FRANKLIN COUNTY. MA. ACTIVISTS UNHAPPY WITH HOME DEPOT’S support for the new Georgia voting law that makes it more difficult for Blacks, people of color
“DOLLARAMA IS KING of the discount retailers” in Canada? It has 1,356 stores—3.3 X more than WMT Canada—but ave. WMT store is 14 X larger
AMAZON UNION VOTE RESULTS expected this week. “If the workers feel they want a union, they should have that opportunity to be able to vote
Ex-President Donald Trump copies a new lasagna recipe he found in a Betty Crocker cookbook. “ I had no idea there were big flat noodles
FAITH LEADERS CALL FOR BOYCOTT OF HOME DEPOT starting April 7th over Georgia voting suppression bill, which HD refused to denounce. “We might have to
“IT DOESN’T MAKE SENSE that you can have 300 people in Walmart but you can’t have two people in a small business.” Restaurants in Ontario,
INSTACART SAYS IT DELIVERS from more than 45,000 stores in North America, accessible to 85% of U.S. & 70% Canadian households. You pay delivery fee,
PANDEMIC JOB GROWTH SECTORS: more delivery jobs, pickers at big box stores, warehouse sorters, building supply jobs, & mortgage brokers. We’re still down 10 M
SMALL BIZ EMPLOYMENT IN U.S. rises by 174,000 in Mar. 5 times faster than in Feb. 1 month does not make a trend yet. https://adpemploymentreport.com/2021/March/SBR/Report
IN EARLY FEB Walmart said it was pulling back from its plan to become “America’s neighborhood health destination.” Now WMT’s first full-time chief medical officer
APRIL FOOLS: DOLLARAMA tells Canadians it plans to reach a total of 2,000 stores by 2031–a 47% increase. The Montreal-based chain had “abrupt and sustained
BIDEN EXTENDS PPP LOANS for another 60 days. “The President is providing additional critical relief to the smallest of the small businesses – the mom-and-pop
JEFF BEZOS’ BLUE ORIGIN rocket company is buying 70 more acres to add to its 90 acre campus on Merritt Island, FL to help Bezos
WHO DESTROYS 100 ACRES OF FARMLAND in a single bite? Amazon will lease a 1.1 M sf warehouse near Nashville, TN. to hold large bulky
THE WALTON FAMILY FOUNDATION “serves as a tax shelter in which the Walton family stashes its financial largesse to avoid paying Uncle Sam.” The Waltons
UNION BALLOTS GET COUNTED starting today at AMZN warehouse in AL: “wages & benefits” not the main issues. “Productivity requirements & workplace safety” are the
THE PANDEMIC HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY HARD for smaller firms. The # of small biz in Wash. state has fallen by 28% since Jan.2020. Profiles of
HOME DEPOT SECURITY GUARD in Chicago critically wounded, shoplifting suspect killed. “We’ve lost empathy for each other.” https://wgntv.com/news/chicagocrime/security-guard-shot-outside-home-depot-remains-in-critical-condition-following-thursday-shooting/ Read more on Facebook
3 INJURED in early AM stabbing/road rage incident at Ohio Walmart—the most dangerous place in America to shop. https://nbc24.com/news/local/napoleon-police-investigating-road-rage-that-left-3-injured-outside-walmart Read more on Facebook
I PUBLISHED A BOOK IN 2018 called “Ravings” with Kindle Direct publishing, owned by Amazon. You won’t find a digital copy of my book in
ALL THE STATE HAD TO DO is use the Medicare rules for “Homebound” to get this vaccine out to people who can’t easily get to
HOME DEPOT APPEALED its property tax assessment in Riley County, KS, which valued HD at $6.44 M. HD wanted a 40% reduction to $4.07 M,
EUROPEAN OWNER of Stop & Shop, Giant, Food Lion, Hannafords uses idea of “local & trust” to build a ‘connected customer:’Buy from local farmers, support
LOOKING FOR A MATZO BALL recipe for Passover? Here’s one blessed by a Mayor: https://www.recorder.com/Look-Who-s-Cooking-A-Passover-dish-with-ancient-symbolism-16184042 Read more on Facebook
MASS. FINALLY starts a vaccine program for the “homebound“ to serve 25,000 people, who “must need a 2 person assist, be unable to leave their
