Thank you for telling your story. If there is any hope for your store to survive I hope it does.
This is what has happened in my city in Washington state. Not with a grocery store but with veterinarian business. Corporations have purchased all but a new vet business in the area. Now it costs double what we use to pay for services that are far less welcoming or personable. And on weekends we were having to drive an or hour or two for emergency vet care.
My nephew, with his Doctor of Physical Therapy degree, built a very successful PT business in the PDX area. After a dozen years, a national chain bought his business. They used a noncompete requirement which he understood verbally to mean he had to take one year off, and then could practice across the valley, just not near his former clinics. After the sale was completed, their corporate attorneys sent him a letter saying he couldn't open a new practice near any clinic affiliated with them, anywhere.
The business model extant in the US stinks. It needs revised.
Tax the rich. Oblige/reward them to donate to actual, prosocial true charities. Feed, clothe and shelter the poor.
Agreed. I think he did, but didn't have the money to pursue it. He went into another field briefly, is now working for someone else. He missed the clinical work, which as owner put him working on paperwork and authorizations. He is much happier doing clinical work again.
Thank you for telling your story. If there is any hope for your store to survive I hope it does.
This is what has happened in my city in Washington state. Not with a grocery store but with veterinarian business. Corporations have purchased all but a new vet business in the area. Now it costs double what we use to pay for services that are far less welcoming or personable. And on weekends we were having to drive an or hour or two for emergency vet care.
Take care of yourself.
My nephew, with his Doctor of Physical Therapy degree, built a very successful PT business in the PDX area. After a dozen years, a national chain bought his business. They used a noncompete requirement which he understood verbally to mean he had to take one year off, and then could practice across the valley, just not near his former clinics. After the sale was completed, their corporate attorneys sent him a letter saying he couldn't open a new practice near any clinic affiliated with them, anywhere.
The business model extant in the US stinks. It needs revised.
Tax the rich. Oblige/reward them to donate to actual, prosocial true charities. Feed, clothe and shelter the poor.
Educate the children.
Care for and respect elders.
That non-compete is probably illegal, but depends on state law. He should consult a business/contract attorney in his state.
Agreed. I think he did, but didn't have the money to pursue it. He went into another field briefly, is now working for someone else. He missed the clinical work, which as owner put him working on paperwork and authorizations. He is much happier doing clinical work again.