First time caller, long time listener.

This question is meant to be a starting point for a few larger
questions, thus the low initial price. Though, if someone answers well
it could lead to subsequent questions.

I'm an undergrad Graphic Design student working on my thesis, I need
statistical information but am unsure how to go about it. Here are
some of my questions

1. I'm trying to find the Name, City and Zip Code for all the
locations of any number of Big Box vendors (WalMart, Home Depot, Best
Buy, etc.). While most company sites have "store locators" they only
show 3 to 20 stores at a time and the prospect of entering thousands
of entries seems a little absurd. How and would it be possible to
find/get a listing of all locations and information possibly in a
Excel spread sheet?

2. What are America's top 10 to 25 major chain location players
(Walmart, Home Depot, McDonalds, Starbucks).
I'm trying to define urban landmarks that are ubiquitous to America
and it'd be good to have a comprehensive list of the entities.

3. How do I go about pricing subsequent questions? I'm a college
student, so I have don't have much funds to burn. With that said,
what's a good guide for pricing questions. Especially ones that'd
require data heavy work (for example a combination of questions 1 and
2).

Are answerers willing to accommodate cheaper questions with a good
cause as readily as marginal but high priced questions?

your advice would be appreciated.

You'll find a list of the top 100 US retailers and the number of
locations for each at the following site, in PDF form, The list
includes supermarket chains but not restaurant chains like
MacDonald's. It seems unlikely that ANY source would provide a list of
all locations and their addresses for the top 10.
http://retailindustry.about.com/od/sales_retailers/a/2004_top100_nrf.htm

As for how to price questions, it's a free market. If your price is
fair, you will get someone to go to work on it. If not, you won't.
Just try to think of the time involved in giving a good answer to the
question, and set your offer accordingly.

I guess what I'd be looking for in a combination of question 1 and 2
would be the specific store listings of one brand of retailers in a
single document, so multiple documents for multiple brands.

A friend started to make a python app that'd scoures Walmarts site and
enters the store information based on zip code (by repeatedly hitting
the store locator). The problem is it's quite a bit over my head and
he isn't able to donate much time to pursuing the project.