Future Campus Framework Presentation...

[longtimefan]

You're being obtuse and likely just bored today since you early voted for Hillary just earlier when the polls in MD opened.

Wegman's opened a shop in Chapel Hill. It's gonna kill it.

As far as Costco go, a bar will sell a glass of Makers for $12 and another a glass of Makers for $6. Yet the $12 place does great business, so dwell on that one for a bit.

Be careful about where you take the thread. We don't need any mention of the Dangerous Carrot Top.

 

[Townie72]

That, of course, is the theory.

Now, lets say you are a NC-based competitor looking at this invasion. What would your marketing positioning strategy be?

If Harris-Teeter were to lose it's mind and start building stores in Rochester, what might Wegman's say?

 

[Bayside44]

That, of course, is the theory.

Now, lets say you are a NC-based competitor looking at this invasion. What would your marketing positioning strategy be?

If Harris-Teeter were to lose it's mind and start building stores in Rochester, what might Wegman's say?

Difference being the Mid-Atlantic and southeast are high growth and high income growth areas.

 

[TheCusian]

This thread turned in a on odd direction.

 

[Townie72]

You're being obtuse and likely just bored today since you early voted for Hillary just earlier when the polls in MD opened.

Wegman's opened a shop in Chapel Hill. It's gonna kill it.

As far as Costco go, a bar will sell a glass of Makers for $12 and another a glass of Makers for $6. Yet the $12 place does great business, so dwell on that one for a bit.

Well, as you know, I do enjoy a good fight.

And Wegman's will do well in Chapel Hill, I am sure because it's an upscale area in North Carolina.

My only point in this is that identifying Wegman's as a New York company might be not the thing Wegman's wants to reinforce. There is such a thing as regional pride and allegiance to local businesses.

It would be better for them to focus on something else like selection or quality and forget about the NYS Stuff. The group of NY transplants that swoon over Wegmans here and everywhere the NY State diaspora has taken them is a small part of the total market.

And on the election, Maureen Dowd said it best in "The Year of Voting Dangerously". The only candidate either of them could beat is the other one.

 

[Chip]

The Safeway by my house went through a massive upgrade, they know they need to keep up, same with another on Duke Street. Giants seem to be closing, they were dumpy. The ones in DC I haven't been to in ages, but yeah, they had that old city ratty feel.

The Food Lion I used to go to at the beach has been retired for the brand spanking new Publix.

I blame this on Townie72 and his rank Montgomery County provincialism.

Is this the same Safeway that I saw you standing in front of with a paper bag bottle of a top shelf whiskey?

They have a pretty good beer and wine selection there. And a terrible employee to available checkout line ratio. Check yourself out line ends outside. Might as well just steal the stuff and go right to my car.

I'm so happy I could productively participate in the grocery store thread.

 

[Jeepers]

The best thing about this thread is "Lord Business." I'll have to work that into my vocabulary.

 

[MSOrange]

Is this the same Safeway that I saw you standing in front of with a paper bag bottle of a top shelf whiskey?

They have a pretty good beer and wine selection there. And a terrible employee to available checkout line ratio. Check yourself out line ends outside. Might as well just steal the stuff and go right to my car.

I'm so happy I could productively participate in the grocery store thread.

We should have a contest to guess how many of these 1900 posts are actually about the campus/dome renovation.

 

[DoubleDee]

wegmans is not stupid. they don't bite off more than they can chew, they focus on the most profitable expansions, and they are a little less biased with their own money than urban planners are with wegman's money

This.

As a seventeen year employee of Chase-Pitkin (the whole time they were in Syracuse market) I agree with this. Disregard any "reason" you heard about why they closed. It really came down to fighting an impossible battle against HD and Lowes, or killing it in more grocery stores. They got out and did it the right way. Full benefits extended for six months after closing, playcement in wegmans if wanted and qualified, and full severance package and pensions. I was saddened but felt great about the way they took care of us. They could have just locked the doors after it was too late.

Also, it's my understanding that wegmans doesn't tend to build anything that will hold a debt, meaning it's paid for before it moves forward essentially.

 

[Chip]

We should have a contest to guess how many of these 1900 posts are actually about the campus/dome renovation.

I'll go first.

17

 

[dollarbill44]

I can't believe we are going here...c'mon guys stay on point.
Wegman's and Costco are both great companies, no need to debate that here.

 

[orangecuse]

I don't care who buys naming rights to a refurbished Dome as long as the check clears, but your comment makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

Do people in Florida not buy policies through MetLife because they have their name on a stadium in New Jersey? Or do people on the west coast not fly United because their name is on an arena in Chicago?

The idea that customers in Maryland would not shop someplace because the store's name adorns a building in New York is ludicrous.

Carry on.

