Big Box Stores

Businesses that utilize Economies Of Scale to deliver lower prices and suck money from local economy into their coffers.

Big box stores are also [[Save_the_Environment?|bad for the environment]] because they require a car to buy things - that is, the "Burn a liter of gas to buy a liter of milk" economy. In Halifax, big box stores are located in areas with very poor bus service. So this means that not only do the profits from the retailers leave the area, the cheaper prices are not available to people who can't afford cars or have chosen to [[Live_Car-Free?|live car-free]] for economic or environmental reasons.