Can someone explain to me why we don't have a Super Walmart? (New York: Home Depot, zoning)

[ianwaters]

Is it because their quality,prices and selection are better than Waldbaums, Stop and Shop, Foodtown and Pathmark?

[thebobs]

I think one was supposed to come but the deal fell through.

[jpg71]

There was one supposed to go up in Riverhead if I recall correctly. Something about zoning violation screwed it up at the last minute?

Personally, I've never shopped at Super Walmart - how are their groceries compared to something like Costco?

[Urban Peasant]

Super Walmarts occupy a heck of a lot of space and are apt to draw in a ton of vehicular traffic. It can be both an environmental and safety concern. There are a few superstores up here in the Northeast but they are few and far in between as compared to other parts of the country. You're going to have to head to a rural, sparsely part of New York to find one and you had better look it up in a directory first. I think there is only one in Massachusetts, and its in Ware, which is in the middle of nowhere.

[thebobs]

Actually outside of NY, Walmart's supermarket was pretty good. They had fresh sandwiches made every day.

The other thing is that those super walmarts were very clean, shelves were stocked. Far cry from what Long Island has. I always see things on the floor, shelves do not have much. They try to hide this by taking all the items and placing them in the front of the shelves to make it look like they're full. But take out the first item and there's nothing behind it. I've learned that I have to go to 2 to 3 walmarts if I want everything on my list and what I get is pretty common stuff, so its not like it is a hard to find item.

[thebobs]

Originally Posted by jpg71

There was one supposed to go up in Riverhead if I recall correctly. Something about zoning violation screwed it up at the last minute?

Personally, I've never shopped at Super Walmart - how are their groceries compared to something like Costco?

Well you don't have the bulk items like you do in Costco, but its still a decent place to go grocery shopping. Keep in mind I'm talking about the ones in the midwest and west.

[ianwaters]

Originally Posted by jpg71

There was one supposed to go up in Riverhead if I recall correctly. Something about zoning violation screwed it up at the last minute?

Personally, I've never shopped at Super Walmart - how are their groceries compared to something like Costco?

I have yet to be at one but from what I understand the prices and selection are much better than the nonsense we deal with here. Why is NY and LI always left out of the good stuff?

[thebobs]

Originally Posted by ianwaters

I have yet to be at one but from what I understand the prices and selection are much better than the nonsense we deal with here. Why is NY and LI always left out of the good stuff?

Too many people want their hand in the pot and those people don't want to give to get. Always some sort of politics.

[ianwaters]

Originally Posted by Urban Peasant

Super Walmarts occupy a heck of a lot of space and are apt to draw in a ton of vehicular traffic. It can be both an environmental and safety concern. There are a few superstores up here in the Northeast but they are few and far in between as compared to other parts of the country. You're going to have to head to a rural, sparsely part of New York to find one and you had better look it up in a directory first. I think there is only one in Massachusetts, and its in Ware, which is in the middle of nowhere.

Needs lots of space? lol Try most of the small businesses in Suffolk that crapped out in the past 10 years - there is a strip mall just about everywhere that is close to getting it's own tumbleweed

[thebobs]

Originally Posted by ianwaters

Needs lots of space? lol Try most of the small businesses in Suffolk that crapped out in the past 10 years - there is a strip mall just about everywhere that is close to getting it's own tumbleweed

That is my beef with Long Island. So many buildings are empty and yet these new businesses want to tear down trees and build.

Granted its a bit harder for bigger places like Lowes and Home Depot, but come on. The Stop and Shop in Lake Grove went out of business. That is plenty big for another supermarket or something else. Heck chop it up and put a few businesses in there.

How about recycling buildings???