Other Drug Store ~ Question: Pamida anyone?

[hburmeister]

i used to have a friend that works there. she made a career out of it. poor thing. i agree on their sky high prices. the one she works at is in whitehall michigan and they do not have a pharmacy. at least the last time i was in there anyway. i live in south texas, so i do not go there. LOL i don't even go there when i am in town. i would think it would be one of the first places to go when economy bottoms out. i can't imagine how people can shop there thinking they are getting things for less than other places. i almost feel like they put stores up in places where people have no choice but to shop there....

[Debbieomi]

Originally Posted by hburmeister i can't imagine how people can shop there thinking they are getting things for less than other places. i almost feel like they put stores up in places where people have no choice but to shop there....

Yep, I think they knew right what they were doing opening this store here. We have to drive 45 minutes to the west or south to get to any big box stores. We have a Rite Aid here and that's it. We have a large senior citizen population also who will be more than thrilled to not have to travel to shop now.

Sounds like I'll be doing the doubles, clearance, loss leader shopping only.
Thanks everyone.

[donnarl52]

There's a Pamida in town and I doubt that I've been in the store more than a dozen times in the 10 yrs I've lived here. They are over priced and really not a nice store.
The only thing I will say is that this year they did have good BF sales. They are sorta coupon friendly but haven't ever heard of them doing doubles.

[mdnalley]

We have a Pamida here. I'm about an hour south of Louisville, Ky. Pamida prices are high, but occasionally they have some decent sales for grocery-type items. Our Pamida does have a pharmacy, but I haven't used as we also have a Rite Aid. Pamida does have some great clearance items, but not as much now that we have a new store manager. They just started doubling coupons about two months ago - up to $1. I haven't tried to shop there with my coupons, because it's so expensive. Ours will only price match for the stores in our area....besides the Rite Aid that includes Dollar General and Family Dollar.

[panthermom]

We have Pamida here in MO also. I don't really go there, though, because I haven't had any luck finding what I wanted when I went with a list of things to buy.

I will have to try the price-matching and the double coupons though!

[mnnice]

I'm pretty sure Pamida is currently owned by the same holding company as Shopko and they run similar ads. I'd check the Shopko forums form Pamida deals.

[The Newbie]

We have a Pamida. I went there Tuesday and they had Pampers on sale *they only advertised it as 11.99-2.00 for the sale, but they rang up as 7.99 before any coupons. You could get them for a good deal if you have 2 of mfq.

[wooliswonderful]

Our Pamida in Northwest Wi just passed the 19 year mark. They do have high general prices but like has been mentioned will price match and are doubling monthly. I shop every doubles as there is only 1 very small local grocery that doubles and only up to .50. I got Pampers there too a month ago, $6.50 each after coupon. That's the lowest I've ever seen here in the boonies.

[rainbwblu]

I grew up in West Central MN and my mom still frequents Pamida. (She is 60 now). She uses their pharmacy and actually buys things from there during their sales. They are a bit overpriced in my opinion though. The town is about 15,000 people and has a Kmart, Walmart, and Target but is the only box store on that side of town, near a lot of senior housing so a lot of seniors have been going there instead of the 'bigger' stores.

[jessandkaitlin]

We have a pamida here. Overpriced and not alot in stock. I am in WI about 1 hour north of Madison. I can count on one hand how many times I was in that store last year.