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Albertsons has become. I guess Sainsbury, PLC couldn't keep up, yet Royal Ahold still has Stop & Shop firmly in it's grip. |
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"Tony P." wrote:
> > Great, now we can watch those stores turn into the garbage that > Albertsons has become. Oh, geez, I was *thrilled* when Albertsons took over Acme. I guess Shaws is something special? Because Acme sucked big time. > I guess Sainsbury, PLC couldn't keep up, yet Royal Ahold still has Stop > & Shop firmly in it's grip. I can't stand Stop & Shop. They took over Edwards which was a very nice store as I recall. So much for that. nancy |
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"Tony P." wrote:
> > Great, now we can watch those stores turn into the garbage that > Albertsons has become. Oh, geez, I was *thrilled* when Albertsons took over Acme. I guess Shaws is something special? Because Acme sucked big time. > I guess Sainsbury, PLC couldn't keep up, yet Royal Ahold still has Stop > & Shop firmly in it's grip. I can't stand Stop & Shop. They took over Edwards which was a very nice store as I recall. So much for that. nancy |
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>"Tony P." wrote: >> >> Great, now we can watch those stores turn into the garbage that >> Albertsons has become. > >Oh, geez, I was *thrilled* when Albertsons took over Acme. I guess >Shaws is something special? Because Acme sucked big time. > >> I guess Sainsbury, PLC couldn't keep up, yet Royal Ahold still has Stop >> & Shop firmly in it's grip. > >I can't stand Stop & Shop. They took over Edwards which was a very >nice store as I recall. So much for that. > >nancy ------------------------- The Albertson's in San Diego and Coronado are great. Nancree |
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>"Tony P." wrote: >> >> Great, now we can watch those stores turn into the garbage that >> Albertsons has become. > >Oh, geez, I was *thrilled* when Albertsons took over Acme. I guess >Shaws is something special? Because Acme sucked big time. > >> I guess Sainsbury, PLC couldn't keep up, yet Royal Ahold still has Stop >> & Shop firmly in it's grip. > >I can't stand Stop & Shop. They took over Edwards which was a very >nice store as I recall. So much for that. > >nancy ------------------------- The Albertson's in San Diego and Coronado are great. Nancree |
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Oh no! Shaw's being bought by Albertsons
Huh? I am not!
-- Mark Shaw contact info at homepage --> http://www.panix.com/~mshaw ================================================== ====================== "[The Blues] is the kind of music that doesn't mince words -- it gets right to it." -Bonnie Raitt |
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"Tony P." > wrote in message .. . > Great, now we can watch those stores turn into the garbage that > Albertsons has become. > > I guess Sainsbury, PLC couldn't keep up, yet Royal Ahold still has Stop > & Shop firmly in it's grip. > Around here, the home of Albertson's, they are the highest priced store in town--course, they pretty much own the town. Except for a couple of Winco's, WalMarts and Fred Meyer's. By highest priced, I mean 20-30 cents on a can of something, $1-$1.50 on a pint of Ben and Jerry's. Narrow selection of items too. Thank God for Costco! Janet |
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"Tony P." > wrote in message .. . > Great, now we can watch those stores turn into the garbage that > Albertsons has become. > > I guess Sainsbury, PLC couldn't keep up, yet Royal Ahold still has Stop > & Shop firmly in it's grip. > Around here, the home of Albertson's, they are the highest priced store in town--course, they pretty much own the town. Except for a couple of Winco's, WalMarts and Fred Meyer's. By highest priced, I mean 20-30 cents on a can of something, $1-$1.50 on a pint of Ben and Jerry's. Narrow selection of items too. Thank God for Costco! Janet |
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in article , Tony P. at
wrote on 3/26/04 6:08 PM: > Great, now we can watch those stores turn into the garbage that > Albertsons has become. > > I guess Sainsbury, PLC couldn't keep up, yet Royal Ahold still has Stop > & Shop firmly in it's grip. > Hmm..I'm not a fan of Shaws at all, but the couple of Albertsons I've been to in Florida and Texas were kinda nice. I have a huge problem with their meats, I just flat out won't buy them, not even chicken. I will shop there for their sales only, and then, there have to be a LOT of items at really great prices. I have shopped at Stop and Shop FOREVER! I agree it went downhill when Ahold took over, but lately, I'm liking them a little better. They still have the %@#&ing card, but they are also using "everyday low pricing" on some basic items and I really like that. We have 2 Stop and Shops within 2 miles of my house, and another 5 within a 10 mile radius. And they're building yet another. My city will have 3, one neighboring town has 2. Shaws, has 3 stores within the 5 mile radius. To me they are no competitor. What I'm really aching for is something OTHER than Stop and Shop and Shaws. Like Shop Rite. Or Big Y. |
