Comments on: Purposeful Shopping: Money Spent In The Local Economy Goes A Lot Further.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:35:13 +0000

We have this store in town called Hardwicks. It’s ostensibly a hardware store, run by the same family for something like 60 years now. You have to gird yourself before going in however, because if you’re not careful you may find yourself on the receiving end of of some choice words from the crotchety old goat behind the counter!
Once I made the plunge though, I haven’t looked back. I love that place! There are things I’ve found in there that there’s no way you’d even find at a big box store…what’s the slogan…”think global, act local.” I think that goes back to the early 90’s at least, but it’s even more relevant now.

By: SavvyChristine

SavvyChristine — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:53:07 +0000

As a college student and recent college graduate, I practically lived out of big box stores like Walmart and Target. Now that I’m a bit beyond those years, I can (finally) see the benefits to shopping at the smaller local stores. When it comes to restaurants, they’re way more accommodating of food allergies and that sort of thing. Hurray for people who care!

By: Enrique S

Enrique S — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:30:01 +0000

I always like to help out the “little guy”, and that includes going to the local hardware store vs. Home Depot, or paying a little more from an independent beverage distributor rather than buying beer in the supermarket. I don’t want my only choices to be Target, Walmart, or Lowe’s.