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Some of their newer design stores are as nice or nicer than Publix. Many of the stores in the Asheville area have a Starbucks inside with a really nice deli and separate bakery. I've also seen quite a few Ingles with beer and wine sections that rival those found in specialty beer and wine stores.
Oh yes, I have been to some nice Ingles (mainly in the mountains). So, when we first moved to Mauldin, we were utilizing all 3 major grocery stores located there. However, the specific Ingles located there is just not kept very clean and a lot of the produce we got was not very fresh. So that in addition to some unwanted interactions with other customers we have not been back. I would certainly look forward to them redoing it if it was up to the standards of some of their other locations in the NC mountains.
Greenville needs a Harris Teeter or Kroger. I think they would do well in the area. One in the Five Forks/Woodruff Road area would do well. Maybe replacing Bi-LO with a Kroger would look better.
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harris Teeter was in Greenville
Harris Teeter operated five locations in Greenville and Spartanburg Counties from 1989 to 2001. They divested stores to Bi-Lo. Two locations closed immediately (South Pleasantburg Drive, Greenville; Reidville Road, Spartanburg). Two locations operated as Food$mart and closed (Old Spartanburg Road, Greer; East Main Street, Spartanburg). One location operated as a Bi-Lo (Roper Mountain Road, Greenville) and was replaced by a Super Bi-Lo (Verdae Boulevard). Harris Teeter had eyed two more locations that they held out on (Parkway at South Batesville Road, Greer - now Publix at Thornblade; State Park Road at Mountain Creek Church Road, Greenville - faced Pebble Creek opposition).
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I wonder how much the new Ingles will be improved in Mauldin. We stick with Publix and Bi-Lo there. The existing Ingles is not appealing for a grocery store and my wife has had numerous problems with clientele so we stopped bothering to shop there altogether.
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Some of their newer design stores are as nice or nicer than Publix. Many of the stores in the Asheville area have a Starbucks inside with a really nice deli and separate bakery. I've also seen quite a few Ingles with beer and wine sections that rival those found in specialty beer and wine stores.
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Oh yes, I have been to some nice Ingles (mainly in the mountains). So, when we first moved to Mauldin, we were utilizing all 3 major grocery stores located there. However, the specific Ingles located there is just not kept very clean and a lot of the produce we got was not very fresh. So that in addition to some unwanted interactions with other customers we have not been back. I would certainly look forward to them redoing it if it was up to the standards of some of their other locations in the NC mountains.
In South Carolina, the most recent stores are:
SC-93, Clemson (store 44)
4600 Highway 9, Inman (store 200)
901 East Main Street, Laurens (store 53)
211 Ingle's Place, Seneca (store 94)
2375 Chesnee Highway, Spartanburg (store 202)
In North Carolina, the most recent stores are:
130 Long Shoals Road, Arden (store 130)
1865 Hendersonville Road, Asheville (store 30)
575 New Leicester Highway, Asheville (store 62)
29 Tunnel Road, Asheville (store 7)
550 Highway 9, Black Mountain (store 8)
684 North Broad Street, Brevard (store 67)
715 West Trade Street, Dallas (store 146)
220 North Highland Lake Road, Flat Rock (store 177)
3643 Howard Gap Road, Hendersonville (store 179)
2111 Shelby Road, Kings Mountain (store 147)
276 Highway 9, Lake Lure (store 127)
225 Carl Eller Road, Mars Hill (store 80)
3338 Boyston Highway, Mills River (store 133)
Mauldin's store 42 is identical to:
863 Brevard Road, Asheville, NC (store 24) - has a pharmacy department, only store in this design I know has it
426 South Main Street, Belton, SC (store 16)
10903 Anderson Road, Piedmont, SC (store 73) - planned for replacement
Mauldin store looks very late 80's early 90's to me. Peach and Green colors , ceramic tile floors, neon.
Right, that's why I was asking. I was wondering if the person posting the info was just going by standard floor plan / store "offerings" (ie deli, pharmacy, large wine section, etc.) or actually talking about the store finishings and last time it was updated. The Mauldin store looks like it hasn't been touched in decades.
Are you an architect? Your knowledge of all these retail places is insanely detailed.
Thank you.
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identical in what way? Floor plan? Architectural finishes? or both?
In either case, the current Ingles in Mauldin is off our list until a major overhaul.
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Mauldin store looks very late 80's early 90's to me. Peach and Green colors , ceramic tile floors, neon.
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Right, that's why I was asking. I was wondering if the person posting the info was just going by standard floor plan / store "offerings" (ie deli, pharmacy, large wine section, etc.) or actually talking about the store finishings and last time it was updated. The Mauldin store looks like it hasn't been touched in decades.
The present Mauldin store 42 opened no earlier than late 1993 or early 1994. The stores identical to it opened before or after in the same time. These stores are identical by the store design and floor plan.
Right, that's why I was asking. I was wondering if the person posting the info was just going by standard floor plan / store "offerings" (ie deli, pharmacy, large wine section, etc.) or actually talking about the store finishings and last time it was updated. The Mauldin store looks like it hasn't been touched in decades.
If you think that store is bad, stop by the store out near Donaldson (7616 Augusta Road Piedmont, SC 29673). The "Moonville" store looks like it was built in the early/mid 70s and left untouched since then. The inside still has the almond green / harvest gold motif of that era. I would have thought the new Food Lion down the road would spur them to remodel the store but it remains unchanged, a throwback to the 70s.
Greenville needs a Harris Teeter or Kroger. I think they would do well in the area. One in the Five Forks/Woodruff Road area would do well. Maybe replacing Bi-LO with a Kroger would look better.
Yes I would like to see Harris Teeter return to Upstate SC. Their stores in NC are very nice. Now that Kroger is operating Harris Teeter, maybe they will consider expanding in this area again. Possibly with a BI-LO buyout. As I don't see a merger with a declining Winn Dixie as a long term path to profitability for BI-LO.
Yes I would like to see Harris Teeter return to Upstate SC. Their stores in NC are very nice. Now that Kroger is operating Harris Teeter, maybe they will consider expanding in this area again. Possibly with a BI-LO buyout. As I don't see a merger with a declining Winn Dixie as a long term path to profitability for BI-LO.
BiLo has already been bought out by Winn Dixie. They have already changed most of the private label items to WD brands. I don't see the feasibility of WD reselling BiLo to Kroger so that it could be rebranded to HT. HT is much more upscale than BiLo and targets more of the same customer as Publix, in my opinion. When HT closed in Greenville before, most of the employees from HT went to work for Publix in the stores near me.
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