"A different clientele" is the label they use. What's this "different clientele"? Fat people, black people, poor people, stinky people, ugly people? The J-G seems to think that only these people seek bargains and search for value. In their minds, no one shopping at Stein Mart would ever shop ALDI. Does anyone think that the J-G owners pump their own gas? They have 'people' for that, after all.
Fort Wayne's morning newspaper has a nasty habit of using their news coverage and editorials to categorize and divide groups of people and to exacerbate perceived inequities between those groups. The idea is to create friction or conflict. This creates "news" and sells newspapers and further builds the Inskeep family fortune. The Maven always chuckles when J-G editorials crow about protecting working people, minorities and the disadvantaged while it's owners laugh all the way to the bank. Somewhere exists a stronger word for hypocrite, but the Maven cares not to invest any more time in this story.
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