Local supermarket closes down **fast**

chet · August 28th, 2008, 01:58 PM

Went over yesterday to get supplies and things looked sparse. I asked the Deli guy if the store was closing and he said "Yeah, it closes Sep. 5th."

I know they had a power failure when a bad thunderstorm went by one night and it looked like they lost a lot of perishables but I can't help wondering if the rising fuel/heating/cooling costs just got to be too much for them.

It's a bummer cause the store is about 3 blocks from me and now I'd have to go over a mile to get groceries. That store had a few items that the others didn't carry also.

Wonder if it's a sign of things to come?

Cyrithicus · August 28th, 2008, 02:02 PM

Ahh! just go to Walmart...;)

chet · August 28th, 2008, 02:11 PM

The nearest one is 20 freakin' miles away.

Tim Armstrong · August 28th, 2008, 02:19 PM

We just had our longtime local grocery store close when a newer, bigger and better-stocked Food Lion store opened nearby. The old place was called Food City, previously it was Meatland (I sure loved that name!), and it too is a chain grocery store. But that chain was stodgy and low-budget (the store felt like a time machine set to 1972), and they went down fast once there was competition...

Back when I lived in Fort Collins, Colorado, we had a great locally-owned grocery outfit (they had three or four stores) that went bankrupt when the city tore up the road in front of their brand-new flagship store, making access incredibly difficult. That one REALLY hurt, they were a great, great outfit...

Cheers, Tim

getbent · August 28th, 2008, 02:27 PM

I once offered to take someone to meatland. But I was tipsy and not too sure where it was.

Tim Armstrong · August 28th, 2008, 02:31 PM

I spent summer down here at the beach when I was in college in the 80s, along with my bandmates, and we all got Meatland bumper stickers to put on our guitar cases...

Cheers, Tim

SimpleOne · August 28th, 2008, 02:31 PM

We said good-bye to the Crispie Cream donut shop months ago. Only one in town. Now, where my daughter works, Cold Stone Ice Cream, word is they are struggling and trying lower prices. Pushing advertising by handing out leaflets and standing on street corners holding signs. I can't hardly enjoy those luxuries, family and all. Hopefully the ma and pop stores can ride out these rough seas...smooth sailing comin soon?

SimpleOne · August 28th, 2008, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by getbent

I once offered to take someone to meatland. But I was tipsy and not too sure where it was.

Bwahaha

...note to self read the whole thread to catch the hidden jems!!

Bswailes · August 28th, 2008, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by getbent

I once offered to take someone to meatland. But I was tipsy and not too sure where it was.

MEATLAND
I dunno, but isn't that the title of a Paul Simon song? Rings a bell, somehow...

tcadam · August 28th, 2008, 02:51 PM

Meatland reminds me of a grocery store in North Carolina whose slogan was: "You Can't Beat Our Meat." We really thought that was funny after a few drinks...

ibobunot · August 28th, 2008, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by SimpleOne

Hopefully the ma and pop stores can ride out these rough seas...smooth sailing comin soon?

We're barely hangin' on at the moment, times is tough...

Bswailes · August 28th, 2008, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by SimpleOne

We said good-bye to the Crispie Cream donut shop months ago. Only one in town. Now, where my daughter works, Cold Stone Ice Cream, word is they are struggling and trying lower prices. Pushing advertising by handing out leaflets and standing on street corners holding signs. I can't hardly enjoy those luxuries, family and all. Hopefully the ma and pop stores can ride out these rough seas...smooth sailing comin soon?

"Krispy Kreme" out of business? The high-end ice cream store is one thing in these troubled times, but hard to believe KK went out due to lack o' business. Maybe bad management, competition?

chet · August 28th, 2008, 03:33 PM

"Krispy Kreme?"

Ummmmm....

Escondido Bound · August 28th, 2008, 03:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bswailes

MEATLAND
I dunno, but isn't that the title of a Paul Simon song? Rings a bell, somehow...

John Lennon's "Meat City" from the Mind Games disc, perhaps?

