Recently visited a US Costco, Walmart and Target and everything seemed nicer and tidier than the Canadian version. Was surprised by Walmart specially how they had nice bright lights and hi end feel. A Costco run in GTA seems like total madness with shipping carts and other dirty hell not put together
Why are Canadian Walmarts & Costco so untidy?
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I find most of the Walmarts to be ok, the problem with Costco is the guys don't put away the carts fast enough. But Costco is always super busy, I'm starting to lose my patient when I go, just too crowed.
Rarely been to a Costco, so cannot comment. As for Walmart, like pretty much all stores, if it is something I want they don't have it or it is sold out(modern computerized inventory). They also refused to sell me a phone without a plan.
As for tidiness, so so.
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It may be that Canadian manufacturers or representatives of international manufacturers pay less for shelf space. E.G. Campbell soup will pay for prime spot on the shelf at eye level. Loblaw will sell them the space to display their product as well as a fee to stock their product and collect the retail cost at check out. A lessor known equivalent product may have a lower less prominent shelf but pays a lower fee for the shelf space. If both products are sold in the U.S.A., they may pay less per product item in Canada as compared to the states. Being that there is a substantially bigger marker south of the border they may have bigger budgets for marketing and may have bigger display boards and sample hand outs. There may still be sample hand outs at Costco, but they seemed to have all disappeared at grocery retailers in Canada. Years ago I remember sampling beer, wine and 6-8 food items at a grocery store on one visit.
Part of it is hires. Unlike the states most people who work there don't consider it a real job and thus don't try as much, whether it be employees or managers who are supposed to enforce the standards. There's also the whole issue of availability. The vast majority of walmarts have cheaper groceries than the stores in the surrounding areas (the only exception I can think of, at least close by, would be the walmart in waterdown as there's literally a no frills right across the street). For them, they aren't worried about losing customers due to filth as the same people who bitch about untidyness won't spend an extra 40 cents to buy tuna from one of their competitors.
Which city in the U.S.? My guess, it is not about the country, but about the city, and even more so about the neighborhood.
So when I used to go to Walmart in Florida, it could be quite messy. Especially in the tourist areas
I hate crows, they have no business being in any store ever.
This…
Bottom line… staff don’t give a shit because management doesn’t doesn’t. Not enough secret shoppers or service standard check ins by head offices.
I know that in the US, if you complain to head offices that the service is piss poor, or store is a messy disaster… they will actually show up to evaluate.
That's odd. Don't know why they wouldn't sell the phone alone at a rediculously high price and with a huge markdown if purchased with a plan.
I mean if you want to see how attrocious a walmart can get, visit the one out in burlington near guelph line. Their toilets are constantly caked in shit, shoplifting has become so rampant that they lock bags of ice in the freezer and require staff to open it now. Oh, and they never really clean anything. One could take a blacklight into that store and be permanently blinded.