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in article , Nancy Young at
wrote on 3/26/04 6:24 PM: > "Tony P." wrote: >> >> Great, now we can watch those stores turn into the garbage that >> Albertsons has become. > > Oh, geez, I was *thrilled* when Albertsons took over Acme. I guess > Shaws is something special? Because Acme sucked big time. I don't think Shaw's is that great. Dirty, for one thing. > >> I guess Sainsbury, PLC couldn't keep up, yet Royal Ahold still has Stop >> & Shop firmly in it's grip. > > I can't stand Stop & Shop. They took over Edwards which was a very > nice store as I recall. So much for that. Funny you say that. Edwards got bought by Royal Ahold. Then Royal Ahold, a few years later, bought up Stop and Shop. In markets where they had both Edwards and Stop and Shop established, one of them had to be sold, at least in CT. That was decreed by the Attorney General. So they chose the more profitable location to keep. Most of the stores that were sold were Edward's stores (at least here in CT) and many of them were bought by Shaw's, though some were bought by Big Y. Anyway, Royal Ahold decided that Stop and Shop was the stronger brand name, so whatever stores they had here in the northeast were rebranded as Stop and Shops, if they weren't already. But all they really kept was the name--the real character of the store was overtaken by the corporate parent. It may seem like Stop and Shop took over Edwards, but actually, the opposite is true, since Edwards was owned by Royal Ahold before Stop and Shop was. Kinda like when Federated Stores bought Macy's. Macy's was a stronger brand than Bambergers, Stern's, Jordan Marsh, A&S, etc, so they sold some of the locations and converted most of the others to Macy's stores. Except, they weren't the same Macy's stores as they were before the takeover. > > nancy |
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in article , Nancy Young at
wrote on 3/26/04 6:24 PM: > "Tony P." wrote: >> >> Great, now we can watch those stores turn into the garbage that >> Albertsons has become. > > Oh, geez, I was *thrilled* when Albertsons took over Acme. I guess > Shaws is something special? Because Acme sucked big time. I don't think Shaw's is that great. Dirty, for one thing. > >> I guess Sainsbury, PLC couldn't keep up, yet Royal Ahold still has Stop >> & Shop firmly in it's grip. > > I can't stand Stop & Shop. They took over Edwards which was a very > nice store as I recall. So much for that. Funny you say that. Edwards got bought by Royal Ahold. Then Royal Ahold, a few years later, bought up Stop and Shop. In markets where they had both Edwards and Stop and Shop established, one of them had to be sold, at least in CT. That was decreed by the Attorney General. So they chose the more profitable location to keep. Most of the stores that were sold were Edward's stores (at least here in CT) and many of them were bought by Shaw's, though some were bought by Big Y. Anyway, Royal Ahold decided that Stop and Shop was the stronger brand name, so whatever stores they had here in the northeast were rebranded as Stop and Shops, if they weren't already. But all they really kept was the name--the real character of the store was overtaken by the corporate parent. It may seem like Stop and Shop took over Edwards, but actually, the opposite is true, since Edwards was owned by Royal Ahold before Stop and Shop was. Kinda like when Federated Stores bought Macy's. Macy's was a stronger brand than Bambergers, Stern's, Jordan Marsh, A&S, etc, so they sold some of the locations and converted most of the others to Macy's stores. Except, they weren't the same Macy's stores as they were before the takeover. > > nancy |
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"Tony P." > wrote in message .. . > Great, now we can watch those stores turn into the garbage that > Albertsons has become. > > I guess Sainsbury, PLC couldn't keep up, yet Royal Ahold still has Stop > & Shop firmly in it's grip. > I for one am sure as hell not going to miss Shaw's. The stores are dirty, every last one I've ever been in has the same faint smell of rotting food, that'd be several in four states. Meats and produce, if one dares, last 1-2 days. And they are a lot more expensive locally than the major rival Hannaford, on meats, produce and staple items. (read the stuff I buy) I've found that most items are between fifty cents and three dollars more. Many "specialty" items only come in store brand ...err I mean "private label." At 10pm the Shaw's in my town turns out half the lighting, that's a wee bit freaky. The Albertson's that I have been in are fine. No horrid smell and no Shaw's *trademark* Cabot cheeses growing mold in the refrigerator case. Jessica |
