What type of supermarket is that on 43rd and Walnut?

[moneymkt]

Originally Posted by MarketStEl

I'm also a tallish black man, and I walk almost everywhere and use public transit (check my posting handle), and nothing's happened to me either.

My suspicion is that you'd probably not want to walk to my local supermarket from my residence on Chelten Avenue just east of Chew Avenue. Of course, I do that all the time. I guess some of us have a higher tolerance for disorder or the appearance of same. I stand by my general remark about fear.

The intersection itself has gotten quiet since the stop 'n' go beer deli on one corner got shut down. The fried chicken place across Chelten from it went out of business shortly thereafter, which tells me how it survived.

BTW: Jim steaks is in a awful neighborhood

[MarketStEl]

Originally Posted by moneymkt

BTW: Jim steaks is in a awful neighborhood

I have been to 62d and Vine, though I didn't walk there; I was riding with a friend.

The area around the original store has largely emptied out - there are a fair number of vacant lots and homes.

I never said it was a nice block. I just said that one doesn't take one's life in their hands by walking to or up it.

Sheesh, there were two murders outside that beer deli at the end of my block about six weeks apart last summer. I'm glad it got shut down. And there was a third at the opposite end about eight months before those two. That's fully one-fourth of the 12 murders that took place in East Germantown in the previous two years.

Were I to act like many people, I'd never leave my house.

[MarketStEl]

Originally Posted by MarketStEl

I have been to 62d and Vine, though I didn't walk there; I was riding with a friend.

The area around the original store has largely emptied out - there are a fair number of vacant lots and homes.

I never said it was a nice block. I just said that one doesn't take one's life in their hands by walking to or up it.

Sheesh, there were two murders outside that beer deli at the end of my block about six weeks apart last summer. I'm glad it got shut down. And there was a third at the opposite end about eight months before those two. That's fully one-fourth of the 12 murders that took place in East Germantown in the previous two years.

Were I to act like many people, I'd never leave my house.

Following myself up to note that if I didn't leave my house and walk around my neighborhood, I never would have run across the rehab job that led to this story:

Who's Building Philly: Bloyd Street Capital | Real Estate & Home | Philadelphia Magazine

Keep hope alive, y'all.

[southbound_295]

Originally Posted by MarketStEl

southbound_295 answered the question for you.

I share your opinion of Save-a-Lot, but they do run very good special buys on national brands from time to time - more than Aldi does. But on the whole, I much prefer Aldi to Save-a-Lot. I will, however, allow that the Save-a-Lot that opened in that 66th and last Bottom Dollar at Chew and Washington Lane about six months ago is nicer-looking than the typical S-a-L.

Edited to add: And for those of you who look down your noses at private labels, they do have value: I note that Save-a-Lot has acquired the "America's Choice" brand off the carcass of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company. That was one of the highest quality private labels out there, IMO. But something tells me that the products S-a-L slaps it on are no better than they were before. Again, Aldi wins here.

The Cousins' supermarket I've been in, at Germantown and Berks (or somewhere near there; one block of Germantown Avenue was closed to create its parking lot), is really nice and has an excellent selection of products, especially Hispanic fare.

I've been in Aldis while employees were stocking Aldi branded items from boxes with name brands printed on the shipping box. For instance fresh pork products coming out of boxes that said Smithfield.

Aldi is currently selling more brand name products than in previous years, but they are still in the minority of the products in the stores.

[MarketStEl]

Originally Posted by southbound_295

I've been in Aldis while employees were stocking Aldi branded items from boxes with name brands printed on the shipping box. For instance fresh pork products coming out of boxes that said Smithfield.

Aldi is currently selling more brand name products than in previous years, but they are still in the minority of the products in the stores.

I think the big change at Aldi is that the quality of their private label products has improved tremendously from where it was, say, five years ago. (And even then, theirs were still better than Save-a-Lot's.) What you saw may offer a clue as to how that came to pass - they struck great deals with major processors. There are some manufacturers of national brands - Del Monte, Heinz and Libby's all come to mind - that do a substantial business in making private label products. In most cases, the private-label stuff is made on the same production lines; they just switch the labels when doing the store-brand run.

There are some manufacturers that make private-label products that you've never heard of. I think some of these may work with the large wholesalers who supply independently owned supermarkets and some chains, such as Supervalu (Essential Everyday, probably the best regular-supermarket private label out there now; I've even seen Sunday newspaper coupons for that line) and Wakefern (ShopRite/Fresh Grocer).

[southbound_295]

Originally Posted by MarketStEl

I think the big change at Aldi is that the quality of their private label products has improved tremendously from where it was, say, five years ago. (And even then, theirs were still better than Save-a-Lot's.) What you saw may offer a clue as to how that came to pass - they struck great deals with major processors. There are some manufacturers of national brands - Del Monte, Heinz and Libby's all come to mind - that do a substantial business in making private label products. In most cases, the private-label stuff is made on the same production lines; they just switch the labels when doing the store-brand run.

There are some manufacturers that make private-label products that you've never heard of. I think some of these may work with the large wholesalers who supply independently owned supermarkets and some chains, such as Supervalu (Essential Everyday, probably the best regular-supermarket private label out there now; I've even seen Sunday newspaper coupons for that line) and Wakefern (ShopRite/Fresh Grocer).

I first saw fresh pork products coming from Smithfield boxes maybe 10 - 15 years ago. With the canned soups, you know that some come from Campbell & some comes from Progresso. I'm pretty sure that the Burmans bbq sauce is from Sweet Baby Ray. Libbys is probably the source of some of the canned vegetables, etc, etc. . .

[kyb01]

Originally Posted by MarketStEl

I have been to 62d and Vine, though I didn't walk there; I was riding with a friend.

The area around the original store has largely emptied out - there are a fair number of vacant lots and homes.

I never said it was a nice block. I just said that one doesn't take one's life in their hands by walking to or up it.

Sheesh, there were two murders outside that beer deli at the end of my block about six weeks apart last summer. I'm glad it got shut down. And there was a third at the opposite end about eight months before those two. That's fully one-fourth of the 12 murders that took place in East Germantown in the previous two years.

Were I to act like many people, I'd never leave my house.

Same here. If I reacted the way some would to some of the physical conditions around where my W. Philly family lives, I would not go there. But, I do go there all the time. I repeat again: nothing has ever happened to me.

The original Jim's is still there, so someone is frequenting it or it would have closed years ago.

[moneymkt]

Originally Posted by kyb01

Same here. If I reacted the way some would to some of the physical conditions around where my W. Philly family lives, I would not go there. But, I do go there all the time. I repeat again: nothing has ever happened to me.

The original Jim's is still there, so someone is frequenting it or it would have closed years ago.

From the pics the steaks do look good so maybe i will go there one Saturday in a LYFT