Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Winn Dixie forces bankruptcty
Everyone knows about sport curses: The EA cover, SI cover, the Bambin- uh, wait. Anyway, a new movie just came out, something about a dog named Winn Dixie. And just on the CNN website this morning, Winn-Dixie the grocery store chained is forced to file chapter 11. Is this a new trend? Only one way to tell if this curse has legs. Someone needs to find a stray dog and name it Walmart.
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Top three reasons WD went under:
1. Didn't pay staff enough (lowest wages for starting employees in SC, I believe)
2. When I worked there, I witnessed serious amounts of theft, mostly by WD's own staff (gee, see #1)
3. When I go in the one near my house in Raleigh, it could be the most depressing looking store around in regards to staff and aisles and general atmosphere. (what? see #1 again?)
I don't think it was just the movie. A chart of their stock price that past few weeks looks like Homer Simpson falling off a cliff--maybe it grabs onto a couple of branches on the way down, but you get the idea.
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