Why Indianapolis is a cheapest city in US ? (Georgetown: price, grocer)

[PurpleRain_1]

Originally Posted by Broadrippleguy

#1 kroger does NOT have a monopoly in Indianapolis. Dont have to live there to know that
Ever heard of Walmart/Target/Meijer? In addition to Kroger. Sams Club/costco and many other places.
Have you been to downtown Indianapolis eateries? as the old saying goes with meat you get the quality you pay for. If you want a 1$ Hamburger from Mc Donalds the quality of the meat is going to match that 1$ hamburger.
Compared to a 25$ burger from Harry and Izzy's

Have you ever heard of Jewel/Osco, Dominicks, Food for Less, or Ultra Foods? Excuse you but you are talking to a native Chicagoan that recently moved here. Contrary to what you may believe, Sams Club, Target, Meijer, Costco and Walmart are NOT dedicated grocery stores.

Major cities have a selection of grocery stores. Indy is a small city and despite searching high and low since I arrived, the only grocery stores here are Marsh (which is identical to Kroger and may even be a subsidiary) the quality of what they stock is nothing special to merit the exhorbitant cost. Kroger does indeed have a monopoly here which is why their prices are sky high.

[Broadrippleguy]

Originally Posted by PurpleRain_1

Have you ever heard of Jewel/Osco, Dominicks, Food for Less, or Ultra Foods? Excuse you but you are talking to a native Chicagoan that recently moved here. Contrary to what you may believe, Target, Meijer, Costco and Walmart are NOT dedicated grocery stores. Major cities have a selection of grocery stores. Indy is a small city and despite searching high and low since I arrived, the only grocery stores here are Marsh (which is identical to Kroger and may even be a subsidiary) and Kroger. Kroger does indeed have a monopoly here which is why their prices are sky high.

Marsh is as Hoosier as you can get.
Kroger is HQed in Cincy although they do like Indy alot too ironically.

[grmasterb]

Originally Posted by PurpleRain_1

Have you ever heard of Jewel/Osco, Dominicks, Food for Less, or Ultra Foods? Excuse you but you are talking to a native Chicagoan that recently moved here. Contrary to what you may believe, Sams Club, Target, Meijer, Costco and Walmart are NOT dedicated grocery stores.

Major cities have a selection of grocery stores. Indy is a small city and despite searching high and low since I arrived, the only grocery stores here are Marsh (which is identical to Kroger and may even be a subsidiary) the quality of what they stock is nothing special to merit the exhorbitant cost. Kroger does indeed have a monopoly here which is why their prices are sky high.

Marsh is not a subsidiary of Kroger.

Basic economics: you can't have a monopoly when there's a lot of competition. I'm struggling to recall the last time I shopped at Kroger. And while the big boxes may not be solely grocers, fact is they provide competition. Besides, Jewel and Dominick's are no different than Marsh in that they are local chains. Kroger is more national.

[indy_317]

Originally Posted by PurpleRain_1

Have you ever heard of Jewel/Osco, Dominicks, Food for Less, or Ultra Foods? Excuse you but you are talking to a native Chicagoan that recently moved here. Contrary to what you may believe, Sams Club, Target, Meijer, Costco and Walmart are NOT dedicated grocery stores.

Meijer and Super Walmarts are definitely dedicated grocery stores. I can't understand why selling other things such as prescriptions, health and beauty stuff, clothing, etc. magically negates that thousands of grocery products they sell. Also, Meijer stocks different depending on the store. The Meijer up on the NE side of 96th St. seems to have a much larger international foods offering then the one on the east side.

[sunnyandcloudydays]

Originally Posted by PurpleRain_1

Have you ever heard of Jewel/Osco, Dominicks, Food for Less, or Ultra Foods? Excuse you but you are talking to a native Chicagoan that recently moved here. Contrary to what you may believe, Sams Club, Target, Meijer, Costco and Walmart are NOT dedicated grocery stores.

Major cities have a selection of grocery stores. Indy is a small city and despite searching high and low since I arrived, the only grocery stores here are Marsh (which is identical to Kroger and may even be a subsidiary) the quality of what they stock is nothing special to merit the exhorbitant cost. Kroger does indeed have a monopoly here which is why their prices are sky high.

Food 4 less has a parent and its name is Kroger....

[Broadrippleguy]

Originally Posted by indy18

The steakburger at Harry and Izzy's is 12 dollars. 14 if you add bacon (it's worth the extra two bucks).

Harry & Izzy's - Indianapolis, Indiana

It's definitely one of the best burgers I've ever had. All of their sandwiches are delicious. The BLT, Prime Rib sandwich, fish sandwich, etc are all top notch.

Goes to say you get what you pay for in the Meat Department

[PurpleRain_1]

Originally Posted by grmasterb

Marsh is not a subsidiary of Kroger.

Basic economics: you can't have a monopoly when there's a lot of competition. I'm struggling to recall the last time I shopped at Kroger. And while the big boxes may not be solely grocers, fact is they provide competition. Besides, Jewel and Dominick's are no different than Marsh in that they are local chains. Kroger is more national.

Really? I have seen the meat and prices at the big box stores and the prices are higher and the selection is mediocre. But then again they don't specialize in providing quality food, it's just thrown in for the purpose of profit.

Can you please provide a list of GROCERY STORES considered as competition to Kroger in Indy or the surrounding suburbs (Greenwood would be nice)? Thank you in advance.

[PurpleRain_1]

Originally Posted by sunnyandcloudydays

Food 4 less has a parent and its name is Kroger....

I was naming the grocery stores in and around the Chicago area. FYI I already knew Food 4 less was a subsidiary of Kroger, but unlike Indy it does NOT have a monopoly in or around the Chicagoland area. Useless information, but thanks for pointing that out anyway.

[PurpleRain_1]

Originally Posted by indy_317;24281709[B

]Meijer and Super Walmarts are definitely dedicated grocery stores. [/b]I can't understand why selling other things such as prescriptions, health and beauty stuff, clothing, etc. magically negates that thousands of grocery products they sell. Also, Meijer stocks different depending on the store. The Meijer up on the NE side of 96th St. seems to have a much larger international foods offering then the one on the east side.

Dedicated grocery stores, since when? Um, not.

[quote] Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT), branded as Walmart since 2008 and Wal*Mart before then, is an American multinational retailer corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores. The company is the world's 18th largest public corporation, according to the Forbes Global 2000 list, and the largest public corporation when ranked by revenue. It is also the biggest private employer in the world with over two million employees, and is the largest retailer in the world. Walmart remains a family-owned business, as the company is controlled by the Walton family who own a 48% stake in Walmart.[/quote]

Walmart - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia




http://www.meijer.com/

[Sonnenwende]

Originally Posted by grmasterb

Uh, ever heard of Marsh??

There is also Safeway, Whole Foods, Trader Joes...