ive never been to one before but i love there logo
Yes, there logo is an axe cutting into a quarter.
Also, Price Chopper is based out of Albany, New York :bigsmile:
Here's one of the Albany locations :) This store is on Route 9W in Glenmont. It was previously a Grand Union.
Here's the Price Chopper in Webster, MA. It was a former Big D supermarket. You can see my workplace on the left.
I've been to the Bristol CT store once. We now shop weekly at the Southington store. It has the best sales, the best atmosphere, service, bakery, produce, fish, meat, and everything else our family ever had. They are the only store that has a food court left, and has fresh made donuts, and artisan breads of all kinds. I can't wait until the Newington store (my former favorite Ames) opens. It is halfway built! I'm sending pictures as soon as I can. Here's the former Newington Ames:
Another pic:
Remember their old logo?? Looked the same as it does now, except the quarter had a person on it instead of the star. The story I heard was that they had to change it because people were believing that the ax was chopping into a woman. Changed it mid '80s I believe.
I'm so happy the Newington Price Chopper opened. It opened on March 13th. Ever since then, it's been packed every day, even 6AM Sunday morning. The store is making out great, and the parking lot has about a hundred cars parked. I'm so happy people are liking the store. However, it's smaller than the rest of the stores in CT.
QuoteOriginally posted by Anonymous
Remember their old logo?? Looked the same as it does now, except the quarter had a person on it instead of the star. The story I heard was that they had to change it because people were believing that the ax was chopping into a woman. Changed it mid '80s I believe.
YOUR IN LUCK I'VE FOUND A BEER CAN SHOWING THEIR OLD LOGO ON EBAY!
I shop at price chopper sometimes very 60's like
and when I go into price chopper I hear this:" PRICE CHOPPPPER RAAAADDDDIIIOOOO"
lol:insane:
I usually go shopping there after work (12:00-1:00 am) and they have some funky stuff on their radio. They are also usually cleaning the floor and stocking, so you have to weave around everything. They also play a recording over the PA about ever five minutes, "Store security to aisle #," to keep people from causing trouble... in reality there is no store security:mrpink:. Also, that late at night the self-checkouts are closed, and there is only one cashier after 10:00, so for some reason there is a large amount of people thrying to cash out, your going to be waiting in line for a long time.
Here's another Albany area store. This one is in Glenville.
This is the current Price Chopper in Menands - as noted elsewhere it was a former ShopRite. At the time they bought this store they closed their own store up the road (in Mid City shopping Center next to Woolworth) - apparently they thought this location was better - not much bigger (if any). Their origianl store is now a Save A Lot.
This is an old Price Chopper store (East Greenbush Routes 9 & 20) - it was a very small store (actually basically just the part that is now the auto store - maybe the bank also, but I know the pharmacy was there as Brooks at the time). They closed this store (and another one next to the EG Kmart) when they opened their current location (that store has since been expanded however). The plaza this store is in now houses a Hannaford (in a separate building at the opposite end).
If you're a fan of '60s music fare, go to the Southington Price Chopper!
I work at Price Chopper in Fulton NY their lease is up it a very small store 25 years old they are buying Tops In fulton to move in. Tops is selling as many as 20 stores Price Chopper are taking some of those Price Chopper is a very nice To Work for You get paid more on sundays help pay for Collage
I'm thinking that the Newington store is the smallest in the state. My parents don't care for this one too much. I like it, and am upset they don't like it because that was Ames.
The Oswego Store Failed Food Inspection
this price chopper is in St. Johnsbury Vermont. It opened 11 years ago and is 50,000 square feet.
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The Oswego Store Failed Food Inspection
what will happen to it?
this price chopper is in Albany on Central Ave. IT is near K-mart.
this price chopper is in Barre Vermont. IT is 46,500 square feet in the Ames plaza.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
this price chopper is in Barre Vermont. IT is 46,500 square feet in the Ames plaza.
this is the original look of the price chopper in Barre vermont
this price chopper is in brattleboro vermont and opened 1994 and is 47,000 square feet.
This is the former Price chopper in West Boylston Mass. IT moved recently in Worcester down the road.
This price chopper is in WEst lebanon NH. it opened in early 2000 and is 64,000 square feet and on Rt. 12 in the Wal-mart plaza.
this is the former PRice chopper in Bennington Vermont and was 24,000 square feet and relocated in 2000 to a 55,000 square foot store near wal-mart. This old price chopper and the Ames next to it was turned into HOme depot in 2004.
This is the old PRice Chopper in Guilderland New york (near Albany) and it is on WEstern ave 25,000 square feet.
this price chopper is in schenectady ny
this price chopper is in albany new york.
this Price chopper is in Albany new york on Deleware ave. it is small.
this price chopper is in bethlehem new york in the Singerlands section, is on New Scotland Road, opened 1997 and is 63,000 square feet.
this price chopper is in bristol connecticut. it was once a 85,000 square foot k-mart and before that caldor.
this price chopper is in brunswick new york.
tihs price chopper is in burlington vermont on shelburne road and is 73,000 square feet.
this price chopper is in Catskill new york.
This price chopper is in Cobelskill new york.
this price chopper is in East greenbush new york on Columbia Turnpike in COlumbia Plaza and is 65,000 square feet. IT opened May 1988.
And another post on the Price chopper thing said that PRice Chopper was next to K-mart in EAst greenbush. IS THAT TRUE? IT said that the Big Lots next to k-mart is 25,000 square feet and opened Summer 1997.
This price chopper is in Essex Junction vermont. It used to be Grand union and replaced Grand union in 2001. It is 38,000 square feet. IT is down the road from Essex Outlet malls.
this price chopper is in granville new york.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
this price chopper is in East greenbush new york on Columbia Turnpike in COlumbia Plaza and is 65,000 square feet. IT opened May 1988.