Oh no! Shaw's being bought by Albertsons
"Tony P." > wrote in message .. . > Great, now we can watch those stores turn into the garbage that > Albertsons has become. > > I guess Sainsbury, PLC couldn't keep up, yet Royal Ahold still has Stop > & Shop firmly in it's grip. > I for one am sure as hell not going to miss Shaw's. The stores are dirty, every last one I've ever been in has the same faint smell of rotting food, that'd be several in four states. Meats and produce, if one dares, last 1-2 days. And they are a lot more expensive locally than the major rival Hannaford, on meats, produce and staple items. (read the stuff I buy) I've found that most items are between fifty cents and three dollars more. Many "specialty" items only come in store brand ...err I mean "private label." At 10pm the Shaw's in my town turns out half the lighting, that's a wee bit freaky. The Albertson's that I have been in are fine. No horrid smell and no Shaw's *trademark* Cabot cheeses growing mold in the refrigerator case. Jessica |
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Jessica Vincent wrote:
> I for one am sure as hell not going to miss Shaw's. The stores are dirty, > every last one I've ever been in has the same faint smell of rotting food, > that'd be several in four states. Meats and produce, if one dares, last 1-2 > days. And they are a lot more expensive locally than the major rival > Hannaford, on meats, produce and staple items. (read the stuff I buy) I've > found that most items are between fifty cents and three dollars more. You could *not* have described the old Acme any more accurately. Looks as though Albertson's has a great business plan of taking over tired old cash poor, yet well established chains. Good for them. nancy |
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Jessica Vincent wrote:
> I for one am sure as hell not going to miss Shaw's. The stores are dirty, > every last one I've ever been in has the same faint smell of rotting food, > that'd be several in four states. Meats and produce, if one dares, last 1-2 > days. And they are a lot more expensive locally than the major rival > Hannaford, on meats, produce and staple items. (read the stuff I buy) I've > found that most items are between fifty cents and three dollars more. You could *not* have described the old Acme any more accurately. Looks as though Albertson's has a great business plan of taking over tired old cash poor, yet well established chains. Good for them. nancy |
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"Sheryl Rosen" > wrote in message ... > in article , Tony P. at > wrote on 3/26/04 6:08 PM: > We have 2 Stop and Shops within 2 miles of my house, and another 5 within a > 10 mile radius. And they're building yet another. My city will have 3, one > neighboring town has 2. Shaws, has 3 stores within the 5 mile radius. To me > they are no competitor. What I'm really aching for is something OTHER than > Stop and Shop and Shaws. Like Shop Rite. Or Big Y. > Sounds like here. I'm not sure where in CT you are, but we have Stop and Shop up the wazoo here, but that's not all we have by any means. On the main drag where I live (Rt 5) We have three Stop & Shops within about 5 miles. In that 5 mile span, going from North to South, we have Stop and Shop, Shop Rite, Stop and Shop, Shaws, and Stop and Shop. Right now, Super Wal-Mart is being built less than 1/4 mile south of Shaws. A BigY is being built maybe 1/2 mile north of the southernmost Stop and Shop. Oh, and there's an Aldis in there too, as well as a produce only store. Super KMart used to be in the building where the Super Wal-Mart is going to be this summer. Waldbaums Food Mart used to be next door to the Southermost Stop & Shop but went out of business maybe 2 years ago. Personally, Stop and Shop is my favorite of the bunch. Shop Rite doesn't seem very clean, Shaw's is clean, but I can't ever find anything because I can't make sense of the way things are organized in there. I'm looking forward to Big Y opening, they seem to run good sales and have a nice produce/bakery area. I think that we are quite fortunate in the variety of Supermarkets that we have here. Especially compared with what I have seen when traveling in other parts of the country. Tracey in CT |
