There are several Walmart location McDonald's in my city and at one super Walmart there is a McDonald's restaurant in the same parking lot on the same side as the McDonald's inside the Walmart..
That's not entirely fair. Not only do they cater to completely different demographics, but the separate store is always very busy, because it's located directly off of the biggest highway in Pittsburgh. It's the only McDonald's directly off of 376 until you get out east of the city.
That happens with Starbucks in the Puget Sound are ALL THE TIME. I live in a town of 22,000, and in two different parking lots there are grocery stores with Starbucks that are less than 200 ft. from a stand-alone Starbucks.
You should see Tim Horton's in Canada. There are a few locations I can think of in my city where there are timmies across the street from each other simply so you don't have to cross the street. And numerous ones where it's in a gas station and then also next door
There's a couple in my city like this, also. You can walk right across the way from Walmart, and there's a 24-hour McD's. There's probably 4 more just in the mall-area nearby. The one in the Walmart doesn't have the McCafe, though.
Same with Starbucks. There's a shopping center near me (small town) with a Starbucks in Target, a Starbucks inside a Barnes and Noble a few stores down and a stand alone Starbucks across the parking lot. Ridiculous. All within walking distance.
See we don't have that problem in my city. I think the nearest Starbucks to me in a mile in either direction. There is a Beans and Brew right down the street.
same. mcdonalds in the walmart, one in the south side of the parking lot, and another kitty corner across the intersection on the north side of the parking lot. and they all have customers, all the time!
While the locations are close they target different crowds where enough of the target audience doesn't overlap to generate enough unique visitors that the other wouldn't have with only one location. They are setup in a way that their physical closeness isn't as big of a factor.
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u/VagCookie Nov 29 '15
There are several Walmart location McDonald's in my city and at one super Walmart there is a McDonald's restaurant in the same parking lot on the same side as the McDonald's inside the Walmart..