percent
more in taxpayer-funded health care services and
38 percent more in non-health public services
(food stamps, Earned Income Tax Credit, subsi-
dized school lunches and housing) than the fami-
lies of all large retail workers.

http://www.aflcio.org/corporatewatch/walmart/upload/walmartreport_031406.pdf

[More below]

Report: Wal-Mart Drains Tax Dollars from Local Communities

http://www.aflcio.org/corporatewatch/walmart/ns01132006.cfm

By: pole

pole — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:50:33 +0000

oh great, get ready for MORE crime & more ghetto people…..

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:31:25 +0000

C’mon San Leandro, you’ll fight tooth and nail over a Rainbow Grocery store, but roll out the a the red carpet for a second Wal Mart? Your neighbors in San Lorenzo are not pleased.

By: Trish

Trish — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:45:56 +0000

San Leandro needs to bring in more upscale stores for the good of the city; the current Walmart already creates a traffic problem. Placing another Walmart in San Leandro at the odl Target location would create another traffic nightmare for Hesperian and Lewelling, which is already crowded with rush hour traffic. Why not bring in something more upscale, like a Trader Joe’s or a Cold Stone Creamery?

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:01:14 +0000

And San Leandro needs a SECOND WalMart because…?

By: Danielle

Danielle — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 02:07:21 +0000

And the Bay Area needs another Wal-Mart because….?