EB

Bswailes · August 28th, 2008, 03:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chet

"Krispy Kreme?"

Ummmmm....

Weird spelling, yes?
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. (NYSE: KKD)
I didn't know they were a public stock...

chet · August 28th, 2008, 03:47 PM

FWIW- We don't have the combo grocery store/Wal-Marts around my area. They do have a small selection but not enough for me to want to wait in thier long, slow lines for that.

Bswailes · August 28th, 2008, 03:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Escondido Bound

John Lennon's "Meat City" from the Mind Games disc, perhaps?

EB

No, you know:

"Down the highway
Through the cradle of the Civil War
I'm going to Meatland
Meatland..."

Or, maybe it was just a Piggly Wiggly?

echale iii · August 28th, 2008, 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tim Armstrong

We just had our longtime local grocery store close when a newer, bigger and better-stocked Food Lion store opened nearby. The old place was called Food City, previously it was Meatland (I sure loved that name!), and it too is a chain grocery store.

Hey Tim, down here we've got Food Lion (aka the Loin of Food), Food City, and Food County to choose from...

TelZilla · August 28th, 2008, 04:06 PM

No, It's Bruuuuuuuuce:

"Down in Meee--eat land"

Yeah, I know it's lame, but if I didn't write it down, it would be in my head all day.

Escondido Bound · August 28th, 2008, 04:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bswailes

No, you know:

"Down the highway
Through the cradle of the Civil War
I'm going to Meatland
Meatland..."

Or, maybe it was just a Piggly Wiggly?

Okay, I really do have a sense of humor.

I should have seen that joke coming a mile away, shouldn't have I?

EB

tiktok · August 28th, 2008, 04:15 PM

I could see a KK going out of business, but no way the entire company.

Mike Armstrong · August 28th, 2008, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by echale iii

Hey Tim, down here we've got Food Lion (aka the Loin of Food), Food City, and Food County to choose from...

We like to call 'em "Food Liar", in honor of the out-of-date meat & veggies they were re-labelling and selling for a while, till they got caught red-handed...this happened a couple years ago in North Carolina, but it wouldn't suprise me to find out a lot of places pull stunts like that, during these lean economic times!!!

Bon appitite, mes amis!!!

Mike

boris bubbanov · August 28th, 2008, 05:32 PM

Wholesale prices have gone up because diesel is still very high.

The really big box places like Target and Wal Mart have their supply lines better locked in, and they just tighten the screw on their suppliers.

After Katrina a LaFourche Parish based outfit called Rouse's came into New Orleans and really wowed a lot of people for a time; a lot of introductory loss leading. But that is now over and the differences in the prices is shocking, there's no other term for the increases. Meanwhile if you're careful on item choices at Target, the prices can be the same as a year ago. Weird.

Little Debbie's Snack Cakes have gone up.

hekawi · August 28th, 2008, 05:50 PM

reminds me of the Paul Young song:

"Every Time You Go Away...
You Take A Piece Of MEAT With You"

Bswailes · August 28th, 2008, 06:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tiktok

I could see a KK going out of business, but no way the entire company.

When I was a teenaged musician, we all gathered at the Northgate Tampa, FL Krispy Kreme at ~ 3:30 A.M. - that's when the hot glazed donuts were fresh out of the fryer.

For about a year that was living. Then we met the girls from the college...

August 28th, 2008, 01:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
chet Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: The Jersey Shore Posts: 6,923	Local supermarket closes down fast Went over yesterday to get supplies and things looked sparse. I asked the Deli guy if the store was closing and he said "Yeah, it closes Sep. 5th." I know they had a power failure when a bad thunderstorm went by one night and it looked like they lost a lot of perishables but I can't help wondering if the rising fuel/heating/cooling costs just got to be too much for them. It's a bummer cause the store is about 3 blocks from me and now I'd have to go over a mile to get groceries. That store had a few items that the others didn't carry also. Wonder if it's a sign of things to come?

