Groceries, Grocery stores, & Supermarkets (Reading, Washington: Home Depot, to move, transit)

[newmarlig]

I find online ordering from Peapod.com (Giant) to be very useful.

[southbound_295]

Originally Posted by MarketStEl

Perhaps the family got a good package deal on that passel of former Winn-Dixies.

And FWIW, I'm not aware that the Tarheel State has a significant Hispanic population. I might be wrong.

Anyway, your note about Pathmark carrying Badia spices also suggests to me that Fresh Grocer is indeed a worthy successor. The La Salle store carries them, along with Mimi's, a line you often find in stores catering to Caribbean shoppers.

Hispanics in NC are as likely or possibly more likely to be Mexican. A new chain is forming in & near Charlotte. The owner is Mexican. There's some connection to Philadelphia, however. While waiting for a store near me to open I checked online. I don't read Spanish, but there was something about Philadelphia in the writeup that l found.

[MarketStEl]

Originally Posted by southbound_295

Hispanics in NC are as likely or possibly more likely to be Mexican. A new chain is forming in & near Charlotte. The owner is Mexican. There's some connection to Philadelphia, however. While waiting for a store near me to open I checked online. I don't read Spanish, but there was something about Philadelphia in the writeup that l found.

Another possible factor in Compare's passing over this area:

the Supremo/Supreme supermarkets.

Granted, there are only two of them in the city - a third closed - but they're Hispanic-owned and cater to that population (even the one in University City). One of them is in Juniata Park, which has a sizable Hispanic population; it was one of two parts of the city to serve as harbingers of the end of its population slide by gaining residents in the 1980s (the other was Center City).

[kyb01]

Originally Posted by southbound_295

Hispanics in NC are as likely or possibly more likely to be Mexican. A new chain is forming in & near Charlotte. The owner is Mexican. There's some connection to Philadelphia, however. While waiting for a store near me to open I checked online. I don't read Spanish, but there was something about Philadelphia in the writeup that l found.

Lots of Mexicans in Phila.now. So that's not surprising.

[southbound_295]

Originally Posted by kyb01

Lots of Mexicans in Phila.now. So that's not surprising.

I googled the name of the mini chain & an address in Philadelphia popped up. I also found a reference in a Spanish language article.

[Carolina Knight]

Originally Posted by southbound_295

I do suspect that Publix is headed for Philadelphia. I suspect that we'll know their intentions if they see Harris Teeter moving toward the Philadelphia market.

If Publix is aiming for Philadelphia, Kroger should take notice. Publix would need a distribution center in northern Virginia or Maryland to accommodate potential entry into Philadelphia.

[southbound_295]

Originally Posted by Carolina Knight

If Publix is aiming for Philadelphia, Kroger should take notice. Publix would need a distribution center in northern Virginia or Maryland to accommodate potential entry into Philadelphia.

They need a distribution center in NC before the Richmond stores open.

If they play their cards right, they could probably be opening stores in Philadelphia in 3 or 4 years, if they stick to the I 95 corridor. I think that one or the other will show up in Philadelphia. Kroger already showed an interest & Ahold Delhaize will be tied up with the mess that is Food Lion.

[Carolina Knight]

Publix needs a distribution center in North Carolina indeed. I do not think one additional distribution center will be enough to serve stores in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.

[southbound_295]

Originally Posted by Carolina Knight

Publix needs a distribution center in North Carolina indeed. I do not think one additional distribution center will be enough to serve stores in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.

One is a start. They lucked into a group of stores in Richmond. I don't think that they would have taken them without an intention to go further north. Timing is everything. They started into NC at Charlotte, & have procured sites around the state, but they grabbed the Richmond stores before having a single distribution center north of Georgia. Richmond is about halfway between Charlotte & Philadelphia. They're looking further north on the I 95 corridor. They know about the large group of Puerto Ricans in the Philadelphia market. The Ahold Delhaize merger means that Ahold will be preoccupied with their own mess (Food Lion) & after talks with A&P broke down neither Kroger nor their Harris Teeter division has made a move. There's room for someone else.

[campion]

I live in the suburbs and work off of Rittenhouse Square. As Acme has declined and Genuardi's disappeared, I find myself buying more and more at Rittenhouse Market. If Acme's having a sale on boneless, skinless chicken breast, good luck finding bone-in chicken breast that week. But generally, I can find the cuts of meat I want at RM, and they will get things from their stock that aren't on the shelf Just last week I asked for a tenderloin roast - they brought one right out for me. At Acme I'd have waited ten minutes to find a butcher, another ten while they checked their stock, and then they'd have come out and told me they didn't have any (this literally happened to me with the bone-in chicken breast).

For produce, I pop by Sue's produce Market on 18th street (across from Rittenhouse DiBrunos). Considering I can't get a fresh head of cauliflower that doesn't have black spots on it at Acme, I don't really have a choice.

RM is lacking in the varieties when it comes to canned goods, packaged goods, dry goods (toilet paper, trash bags, etc.).