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Message: [QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 3722889, member: 716"] I've got to think the merger will hurt the soft retail real estate market in CNY and other areas where there's overlap. Can't imagine they won't close a few stores. I don't usually shop at Tops because it's a mediocre store (and the one nearest to me is rife with undergrads), but they do have the best bakery of any local chain grocery. Price Chopper, on the other hand, has a pretty weak bakery (except for some of their sandwich rolls) but better produce and, especially, seafood and meat than the other local chains. My closest store is pretty dirty, but I still go there more than Tops and as much as Wegmans. And in the case of these two stores there is very little demographic overlap and I'm sure both will stay in operation. It'll be interesting to see if the new company repositions itself, either as a more upscale Market 32 concept or as a no-frills Aldi/Price Rite type of store. [/QUOTE]