August 28th, 2008, 02:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
Cyrithicus Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Oklahoma Age: 31 Posts: 1,020 4 Photos	Ahh! just go to Walmart...;) __________________ "When I was young, I could remember anything, whether it happened or not." --Mark Twain

August 28th, 2008, 02:19 PM	#4 (permalink)
Tim Armstrong Moderator Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Berlin, Maryland, USA Age: 49 Posts: 9,710	We just had our longtime local grocery store close when a newer, bigger and better-stocked Food Lion store opened nearby. The old place was called Food City, previously it was Meatland (I sure loved that name!), and it too is a chain grocery store. But that chain was stodgy and low-budget (the store felt like a time machine set to 1972), and they went down fast once there was competition... Back when I lived in Fort Collins, Colorado, we had a great locally-owned grocery outfit (they had three or four stores) that went bankrupt when the city tore up the road in front of their brand-new flagship store, making access incredibly difficult. That one REALLY hurt, they were a great, great outfit... Cheers, Tim __________________ http://www.moodswingers.org

August 28th, 2008, 02:27 PM	#5 (permalink)
getbent Moderator Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: San Benito County, California Posts: 10,190 37 Photos	I once offered to take someone to meatland. But I was tipsy and not too sure where it was. __________________ 'never pet a burning dog'

August 28th, 2008, 02:31 PM	#6 (permalink)
Tim Armstrong Moderator Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Berlin, Maryland, USA Age: 49 Posts: 9,710	I spent summer down here at the beach when I was in college in the 80s, along with my bandmates, and we all got Meatland bumper stickers to put on our guitar cases... Cheers, Tim __________________ http://www.moodswingers.org

August 28th, 2008, 02:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
chet Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: The Jersey Shore Posts: 6,923	The nearest one is 20 freakin' miles away.

August 28th, 2008, 02:31 PM	#7 (permalink)
SimpleOne Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Rainshadow,Nv Posts: 398	We said good-bye to the Crispie Cream donut shop months ago. Only one in town. Now, where my daughter works, Cold Stone Ice Cream, word is they are struggling and trying lower prices. Pushing advertising by handing out leaflets and standing on street corners holding signs. I can't hardly enjoy those luxuries, family and all. Hopefully the ma and pop stores can ride out these rough seas...smooth sailing comin soon?

August 28th, 2008, 02:51 PM	#10 (permalink)
tcadam Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Delaware Age: 42 Posts: 321 1 Photos	Meatland reminds me of a grocery store in North Carolina whose slogan was: "You Can't Beat Our Meat." We really thought that was funny after a few drinks...

August 28th, 2008, 03:33 PM	#13 (permalink)
chet Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: The Jersey Shore Posts: 6,923	"Krispy Kreme?" Ummmmm....

August 28th, 2008, 03:47 PM	#16 (permalink)
chet Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: The Jersey Shore Posts: 6,923	FWIW- We don't have the combo grocery store/Wal-Marts around my area. They do have a small selection but not enough for me to want to wait in thier long, slow lines for that.

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August 28th, 2008, 05:32 PM	#23 (permalink)
boris bubbanov Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: New Orleans, LA + in the past Posts: 8,548	Wholesale prices have gone up because diesel is still very high. The really big box places like Target and Wal Mart have their supply lines better locked in, and they just tighten the screw on their suppliers. After Katrina a LaFourche Parish based outfit called Rouse's came into New Orleans and really wowed a lot of people for a time; a lot of introductory loss leading. But that is now over and the differences in the prices is shocking, there's no other term for the increases. Meanwhile if you're careful on item choices at Target, the prices can be the same as a year ago. Weird. Little Debbie's Snack Cakes have gone up. __________________ Bubban0v

August 28th, 2008, 05:50 PM	#24 (permalink)
hekawi Friend of Leo's Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: greenville, sc Posts: 2,038	reminds me of the Paul Young song: "Every Time You Go Away... You Take A Piece Of MEAT With You" __________________ ____________________________________________ "Rule Number One: Obey All Rules" - Barney Fife