By the way, sponsoring a major team in Sprint Cup as a major sponsor for a full season is estimated to cost between $20 and $30 million a year. Considering activation (advertising, appearances and ancillary marketing) can cost two to three times as much as the actual sponsorship, Dollar General could be looking at a $100 million a year commitment
https://beyondtheflag.com/2014/06/24/home-depot-leaving-nascar-commentary
Depot might be saving $100 million per year since they left Nascar
100 mill divided by 1840 stores that's over $54K per store, per year. Lowes might be able to staff the store with that. But wait, why do that?, Do you think Nibs and J.J. buy their home improvement supplies from the company. They don't care about staffing. It's all about living off the blood, sweat, and tears of the staff while the corporate overlords look down from their private jets. I wonder if the conversation is like. I just flew over... South Carolina, that counts as a visit, I just flew over florida, check that....
Posted by @OsLn344-far. Agree with pretty much all of it.