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Registered: ‎03-28-2010

What are the store hours in your area?  Restaurants too.  I've noticed around me, they keep changing and stoes and restaurants are closing earlier and ealier.  I went to DSW the other day and they closed at 6pm.  Some places that were once open on Sundays are not anymore, like Arby's.  Starbucks shuts off their lights at 5.  

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Registered: ‎03-30-2014

Somehow the spell was broken a few years ago and I don't do stores much anymore.  For me, midday works.

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Registered: ‎06-19-2010

Most stores in Arizona open at 10 everyday except for Sundays when a few open at 11 or Dillards which opens at noon. Target opens at 8 everyday. Walmart is always open. Lowe's and Home Depot are open at 5 am. Restaurants open anywhere from 6am for breakfast or those that do lunch onward usually open at 10 or 11. As for closing time, I don't really pay a who lot of attention because I'm not someone who goes out later in the day. The stores open early so people can shop before it gets to hot.

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Registered: ‎01-25-2023

A lot of the shopping center stores are open until 8pm, though I usually check to make sure. Our intown stores are hit or miss, they change the hours so I call them before making a visit. I don't think the stores realize how important reliable, dependable business hours are. We even have one shop that says to check facebook to see if they are in that day.....
The locally owned restaurants are sporadic too, they often have fluctuating hours, and then the owners wonder shy the chains are getting business that the locals do not.

Lynn-Critter Lover!
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Registered: ‎03-12-2010

Stores can only open if they have staff working, and hiring help is still a big problem.

 

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@ScrapHappy  Businesses especially restaurants, say they're being forced to close early because they're unable to hire sufficient help to staff their businesses.  The employees they've got are spread too thin. 

New Mexico☀️Land Of Enchantment
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Registered: ‎03-09-2010

At the height of the pandemic, many stores were open for just one shift--10 am to 6 pm usually.  Weren't enough employees.  It is still a problem now.  My pharmacy has reduced hours even if the store it's in is open longer.

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Registered: ‎03-09-2010

Near my home in Arizona, Walmart opens at 6am, and Target opens at 7 am. Macy's opens at 10am and Dillard's opens at 11am. 

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Registered: ‎09-01-2010

In my area of southern WV, nearly every store has shortened their hours; Dollar General is still the only store open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., 7 days a week.  

WalMart and Kroger open at 7 a.m. and close at 10 p.m.   Sunday hours at CVS are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.   Outback opens at 11 a.m. and closes at 10 p.m.   Hardee's closes at 7 p.m. daily, as does Biscuit World.  I think Starbucks also closes at 7 p.m.   Trucker daughters favorite BBQ place is only open 2 days a week now, for takeout only.  

 

Anyone in this town who really wants to work should be able to have their pick of jobs from restaurants, gas stations, grocery stores, etc., as signs are everywhere!  

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Registered: ‎03-09-2010

I would guess that they cannot find anyone to work.

 

What I would LOVE TO KNOW is how do people pay their bills without working?