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spic-ole
Coffee
Joined: 10 Oct 2002
Posts: 1657
Location: UC Calecia
  
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| bemisnorris wrote: | | Something of note for people who believe that bringing in big corporations into the Valley provides steady employment for Valleyites...I heard from a friend of mine that Food4Less has already started laying off employees! |
We need to start bringing in industries or factories, not markets.
Less competition, more jobs.
The paper factory we had was a good idea, anyone know why that went under? |
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chainsmokinmonkey
Peanut Salesman
Joined: 29 Nov 2002
Posts: 967
Location: unemployment
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| Posted: 16 Sep 2003 11:31 PM Post subject: Re: Vons In Calexico To Close |
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| spic-ole wrote: | | elchrist wrote: | | BTW, Vons doesn't carry their best seller, Lucky Lager, anymore. A 12 pack of 11 oz bottles for approximately $5.50. You just can't beat that, considering all the entertainment they provide as well. |
I don't think anybody carry's it anymore.
If someone does, you must share. |
i will miss you lucky lager  |
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chainsmokinmonkey
Peanut Salesman
Joined: 29 Nov 2002
Posts: 967
Location: unemployment
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| Posted: 16 Sep 2003 11:33 PM Post subject: |
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| revramrod wrote: | | bemisnorris wrote: | | Something of note for people who believe that bringing in big corporations into the Valley provides steady employment for Valleyites...I heard from a friend of mine that Food4Less has already started laying off employees! |
Suckers. |
of course they did. every new business over hires so they could cover the busy first month. after that, they start seeing who is an asset and who is a liability. unfortunately for us, the chicali folk are the asset because they work for less and don't bitch. |
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chainsmokinmonkey
Peanut Salesman
Joined: 29 Nov 2002
Posts: 967
Location: unemployment
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| Posted: 16 Sep 2003 11:37 PM Post subject: |
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| elchrist wrote: | | I figured it was Calexico because of the recent grand opening of Food For Less, the plan to open up a Super Wal-Mart in 2005, and the majority of shoppers moving on to the next cheap thing. |
i actually spoke to an employee at Vons, and she said it had nothing to do with those factors. she said it was just that for the last two years, they just weren't meeting their goals. for two years they actually lost money. i guess spic-ole going late at nights for beans wasn't enough to help  |
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verbal
Cole
Joined: 24 Oct 2002
Posts: 2569
Location: C-Town
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| Posted: 17 Sep 2003 11:55 AM Post subject: |
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| chainsmokinmonkey wrote: | | revramrod wrote: | | bemisnorris wrote: | | Something of note for people who believe that bringing in big corporations into the Valley provides steady employment for Valleyites...I heard from a friend of mine that Food4Less has already started laying off employees! |
Suckers. |
of course they did. every new business over hires so they could cover the busy first month. after that, they start seeing who is an asset and who is a liability. unfortunately for us, the chicali folk are the asset because they work for less and don't bitch. |
C'mon now. What did you expect. It takes a lot of people to start a new company. Think of it as Christmas time. What happens during the holidays. Stores hire more employers to handle the demand. Then once the demand starts to slow down then the obvious thing to do is fire your punk ass.
You guys say it like it was a big shock.
One guy came down from SD to work in the warehouse department. He was pulling in 75-85 hours a week. Now that the store has leveled off his hours were reduced to 40 hours. Since he can't make anymore overtime he is going back to SD and he's getting a different job. |
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bemisnorris
Cole
Joined: 16 Oct 2002
Posts: 2096
Location: Not Here
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| Posted: 23 Sep 2003 06:32 PM Post subject: |
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| verbal wrote: | | chainsmokinmonkey wrote: | | revramrod wrote: | | bemisnorris wrote: | | Something of note for people who believe that bringing in big corporations into the Valley provides steady employment for Valleyites...I heard from a friend of mine that Food4Less has already started laying off employees! |
Suckers. |
of course they did. every new business over hires so they could cover the busy first month. after that, they start seeing who is an asset and who is a liability. unfortunately for us, the chicali folk are the asset because they work for less and don't bitch. |
C'mon now. What did you expect. It takes a lot of people to start a new company. Think of it as Christmas time. What happens during the holidays. Stores hire more employers to handle the demand. Then once the demand starts to slow down then the obvious thing to do is fire your punk ass.
You guys say it like it was a big shock. |
I'm not shocked that they laid off their employees...what is fucked up is that they started laying people off after being open for less than a month.
Another reason I mentioned the layoffs is because our government leaders like to throw numbers at us of how many people these companies will hire or have hired, but not the number that will be employed after the initial layoffs. |
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elchrist
See-thru Afro
Joined: 09 Oct 2002
Posts: 7668
Location: Calecia.com
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| Posted: 31 Jan 2004 05:14 PM Post subject: Safeway |
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| Rumor has it that Vons in Calexico will be reopening in the near future as the brand name Safeway. |
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spic-ole
Coffee
Joined: 10 Oct 2002
Posts: 1657
Location: UC Calecia
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| Posted: 01 Feb 2004 12:34 AM Post subject: Re: Safeway |
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| elchrist wrote: | | Rumor has it that Vons in Calexico will be reopening in the near future as the brand name Safeway. |
That would be great, maybe Food4Less will go away now. |
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Americano
Coffee
Joined: 18 May 2003
Posts: 1640
Location: fair Verona
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| Posted: 01 Feb 2004 09:42 PM Post subject: |
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Calimax has began to open location in the U.S.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed. |
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revramrod
IVC Dropout
Joined: 09 Oct 2002
Posts: 1410
Location: Calecia.com
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| Posted: 01 Feb 2004 09:56 PM Post subject: Re: Safeway |
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| elchrist wrote: | | Rumor has it that Vons in Calexico will be reopening in the near future as the brand name Safeway. |
Thank you, Jebus! |
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