I Heart Big W

I think I mentioned before that Melbournce Central is the largest shopping centre in Melbourne. But according to thatsmelbourne.com.au, QV is the largest shopping centre in Melbourne. I think I've gone there just about everyday since I've been on Easter Break. Mostly because that's where the Safeway supermarket is, Safeways Liquors and Big W.

Ahhh, Big W. Its the answer to everything. Its just like Super Walmart except it doesn't have a liquor store or a grocery. Big W is underground and to make up for its lacking things, the supermarket is right across from it and Safeway liquors is right next to it. This QV place is amazing. Its like an underground fantasy land where people can go spend money and hang out and eat sushi or kebaps and drool over the pastries they have on display at the bakeshop. So Big W is essentially Walmart. They have the same colors and the same smiley face that bounces around knocking off price tags.

When I lived in Ohio there was this department store called Woolworths, which I thought went out of business at the end of the 80's. Woolworths, or Woolies as they call it here, is alive and well. Woolworths owns Safeway grocery, Safeway Liquors, Big W and a few other stores. In the UK Woolworths is a department store. Its a monster. How many places in there world could there be Woolworths?

It seems like some coorporations from the states that have spread elsewhere are doing considerably better. Kmart for example is nothing like a Kmart you can find in the states. It occupies the same place Target does in the states and Target here is rather expensive, so I don't shop there. The Martha Stewart of Australia's is Donna Hayes.

She dominates Kmart, has her own magazine and probably knows everything about everything.