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"Sheryl Rosen" > wrote in message ... > in article , Tony P. at > wrote on 3/26/04 6:08 PM: > We have 2 Stop and Shops within 2 miles of my house, and another 5 within a > 10 mile radius. And they're building yet another. My city will have 3, one > neighboring town has 2. Shaws, has 3 stores within the 5 mile radius. To me > they are no competitor. What I'm really aching for is something OTHER than > Stop and Shop and Shaws. Like Shop Rite. Or Big Y. > Sounds like here. I'm not sure where in CT you are, but we have Stop and Shop up the wazoo here, but that's not all we have by any means. On the main drag where I live (Rt 5) We have three Stop & Shops within about 5 miles. In that 5 mile span, going from North to South, we have Stop and Shop, Shop Rite, Stop and Shop, Shaws, and Stop and Shop. Right now, Super Wal-Mart is being built less than 1/4 mile south of Shaws. A BigY is being built maybe 1/2 mile north of the southernmost Stop and Shop. Oh, and there's an Aldis in there too, as well as a produce only store. Super KMart used to be in the building where the Super Wal-Mart is going to be this summer. Waldbaums Food Mart used to be next door to the Southermost Stop & Shop but went out of business maybe 2 years ago. Personally, Stop and Shop is my favorite of the bunch. Shop Rite doesn't seem very clean, Shaw's is clean, but I can't ever find anything because I can't make sense of the way things are organized in there. I'm looking forward to Big Y opening, they seem to run good sales and have a nice produce/bakery area. I think that we are quite fortunate in the variety of Supermarkets that we have here. Especially compared with what I have seen when traveling in other parts of the country. Tracey in CT |
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Sheryl Rosen wrote:
> > in article , Nancy Young at > > Oh, geez, I was *thrilled* when Albertsons took over Acme. I guess > > Shaws is something special? Because Acme sucked big time. > > I can't stand Stop & Shop. They took over Edwards which was a very > > nice store as I recall. So much for that. > > Funny you say that. > Edwards got bought by Royal Ahold. Then Royal Ahold, a few years later, > bought up Stop and Shop. In markets where they had both Edwards and Stop > and Shop established, one of them had to be sold, at least in CT. That was > decreed by the Attorney General. So they chose the more profitable location > to keep. Most of the stores that were sold were Edward's stores (at least > here in CT) and many of them were bought by Shaw's, though some were bought > by Big Y. Anyway, Royal Ahold decided that Stop and Shop was the stronger > brand name, so whatever stores they had here in the northeast were rebranded > as Stop and Shops, if they weren't already. But all they really kept was > the name--the real character of the store was overtaken by the corporate > parent. It stinks. Edwards was so much nicer. > Kinda like when Federated Stores bought Macy's. Macy's was a stronger brand > than Bambergers, Stern's, Jordan Marsh, A&S, etc, so they sold some of the > locations and converted most of the others to Macy's stores. Except, they > weren't the same Macy's stores as they were before the takeover. I hate Federated stores and I was upset when they were allowed to buy Macy's. Now Macy's is a second rate department store. nancy |
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Sheryl Rosen wrote:
> > in article , Nancy Young at > > Oh, geez, I was *thrilled* when Albertsons took over Acme. I guess > > Shaws is something special? Because Acme sucked big time. > > I can't stand Stop & Shop. They took over Edwards which was a very > > nice store as I recall. So much for that. > > Funny you say that. > Edwards got bought by Royal Ahold. Then Royal Ahold, a few years later, > bought up Stop and Shop. In markets where they had both Edwards and Stop > and Shop established, one of them had to be sold, at least in CT. That was > decreed by the Attorney General. So they chose the more profitable location > to keep. Most of the stores that were sold were Edward's stores (at least > here in CT) and many of them were bought by Shaw's, though some were bought > by Big Y. Anyway, Royal Ahold decided that Stop and Shop was the stronger > brand name, so whatever stores they had here in the northeast were rebranded > as Stop and Shops, if they weren't already. But all they really kept was > the name--the real character of the store was overtaken by the corporate > parent. It stinks. Edwards was so much nicer. > Kinda like when Federated Stores bought Macy's. Macy's was a stronger brand > than Bambergers, Stern's, Jordan Marsh, A&S, etc, so they sold some of the > locations and converted most of the others to Macy's stores. Except, they > weren't the same Macy's stores as they were before the takeover. I hate Federated stores and I was upset when they were allowed to buy Macy's. Now Macy's is a second rate department store. nancy |
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Tracey wrote:
> Sounds like here. I'm not sure where in CT you are, but we have Stop and > Shop up the wazoo here, but that's not all we have by any means. On the > main drag where I live (Rt 5) We have three Stop & Shops within about 5 > miles. In that 5 mile span, going from North to South, we have Stop and > Shop, Shop Rite, Stop and Shop, Shaws, and Stop and Shop. > Right now, Super Wal-Mart is being built less than 1/4 mile south of Shaws. > A BigY is being built maybe 1/2 mile north of the southernmost Stop and > Shop. Oh, and there's an Aldis in there too, as well as a produce only > store. Super KMart used to be in the building where the Super Wal-Mart is > going to be this summer. This is my idea of a nightmare. nancy |