Indeed! Chick fil A is a deeply rooted "southern" franchise and it doesn't seem to have any negative affect on them expanding North. I don't ever hear "northerners" complaining they wouldn't ever eat at a Chick fil A if one was ever built, only how much they wish one would come. It also closed on Sunday's (religious based) and I don't see that having any negative association outside of the "bible belt." Other than God dangit...wish it were open on Sunday's!

 

[xc84]

Indeed! Chick fil A is a deeply rooted "southern" franchise and it doesn't seem to have any negative affect on them expanding North. I don't ever hear "northerners" complaining they wouldn't ever eat at a Chick fil A if one was ever built, only how much they wish one would come. It also closed on Sunday's (religious based) and I don't see that having any negative association outside of the "bible belt." Other than God dangit...wish it were open on Sunday's!

I think that one theory here is that let's say they bought naming rights in ACC country down south. Let's say Georgia Tech in Atlanta where the company was founded. Somehow, us northerners would find that offensive and refuse to go there if they expanded here. Not sure about you, but I would not care. However, every time I watched a game from there and heard "Live from the Chick fil A stadium..."... I might run over to the nearest location and get myself some vittles.

 

[orangecuse]

I think that one theory here is that let's say they bought naming rights in ACC country down south. Let's say Georgia Tech in Atlanta where the company was founded. Somehow, us northerners would find that offensive and refuse to go there if they expanded here. Not sure about you, but I would not care.

Nope, I wouldn't care. That was the point I was attempting to make, as well as I don't think anyone up north that would care either since it's so highly regarded.

 

[xc84]

Nope, I wouldn't care. That was the point I was attempting to make, as well as I don't know anyone up north that would care either.

I knew that was your take. I was just tagging along to your post. I am up north and it's not even something I would ever think about or care about.

 

[orangecuse]

Well, as you know, I do enjoy a good fight.

And Wegman's will do well in Chapel Hill, I am sure because it's an upscale area in North Carolina.

My only point in this is that identifying Wegman's as a New York company might be not the thing Wegman's wants to reinforce. There is such a thing as regional pride and allegiance to local businesses.

It would be better for them to focus on something else like selection or quality and forget about the NYS Stuff. The group of NY transplants that swoon over Wegmans here and everywhere the NY State diaspora has taken them is a small part of the total market.

And on the election, Maureen Dowd said it best in "The Year of Voting Dangerously". The only candidate either of them could beat is the other one.

I've been in the Charlotte area for 22 years. There are an incredible amount of northeastener's here, as well as in the Raleigh, research triangle area. And, there are a lot of high(er) end areas throughout. Cary (suburb of Raleigh) where Wegmans is hitting first is just one of many. There's no doubt that Wegman's will do extremely well in the Carolina's.

 

[Whitey23]

I don't think that said anything about having to pay Carrier anything necessarily.

Nope, but I assume they won't walk for free.

 

[orangefog]

Could someone attach Wegmans weekly flyer?

 

[TexanMark]

We have found that the products we get at COSTCO --- eggs, milk, fruit, vegetables, some meat --- are fresher and of a higher quality than we can get at any supermarket, including Wegmans. I'm sure it has to do with the length of time they sit in the supply chain and the turnover at the store. Of course, if you don't know the difference between a really fresh egg and an older one, It won't matter.

And there are areas where COSTCO has a greater selection like cheeses, especially good imported cheeses.

You are out of your sweet spot here...Wegmans, Central Market (in TX) blows away Costco for selection.

And this is coming from a guy currently sitting on a 50% gain from Costco Stock.

 

[Townie72]

You are out of your sweet spot here...Wegmans, Central Market (in TX) blows away Costco for selection.

And this is coming from a guy currently sitting on a 50% gain from Costco Stock.

Cheese in Texas? I've lived there. Anything you want as long as it's American or Swiss (Swiss is for the more sophisticated Texans).

What civilized State would put mustard on hamburgers?

 

[xc84]

Nope, but I assume they won't walk for free.

They may have no choice. It may depend on the legitimacy of the agreement after the $200M in renovations and whether the dome is the essentially same building that the agreement was based on or considered a different structure due to the large architectural changes.

 

[orangefog]

Cheese in Texas? I've lived there. Anything you want as long as it's American or Swiss (Swiss is for the more sophisticated Texans).

What civilized State would put mustard on hamburgers?

Yet another of the ever growing group of elitist cheese snobs.

 

[Fly Rodder]

Nope, I wouldn't care. That was the point I was attempting to make, as well as I don't think anyone up north that would care either since it's so highly regarded.

I can't wait for that Popeye's on Erie Blvd to open ... just saying.

 

[Fly Rodder]

Yet another of the ever growing group of elitist cheese snobs.

 

[orangefog]

I can't watch that propaganda for the cheese elite.