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Yes, people have been doing that for years bouncing from store to store, but now they have MORE choices, Kroger is in the position to buy A&p, but you have to realize, the cost factor, the labor factor,the non - brand , the reputation factor, Kroger , just bought Harris teeters , they seem to laid low after each purchase , will they jump in or let someone else buy, and see what comes down the road, they had the chance before, the question is WHY didnt they buy before ?
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Yes, people have been doing that for years bouncing from store to store, but now they have MORE choices, Kroger is in the position to buy A&p, but you have to realize, the cost factor, the labor factor,the non - brand , the reputation factor, Kroger , just bought Harris teeters , they seem to laid low after each purchase , will they jump in or let someone else buy, and see what comes down the road, they had the chance before, the question is WHY didnt they buy before ?
Harris Teeter is in the black. The family got spooked by inroads from Ingles & Publix. It will operate as a separate division. It will be expanded. A&P has failed repeatedly. Kroger can get it cheaper now than earlier.
I see it as Krogers knows A&P , has way to many problems,money cannot fix, but I think shop-rite, could move right in without worry, right now shop-rite is on fire, they have the Brand name, great produce, good meat sells, customer service, runs the store at store level, not middle management , I think if Pathmark gets to the point were they are selling off stores the right location s, Shop-rite will be the one who will buy them , CAN-CAN , run supermarkets right. Right now , I would not put a dime on Krogers.
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I see it as Krogers knows A&P , has way to many problems,money cannot fix, but I think shop-rite, could move right in without worry, right now shop-rite is on fire, they have the Brand name, great produce, good meat sells, customer service, runs the store at store level, not middle management , I think if Pathmark gets to the point were they are selling off stores the right location s, Shop-rite will be the one who will buy them , CAN-CAN , run supermarkets right. Right now , I would not put a dime on Krogers.
ShopRites are not company owned. Why start now? All changes & renovations won't happen immediately. It will be a 5 or 10 year plan.
Wakefern has bought stores in the past, and then sold them to the local co-ops. That's what happened in So. NJ as Wakefern bought the Stop&Shop stores from Ahold, and then the stores were sold to the Ravitz, Eickhoff and Zallies families.
I think Wakefern also bought out a number of Baltimore area Superfresh stores after So. NJ/Ahold store acquisition, but I'm not certain on how that deal went through.
A number of ShopRites are Wakefern owned also, which is the closest to being company owned, but none in the Camden-Burlington-Gloucester area, where those three families likely have complete territorial claim.
I see the stop & shop as the real contenders, and MAYBE Krogers in Delaware , and New York, , I don't know if Kroger are willing to try, Philly store tuff market all around,
Just throwing this out there..... I don't think this will have any relation to any Pathmark stores, (unless any closed stores remain empty for 2+ years) but European supermarket chain Lidl is speculated to make a debut on the East coast by 2015. Lidl is the largest grocer by sales in all of Europe, and they are expected to copy Aldi's path in establshing themselves in the US market. I believe we had discussed Aldi VS Lidl in a previous thread.
"Queck said that the Lidl study is expected to be complete by the end of 2014 and that the company could open as many as 100 stores in 2015 as part of a $650 million expansion. He said Lidl would likely begin on the East Coast where its limited-assortment discount model has already proven successful by its Germany-based rival Aldi, which has operated in the U.S. since 1976.
“Rather than open in a new area with a new concept, Lidl may feel safer elsewhere, even if it’s not alone,” he said. “It would allow it to copy the assortment of its rivals rather than taking the risky and complex route of finding the right product for such a diverse market.”
Queck said Lidl has previously been successful growing through what he called a “copycat” strategy in European markets. In the U.S., the retailer would take a similar path to Aldi, locating first in strip shopping centers near larger retailers, before pursuing stand-alone boxes and stores offering additional brands and services. He said its U.S. strategy would be “Aldi-plus and see what happens.”"
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Just throwing this out there..... I don't think this will have any relation to any Pathmark stores, (unless any closed stores remain empty for 2+ years) but European supermarket chain Lidl is speculated to make a debut on the East coast by 2015. Lidl is the largest grocer by sales in all of Europe, and they are expected to copy Aldi's path in establshing themselves in the US market. I believe we had discussed Aldi VS Lidl in a previous thread.
"Queck said that the Lidl study is expected to be complete by the end of 2014 and that the company could open as many as 100 stores in 2015 as part of a $650 million expansion. He said Lidl would likely begin on the East Coast where its limited-assortment discount model has already proven successful by its Germany-based rival Aldi, which has operated in the U.S. since 1976.
“Rather than open in a new area with a new concept, Lidl may feel safer elsewhere, even if it’s not alone,” he said. “It would allow it to copy the assortment of its rivals rather than taking the risky and complex route of finding the right product for such a diverse market.”
Queck said Lidl has previously been successful growing through what he called a “copycat” strategy in European markets. In the U.S., the retailer would take a similar path to Aldi, locating first in strip shopping centers near larger retailers, before pursuing stand-alone boxes and stores offering additional brands and services. He said its U.S. strategy would be “Aldi-plus and see what happens.”"
I've been in Lidl. Like Aldi, the stores are smaller than US supermarkets.
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I see the stop & shop as the real contenders, and MAYBE Krogers in Delaware , and New York, , I don't know if Kroger are willing to try, Philly store tuff market all around,
Supermarkets are a shell game , kid, follow the money, they all hide under a bigger company, stop&shop, Ahold, a&p , pathmark, how long have they been sleeping in the same bed ?, there are many ways to get out of union paid employees, 60 days, your out, chain in with same old faces, what is old is new again, just keep an eye open, read a little back round, and remember, Ron Burkles clock got cleaned on the A&P deal,
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