Menard's may come to Livonia.

[Wesley Mouch]

Davison is the closest one, I think. They have home improvement and hardware AND groceries, it looks like.

There are a number of chains that don't venture much into cities. Also from Davison, I think of Pamida. Kinda like a small KMart, but nice.

Welcome, Menards! Maybe the big boys'll have to watch their prices a little more.

[Hermod]

There are a number of chains that don't venture much into cities.

That is actually a very good and proven strategy. The track record of chains that began in the rural areas and only moved into urban competition when they became strong, is a lot better than that of stores which tried to be just urban and suburban.

Walmart is the classic example. They had a really good base of stores in rural America before they risked their money in large metro areas. Compare this to:

Woolco, WT Grant, Nicholls, JM Fields, Aes, Zayre,and Caldor [[all gone) and K-Mart [[staggering).

Another happening store [[great stock to own) is Tractor Supply which have all of their stores out in the sticks [[might do well in Rochester or Clarkston).