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I think that these big grocery stores will be somewhat obselete in ten years. I expect that the business model where groceries are ordered online and picked up at a drive-through will take off soon. We use it some at Harris Teeter, and it's really convenient. They load the bags for you, and you don't even have to get out of your car.
In the shorter term, I think you will see most grocery stores and big retail stores offer this service. In the medium to longer term, companies will try to improve the warehouse and distribution logistics to offer a much wider range of grocery choices at rock bottom prices. Whoever figures that out will be the big winner (probably Amazon).
There will still be a place for smaller grocery stores where you can choose your own meat, produce, bakery items, etc, as well as buy prepared foods, but the big stores will no longer be needed. Just get somebody to throw it in the back of your car.
I wonder if Kroger is decreasing the quality of HT. A HT was shut down in DC in December because of rats and other sanitation problems.
This particular issue has beena problem for me for 10 years. Way before Kroger. It's just people who use data analysis in a shortsighted way, IMO. and I'm so tired of hearing from management at stores that they have no control over what gets shipped to them. What a ridiculous system for customer service.
This particular issue has beena problem for me for 10 years. Way before Kroger. It's just people who use data analysis in a shortsighted way, IMO. and I'm so tired of hearing from management at stores that they have no control over what gets shipped to them. What a ridiculous system for customer service.
Well, when it comes to service and quality, the story of two campers and outrunning a bear comes to mind.
"I don't have to outrun the bear. I only have to outrun you."
None of these companies feels the need to be the absolute finest operation imaginable. They only need to be efficient and a bit better than a few other guys.
That's because of poor store management & lazy employees, I haven't noticed any difference in HT stores or service
I was starting to wonder if it was just me. I've been reading in these threads how HT has gone downhill, and the produce is always rotten. I honestly haven't seen a change. I still think their produce and meats are the best among the grocery stores here.
I was starting to wonder if it was just me. I've been reading in these threads how HT has gone downhill, and the produce is always rotten. I honestly haven't seen a change. I still think their produce and meats are the best among the grocery stores here.
I tend to agree. At least in the stores I've shopped (McCrimmon Corners, Stone creek and the one at Harrison Pointe) nothing has changed that I can see and I've been looking.
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Can I drop off our kids and go elsewhere shopping? How long will they babysit? Do they issue pagers for parents, etc?
You have to stay in the store. They issue pagers, and the limit is 2 hours. Not all of their stores offer this service. At least that's how it was done when I used their service several years ago when my kids were little. I used to meet my friends for lunch there and put the kids in the babysitting.
Ahold is not a stranger to North Carolina. Bi-Lo, now a subsidiary of Southeastern Grocers, was previously owned by Ahold from 1977 to 2005.
It will be interesting to see Ahold operate Food Lion and improve it to a level on par with Giant-Carlisle, Giant-Landover, Hannaford, Martin's and Stop and Shop.
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