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Tracey wrote:
> Sounds like here. I'm not sure where in CT you are, but we have Stop and > Shop up the wazoo here, but that's not all we have by any means. On the > main drag where I live (Rt 5) We have three Stop & Shops within about 5 > miles. In that 5 mile span, going from North to South, we have Stop and > Shop, Shop Rite, Stop and Shop, Shaws, and Stop and Shop. > Right now, Super Wal-Mart is being built less than 1/4 mile south of Shaws. > A BigY is being built maybe 1/2 mile north of the southernmost Stop and > Shop. Oh, and there's an Aldis in there too, as well as a produce only > store. Super KMart used to be in the building where the Super Wal-Mart is > going to be this summer. This is my idea of a nightmare. nancy |
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In article >,
says... > in article , Tony P. at > wrote on 3/26/04 6:08 PM: > > > Great, now we can watch those stores turn into the garbage that > > Albertsons has become. > > > > I guess Sainsbury, PLC couldn't keep up, yet Royal Ahold still has Stop > > & Shop firmly in it's grip. > > > > Hmm..I'm not a fan of Shaws at all, but the couple of Albertsons I've been > to in Florida and Texas were kinda nice. I have a huge problem with their > meats, I just flat out won't buy them, not even chicken. I will shop there > for their sales only, and then, there have to be a LOT of items at really > great prices. > > I have shopped at Stop and Shop FOREVER! I agree it went downhill when > Ahold took over, but lately, I'm liking them a little better. > > They still have the %@#&ing card, but they are also using "everyday low > pricing" on some basic items and I really like that. > > We have 2 Stop and Shops within 2 miles of my house, and another 5 within a > 10 mile radius. And they're building yet another. My city will have 3, one > neighboring town has 2. Shaws, has 3 stores within the 5 mile radius. To me > they are no competitor. What I'm really aching for is something OTHER than > Stop and Shop and Shaws. Like Shop Rite. Or Big Y. There are within a 5 mile radius at least a half dozen Stop & Shop stores as well as at least 4 Shaw's stores. But the closest Stop & Shop to me is 2.2 miles away, the Shaw's is .4 miles. |
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In article >,
says... > in article , Tony P. at > wrote on 3/26/04 6:08 PM: > > > Great, now we can watch those stores turn into the garbage that > > Albertsons has become. > > > > I guess Sainsbury, PLC couldn't keep up, yet Royal Ahold still has Stop > > & Shop firmly in it's grip. > > > > Hmm..I'm not a fan of Shaws at all, but the couple of Albertsons I've been > to in Florida and Texas were kinda nice. I have a huge problem with their > meats, I just flat out won't buy them, not even chicken. I will shop there > for their sales only, and then, there have to be a LOT of items at really > great prices. > > I have shopped at Stop and Shop FOREVER! I agree it went downhill when > Ahold took over, but lately, I'm liking them a little better. > > They still have the %@#&ing card, but they are also using "everyday low > pricing" on some basic items and I really like that. > > We have 2 Stop and Shops within 2 miles of my house, and another 5 within a > 10 mile radius. And they're building yet another. My city will have 3, one > neighboring town has 2. Shaws, has 3 stores within the 5 mile radius. To me > they are no competitor. What I'm really aching for is something OTHER than > Stop and Shop and Shaws. Like Shop Rite. Or Big Y. There are within a 5 mile radius at least a half dozen Stop & Shop stores as well as at least 4 Shaw's stores. But the closest Stop & Shop to me is 2.2 miles away, the Shaw's is .4 miles. |
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Nancree > wrote:
> The Albertson's in San Diego and Coronado are great. The Acme supermarket chain (mostly in NJ and PA) is owned by Albertson's too, as of a year or two ago. My favorite thing about Acme is they have the best selection of Heinz ketchup. For example, Acme was the first supermarket in my area to sell the colored ketchup and they are the first to sell the low carb ketchup. The other supermarkets in my area don't have the low carb Heinz ketchup yet, as far as I know. A good selection of Heinz products is fundamental to a well run grocery store. |
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Nancree > wrote:
> The Albertson's in San Diego and Coronado are great. The Acme supermarket chain (mostly in NJ and PA) is owned by Albertson's too, as of a year or two ago. My favorite thing about Acme is they have the best selection of Heinz ketchup. For example, Acme was the first supermarket in my area to sell the colored ketchup and they are the first to sell the low carb ketchup. The other supermarkets in my area don't have the low carb Heinz ketchup yet, as far as I know. A good selection of Heinz products is fundamental to a well run grocery store. |
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On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 01:58:51 GMT, Sheryl Rosen
> wrote: >in article , Tony P. at wrote on 3/26/04 6:08 PM: > >> Great, now we can watch those stores turn into the garbage that >> Albertsons has become. >> >> I guess Sainsbury, PLC couldn't keep up, yet Royal Ahold still has Stop >> & Shop firmly in it's grip. >> > >Hmm..I'm not a fan of Shaws at all, but the couple of Albertsons I've been >to in Florida and Texas were kinda nice. AFAIK, Albertson's closed all of their Houston area stores. I was never impressed with the ones near me. |
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On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 01:58:51 GMT, Sheryl Rosen
> wrote: >in article , Tony P. at wrote on 3/26/04 6:08 PM: > >> Great, now we can watch those stores turn into the garbage that >> Albertsons has become. >> >> I guess Sainsbury, PLC couldn't keep up, yet Royal Ahold still has Stop >> & Shop firmly in it's grip. >> > >Hmm..I'm not a fan of Shaws at all, but the couple of Albertsons I've been >to in Florida and Texas were kinda nice. AFAIK, Albertson's closed all of their Houston area stores. I was never impressed with the ones near me. |
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Nancy Young wrote: > > Sounds like here. I'm not sure where in CT you are, but we have Stop and > > Shop up the wazoo here, but that's not all we have by any means. On the > > main drag where I live (Rt 5) We have three Stop & Shops within about 5 > > miles. In that 5 mile span, going from North to South, we have Stop and > > Shop, Shop Rite, Stop and Shop, Shaws, and Stop and Shop. > > Right now, Super Wal-Mart is being built less than 1/4 mile south of Shaws. > > A BigY is being built maybe 1/2 mile north of the southernmost Stop and > > Shop. Oh, and there's an Aldis in there too, as well as a produce only > > store. Super KMart used to be in the building where the Super Wal-Mart is > > going to be this summer. > > This is my idea of a nightmare. Well, I'm kinda proud that someone here had some spine: http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/...walmart26.html Wal-Mart can't get store in city's door March 26, 2004 BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter Wal-Mart's $20 million entry into the Chicago market suffered a serious -- and perhaps fatal --setback Thursday, when organized labor flexed its muscle against a company it calls "public enemy No. 1" and derailed a West Side zoning change. In siding with the Chicago Federation of Labor over Wal-Mart and Ald. Emma Mitts (37th), the Zoning Committee broke with the longstanding City Council tradition of deferring to the local alderman on zoning issues. Aldermen said they violated their own unwritten rule for the proposed, 150,000-square-foot store on the northern edge of impoverished Austin because the Wal-Mart issue is bigger than just one neighborhood. They argued that Chicago is a "union town" that should slam the door to a "notoriously anti-union" retailing behemoth that pays its employees $2 an hour less than its competitors, offers meager benefits, runs roughshod over women and illegal immigrants, and showers its political contributions on Republican candidates. The first Chicago Wal-Mart was supposed to open in spring 2005 at 1657 N. Kilpatrick, on the site of a vacant shampoo factory. It was expected to be the first of several Wal-Mart stores in Chicago, according to company officials who have scouted a dozen city sites. "They're taking over our country. They're ruining suppliers. They're burying competition. They're paying their employees dirt. And they're putting on a smiley face when they do it. Somebody's got to stand up to 'em," said Transportation Committee Chairman Tom Allen (38th). In a City Council with only one Republican, Wal-Mart's decision to shower 85 percent of its $1.5 million-a-year political action committee fund on GOP candidates doesn't sit well, said Finance Committee Chairman Edward M. Burke (14th). "This is a Democratic city, and it's a union city," he said. Mitts countered that her impoverished West Side ward is desperate for jobs -- even low-paying ones. "We've got teenagers who need work. They've got to start somewhere. I started out in a grocery story. What's wrong with them starting and being trained? Minimum wage is low wages [but] it's a job," she said. Mitts accused her colleagues of deferring the zoning change without her consent when she was out of the City