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[beast]

They have to close two days per month, but it does not mandate that they close on Sundays. They can close any two days in the entire month.

This is not the first time that the mom and pops are making noise. Last year I think E-Mart or Homeplus started selling pizza and fried chicken for less than half the price you could buy it anywhere else. The people lined up for hours to buy this stuff. The mom and pop pizza and chicken restaurants complained and so E-Mart and Homeplus voluntarily stopped selling the pizza and chicken.

[alongway]

[beast]

It's also the mom and pop pharmacies who were complaining that convenient stores would be allowed to sell aspirin and cough medicine. The mom and pops have a lot of clout here.

[cdninkorea]

[Squire]

M&P stores should encourage customers to shop there by being friendly. There's a bakery I go to a couple of times a week purely because the staff there are so nice. I go out of my way to shop there and wouldn't buy bread from anywhere else. On the other hand there was the M&P corner shop I used to go to for cigs run by an old couple. The woman was friendly enough despite never, ever remembering my brand of cigarettes. The guy was a rude SOB. Both were incredibly slow. I found my excuse to stop going when I saw the old guy fighting on the street (nothing wrong with that) but then he hit his wife when she tried to pull him away. It would have been awkward to go back

Closing Emart every two weeks won't change my spending habits but M&P store shop assistants smiling and saying 'hi' sometimes might. I get a grim satisfaction from going out of my way to avoid certain petrol stations and corner shops

[Teelo]

Seeing "mom and pop stores" made me check youtube for John Key referring to "kiwi mums and dads" over and over. No results though

[wylies99]

[wylies99]

[motiontodismiss]

As far as pizza goes, I welcome the competition. Pizza's been overpriced for decades in this country. Dominos sells what would cost $10 stateside for like $25. For the simple reason that it's an American brand. I used to never eat at Domino's unless they were selling 3 mediums for $15.

[KimchiNinja]

Is LotteMySuper open tomorrow (4th Sunday)? Dammit all to hell, this law makes everything so confusing!

[Weigookin74]

[Weigookin74]

It's a dumb law that has no effect. Many mom and pop marts are not competitive. Luckily, there is one near me that isn't too bad for the basics and reasonably prices. They even sell the odd foreign product. These guys are probably a rare exception. But, they are located near a richer area in my mid sized city. I do pop into them every once in a while for the convenience sake. Though the big "marts" have more selection, of course.

[hogwonguy1979]

[tiger fancini]

[KimchiNinja]