Not if they have to pay the jacked up minimum wage.
To stay in business, low volume Mom and Pop stores need much higher margins than high volume, low margin competitors like Wal-Mart. That is why Wal-Mart put them out of business in the first place.
Increasing labor costs enough to close Wal-Mart stores is even more devastating to small businesses.
I think the OP was being sarcastic.
The left complains that Wal-Mart puts mom-and-pop shops out of business. Now with Wal-Mart gone, the mom-and-pop shops can flourish....too bad mom and pop can’t pay the minimum wage either....