Dolores Food Market — Local services in Dolores

I want you THE STORE OWNER to understand i was spending a hundred plus dollars a week in your store since May. And i am staying in the area until October. Think about what this cost you.

The freshest produce and cool little awesome finds in the way of specialty meats, baked goods, and dried goods, and LOCAL EGGS AND HONEY AND FLOUR. But I'll never be back cuz the local laundromat owner. I’ve been coming to the Dolores laundromat every week since May, spending $15–20 each time and supporting other local businesses in Dolores along the way (gas, food, beer, dispensary). Altogether, that’s hundreds of dollars directly in this laundromat and several thousand into the Dolores economy. Today I brought in my laundry as usual and tossed one small kitchen bag of trash in the dumpster. The owner came outside, yelled at me, and told me to take it out because “this isn’t a public dumpster.” I pulled the bag right back out, no problem. But the way it was handled made it clear my regular business wasn’t valued. So here’s the bottom line: I’ll be taking my laundry and all of my weekly spending to Cortez from now on. Dolores just lost a loyal summer customer and thousands in tourist dollars because of how this was handled. One bag of trash cost this laundromat and the town much more than it was worth.

Think about it like this:

Gas station – I was filling a tank every week since May, even a conservative 13 gallons) at $4 a gallon is $50–$60 each time. Over 16 weeks, that’s $800–1,000.

Laundry – $15–20 a week = $240–320.

Beer – Even modest, let’s call it $20 a week = $320.

Weed – At an ounce a week (Colorado dispensary pricing, call it $80–120 an ounce), that’s $1,200–1,900.

Food – Even just $40 a week eating out = $640.

Add it all up: I've spent somewhere between $3,200–4,200 in Dolores since May

Now here’s the sting: the laundromat owner didn’t just push away my $20/week of quarters, he pushed away the anchor that kept me spending thousands in town. One trash bag just redirected an entire summer’s economy from Dolores to Cortez.

In other words he swapped out a bag of garbage worth maybe $1 in dump fees for the equivalent of a used car in lost revenue for his town. That’s not a win for “protecting his dumpster,” that’s a bad trade any way you slice it.

You're asking why is this review here because in the town the size of Dolores you all should understand why you've lost money. And who...

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