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Posted by Byron
on 10/10/2009, 12:36 pm, in reply to "Lost Walmart to nation wide company"
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Wal-Mart went the way of Lowe's, Kohl's and other large box companies where corporate bids for all exterior maintenance went out to "national" contractors like SpringWise (used to be Genesis FM), USM (used to be US Maintenance), GreenKeeper, Mirror Lawn & Turf and others. Quality control has gone in the tank and many of our local store managers are not happy. The corporate offices have taken outside maintenance out of the hands of local and even district/regional managers.
But should we be surprised? The "big box" stores have done the same thing inside the store: Finding people willing to sell a product at a fraction of a penny on the dollar hoping to make it up in volume. Local quality, local customer service, local control and local products are no longer valued ... and it shows. It is very disappointing to see it happen.
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