Council chambers making a phone call. Zoning Committee Chairman William Banks (36th) insisted that Mitts "didn't have the votes" and that the deferral spared her the embarrassment of a certain defeat. John Bisio, Wal-Mart's regional manager for community affairs, blamed "special interests trying to keep out competition" for Thursday's setback. The deferral "just gives us the opportunity to better tell our story," Bisio said. "Target is not union. K-Mart is not union. A lot of small mom and pop stores are not union. We are not an anti-union company. . . . We do pay a very competitive wage and benefits package," he said. CFL President Dennis Gannon refused to claim victory. Wal-Mart, he said, is too big to "fold its tent" and go home. Copyright © The Sun-Times Company </> |
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Nancy Young wrote: > > Sounds like here. I'm not sure where in CT you are, but we have Stop and > > Shop up the wazoo here, but that's not all we have by any means. On the > > main drag where I live (Rt 5) We have three Stop & Shops within about 5 > > miles. In that 5 mile span, going from North to South, we have Stop and > > Shop, Shop Rite, Stop and Shop, Shaws, and Stop and Shop. > > Right now, Super Wal-Mart is being built less than 1/4 mile south of Shaws. > > A BigY is being built maybe 1/2 mile north of the southernmost Stop and > > Shop. Oh, and there's an Aldis in there too, as well as a produce only > > store. Super KMart used to be in the building where the Super Wal-Mart is > > going to be this summer. > > This is my idea of a nightmare. Well, I'm kinda proud that someone here had some spine: http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/...walmart26.html Wal-Mart can't get store in city's door March 26, 2004 BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter Wal-Mart's $20 million entry into the Chicago market suffered a serious -- and perhaps fatal --setback Thursday, when organized labor flexed its muscle against a company it calls "public enemy No. 1" and derailed a West Side zoning change. In siding with the Chicago Federation of Labor over Wal-Mart and Ald. Emma Mitts (37th), the Zoning Committee broke with the longstanding City Council tradition of deferring to the local alderman on zoning issues. Aldermen said they violated their own unwritten rule for the proposed, 150,000-square-foot store on the northern edge of impoverished Austin because the Wal-Mart issue is bigger than just one neighborhood. They argued that Chicago is a "union town" that should slam the door to a "notoriously anti-union" retailing behemoth that pays its employees $2 an hour less than its competitors, offers meager benefits, runs roughshod over women and illegal immigrants, and showers its political contributions on Republican candidates. The first Chicago Wal-Mart was supposed to open in spring 2005 at 1657 N. Kilpatrick, on the site of a vacant shampoo factory. It was expected to be the first of several Wal-Mart stores in Chicago, according to company officials who have scouted a dozen city sites. "They're taking over our country. They're ruining suppliers. They're burying competition. They're paying their employees dirt. And they're putting on a smiley face when they do it. Somebody's got to stand up to 'em," said Transportation Committee Chairman Tom Allen (38th). In a City Council with only one Republican, Wal-Mart's decision to shower 85 percent of its $1.5 million-a-year political action committee fund on GOP candidates doesn't sit well, said Finance Committee Chairman Edward M. Burke (14th). "This is a Democratic city, and it's a union city," he said. Mitts countered that her impoverished West Side ward is desperate for jobs -- even low-paying ones. "We've got teenagers who need work. They've got to start somewhere. I started out in a grocery story. What's wrong with them starting and being trained? Minimum wage is low wages [but] it's a job," she said. Mitts accused her colleagues of deferring the zoning change without her consent when she was out of the City Council chambers making a phone call. Zoning Committee Chairman William Banks (36th) insisted that Mitts "didn't have the votes" and that the deferral spared her the embarrassment of a certain defeat. John Bisio, Wal-Mart's regional manager for community affairs, blamed "special interests trying to keep out competition" for Thursday's setback. The deferral "just gives us the opportunity to better tell our story," Bisio said. "Target is not union. K-Mart is not union. A lot of small mom and pop stores are not union. We are not an anti-union company. . . . We do pay a very competitive wage and benefits package," he said. CFL President Dennis Gannon refused to claim victory. Wal-Mart, he said, is too big to "fold its tent" and go home. Copyright © The Sun-Times Company </> |
Oh no! Shaw's being bought by Albertsons
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