SEN. KLOBUCHAR SAYS Congress has “once in a century” chance to overhaul antitrust law. But can she find 10 Republicans to vote for it? In
NLRB SAYS AMAZON illegally threatened a lead organizer of worker walkouts in 2020 at a Queens, NY warehouse over lack of Covid-19 safety. NY AG
WALMART OVER-BUILT IN AMERICA: 3 x more stores than Target. Focusing now on remodeling stores, offering online order pick ups & home delivery—but not new
“WE WILL NOT THREATEN YOU with the loss of your job…We will not interrogate you.” But: “You vote for a union, every one of you
110,000 AMERICAN RESTAURANTS have closed in the past year. Pres. Biden’s rescue law includes $28.6 B for a Restaurant Revitalization Fund for those with no
WILL YOUR EMPLOYER SIGN ONTO ‘AMAZON CARE’? AMZN is expanding its medical care, after ending an alliance last year that didn’t attract companies. https://www.henryherald.com/features/health/amazon-looks-to-expand-its-telehealth-footprint/article_42daec8e-b43f-585f-a40a-fa77a1e8d195.html Read
HOME SHOTS: If elders/disabled can’t get to vaccine shots—we must get the vaccines to them! It’s already being done in Boston, NYC, Fla, IL. ,
SBA unveils $16 B grant program for “shuttered venue” arts & culture biz — with grants up to $10 M starting 4/8. The show must
I WILL NEVER SAY Home Depot has more crime than Walmart—but their parking lot shoot-outs keep coming! 2 men trade gunfire in West Palm Beach.
WALMART COPIES AMZN, opens up its online marketplace to Chinese sellers. “We have strong relationships with many reputable companies around the world…” So much for
UBER IN U.K. will give its 70,000 drivers min. wage, holiday pay & pensions per court order—but drivers will get paid only while with a
WHAT AMZN WON’T TELL YOU “is what those jobs are really like…long shifts of grueling work at a “superfast” pace with constant monitoring.” https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.al.com/business/2021/03/bessemer-amazon-worker-testifies-before-senate-committee-they-can-afford-to-do-much-better-for-the-workers.html%3foutputType=amp Read
STARTING 2022, Amazon Prime will be exclusive sponsor of “Thursday Night Football.”That’s $5 B less they have to “tackle” the problem of paying their low
BEZOS NO SHOW FOR BERNIE: “You are worth $182 billion… You’re the wealthiest person in the world. Why are you doing everything in your power
NEW BIDEN SMALL BIZ LOANS allow those with no employees & independent contractors, sole proprietors to get extra funding by using gross income to calculate
WALMART LIVE-STREAMS beauty products on Tik Tok to give “users the chance to shop live for items…directly in the app…to help us reach important customers,”
9 PEOPLE WHO MUST be shipped to Mars because of their enormous carbon footprint: includes Jeff Bezos, the Waltons, Bill Gates, and Elon Musk. “The
ELDERLY MAN IN HAWLEY,MA NEEDS RIDE TOMORROW (SAT) TO MAKE 10:30 am appt. in Deerfield to get his 1st covid vaccine. For details, call 413-834-4284.
6 WALMARTS CLOSING in Canada: 3 in Ontario, 2 in Alberta, 1 in Newfoundland, 1 in Labrador. WMT overbuilt stores, now has to thin-out under-performing
HOME DEPOT WAFFLES: says they’re not for or against bills filed in Georgia that would restrict voting rights, esp. of Black voters. “If the companies
AMZN WAREHOUSE WORKERS: “they’re watched & quantified every second. They’re monitored visually, listening, geopositioning…every second they’re not on task is measured, & if they have
5 YEARS AGO Fresh Market grocery chain was taken over by a private equity fund. Now ex-stockholders reach a $27.5 M deal to settle a
JUST A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, as the Corona virus was metastasizing, here is the dangerous misinformation being spread by the White House: Read
NORDSTROM has gone to court to get its insurance co. to cover $25 M in damages to its stores last May in the aftermath of
FOR 30 YEARS WMT has boasted of its commitment to buying American products. “WMT will spend an additional $350 B on items made, grown or
