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Originally Posted by Dion
When i worked for Safeway the American side wanted stores here open 24 hours. The idea got nixed as there wasn't enought factory/shift work to make it a go. If it went 24 hours, service during the day and evening hours would have suffered. Opening a store 24 hours doesn't generate any extra revenue. The other problem is the grocery side and others are stocked during the midnight hours. It would make it extremley hard for customers to navigate the isles when stock is all over the place.
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When I lived in Grade Prairie the IGAs were open 24 hours. It just was a fact of life for the customers that there were boxes and palates in the way. I was chatting with the night manager one time and he said it was working great for them; the only extra cost was one cashier so the extra sales that would have gone to people shopping elsewhere paid her salary; and if it ever got really busy he would jump on a till himself.