Traffic, I think was is a major contributor to the lack business. Only two ways out, clogged with traffic in both directions. Who wants to go there?

I hope they work it out. How many times has Wells Fargo profited from the demise of business in EPA? Why can't WF work out a deal - what benefit do they get from drumming Mi Pueblo out of business? Is there a reporter out there willing to try to answer that question?

Mi Pueblo is a valuable asset to the community, offering a variety of items that can't be found at other grocery stores. I ope they can work it out. The EP store seems to be doing quite well. Always busy.

I hope they can work it out - hate to see a good business go under.

However, to say that Wells Fargo profits from businesses going under in EPA is inane. Just how do they make money when a business they underwrote can't pay the bills? Come one, think before you start to blame. No one wins when a business fails.

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Wells Fargo is busy managing its mortgage fraud suits and can't be bothered with small problems.
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I really like this store - it has some great products and great food. I like to go over there for a taco and great desert. I think their problem is that they balk at credit cards and want only debit cards. That is a no-go for me. Cash only in that case.

Of COURSE WF has made a bundle here in EPA. To say otherwise is ignorance.

Is my pueblo like others big companys ? who may trying get adventage of US Govern, the truth of this situation is come soon or lator

I love this store. They have great produce, and could certainly raise their prices and still be cheaper than Safeway, etc, across the freeway.

The EPA store is merely one of 21 Mi Pueblo stores. It's the whole corporation that's gone bankrupt, not a particular store. So suggesting that Wells Fargo is profiting from or exploiting EPA is just senseless victimhood. No point trying to demonize WF over the fact that one of their borrowers has gotten into some trouble. If anything, it seems that the Mi Pueblo management is to blame because they based their business plan upon exploiting undocumented labor and now they can't afford to pay a proper wage to documented replacements.

Enough said on that. Great store; I'm there a lot and there's much to like about it -- most of all those oysters they shuck and serve at the front entrance in season. I hope they make it.

Deonize WF? Puhlease. It's not demonizing when it's accurate criticism. They've exploited EPA, which has nothing to do w/Mi Pueblo's in trouble. But since they're involved, it makes sense to mention their shoddy behavior in EPA. I suspect that MP's management & WF are flip sides of the same coin, and therefore suited to each other, more than any of us know.

So Mi Peublo breaks a contract, Wells Fargo decides to ask for their money back, and there is outrage? Consider the logic of this when wondering why communities become "underserved." The money is Wells fargo's after all, not EPA's or Mi Pueblo's.

Talk of "exploiting" and such only makes sense if you feel entitled to someone else's money.

That said, this is a shame. You'd think a business like this could work.

I don't go there often, but when I do it always looks very busy ... what's the problem?

@Anon,

You got it right about exploiting illegal aliens:

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The real question now is why aren't the owners jailed?

aerdii - are you pretending to not understand WF's recent dubious history in E Palo Alto, or you really don't know? Hmmm isn't pro exploitation and you're being obtuse about Hmmm's points. Maybe that's because you're unaware of WF's lousy behavior in EPA?

Outside Observer, didn't you read the article that you yourself posted? It answered your question about why the store owners aren't in jail even though they've hired undocumented workers.

To blame Wells Fargo is simply trying to pass the buck. Like others have said (and this applies to Mi Pueblo or private home buyers in EPA) if you enter into a contract, then default on the terms of the agreement YOU agreed to, how does that make it the bank's fault?

Mi Pueblo has (apparently) a bad business plan. Instead of blaming WF, you should be pleased that they took a chance on Mi Pueblo.

It is still abundantly clear the people who think that they're in the know re WF's history in EPA aren't in the know at all.

Mi Pueblo's had a dicey rep for some time, re their hiring practices. And back in the day, there were dark rumors about the founder's family. It'd be interesting to see what an investigative reported could come up with - if it was safe enough to dig around.

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