And another post on the Price chopper thing said that PRice Chopper was next to K-mart in EAst greenbush. IS THAT TRUE? IT said that the Big Lots next to k-mart is 25,000 square feet and opened Summer 1997.
I believe that was me that posted that - it definitely was a Price Chopper - they closed that one (and another even smaller store up the road in the now Hannaford Plaza) when they opened the one you have pictured. Also, the (newer) one you have pictured has been added onto on the left side.
It seems to have been a pattern in the area - the Price Chopper store you show on Central Ave. was also originally located next to the Kmart at the corner of Central & 155 before being relocated to it's current location and between Latham & Watervliet there is an existing Kmart with a vacant store next to it that was (probably) a Grand Union (they later built across the road - that was turned into a church and is posted somewhere in the GU thread. Note that all three of these were Kmart with just a grocery store, without any other (small) stores like many plazas would have.
A couple other notes:
- The Western Ave. closed location you have shown was closed when Price Chopper purchased the Grand Union down the road about a mile or so (across from Crossgates Mall entrance) during the GU bankruptcy. They also have a store in 20 mall (at Western & 155 about 1 1/2 mi. the opposite way, so those stores always seemed too close).
- Cobleskill - If you look in the picture the area to the right was (I believe, but can't be sure) a Jamesway - later became a farm store (the chain that went out or changed to Tractor Supply Co., can't remember the older name).
- Delaware Ave. - This store had a small gas station until a few years ago, as did a couple others (Watervliet store still does, but it's not connected to PC any longer) - kind of ahead of their time, I guess (as so many chains are adding them these days). Also, nice picture of the south Mall buildings in the background!
This price chopper is in the old location in Rome new york and is in the 50,000s of thousands of square feet and opened in 1988. It relocated and the relocated store picture is the next one down.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
This price chopper is in the old location in Rome new york and is in the 50,000s of thousands of square feet and opened in 1988. It relocated and the relocated store picture is the next one down.
This is the newer Price Chopper in Rome New york and is in the 60000s of thousands of square feet. and opened recently in 2004 or 2005.
This price chopper is in dumroe pennsylvania.
This price chopper is in guilderland in the 20 mall on rt. 20. it is 46,000 square feet.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
tihs price chopper is in burlington vermont on williston road and is 73,000 square feet.
This is a better image of the price chopper in South burlington on Shelburne road. it is said to be the largest supermarket in vermont.
this price chopper is in great barrington massachusetts and is 44,000 square feet in gret barrington plaza. the store used to be the smaller stores next to k-mart until the mid 1990s or late 1990s.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
this price chopper is in great barrington massachusetts and is 44,000 square feet in gret barrington plaza. the store used to be the smaller stores next to k-mart until the mid 1990s or late 1990s.
this is a bigger view the PRice Chopper in Great barrington. The older price chpper was the smaller stores next to K-mart.
this price chopper is in Latham New york in the New Loudon center is 78,000 square feet and was 47,000 square feet before it got expanded.
this price chopper is in Lee massachusetts. It is a very small store.
this price chopper is in LEnox massachusetts in Plaza 800 with the Ames turned Marshalls and is 32,000 square feet.
this price chopper is in malone ny, opened 1999 and is 45,000 square feet.
this price chopper is in Palatine Bridge New york, is about 39,000 square feet and opened in 1999.
This price chopper is in Saint Albans Vermont, it opened in Spring 1998, is 56,000 square feet and across the Highgate plaza that has The Ames now TJ maxx and Peebles, HAnnaford and Staples. it is on rt. 7
this price chopper is in MAnchester Vermont, is 15,000 square feet and is in Manchester Shopping Center with Aubachon and other stores and near the outlets.
This price chopper is in MArlboro massachusetts on Rt.20 (Boston post road) in the Post Plaza.
This price Chopper is in MEchanicsville new york.
This price chopper is in Middletown new york.
this price chopper is in North Adams massachusetts on Old State Road west of downtown. It is about a mile from Super Stop and Shop and over a mile west of BIg y.
Tihs price chopper is in North Syracuse new york near this mall.
this price chopper is in onedia new york.
This price chopper is in Worcester on PArk avenue.
this price chopper is in Pittsfield massachusetts in the Berkshire crossings plaza with wal-mart and home depot, is 80,000 square feet and openemd 1994.
this price chopper is in Rotterdam (Schenectady) new york.
Tihs price chopper is in Saratoga Springs new york on Ballston avenue in the old Ames plaza and is 64,000 square feet and was 26,000 square feet at first.
Tihs price chopper is in Schenectady new york on Almont ave
this price chopper is in shrewsbury massachusetts on Maple ave on the junction of Rt.9.
this price chopper is in SPencer massachusetts.
This price chopper is in Syracuse in the Western Liughts Shopping Center.
this price chopper is in Torrington connecticut and opened in 1995. it ws the first one in CT.
this price chopper is in Troy new york on rt.7
This price chopper is in Vernon Connecticut and was an Ames that was 93,000 square feet and opened last year.
this price chopper is in Worcester on Southwest cutoff and near burlington coat factory and is 53,000 square feet.
this price chopper is in Montrose pennsylvania
Just a few more comments on the newer photos:
Latham - This location is unusual in that it had 3 completely separate stores in the plaza - the original is what is now the Marshalls, then they moved to the far left end (now Raymour & Flanigan) and then a couple years ago to where they are now - also the store directly to the left of the current PC was a Bradless then Ames.
Pittsfield - Their former location was in a plaza closer to the Rt 8 & 9 intersection - in this they were located next to a Kmart (another example of this co-location) - this plaza had (has) other stores also, but they are detached from the Kmart/Price Chopper building.
Saratoga - The plaza there had been Ames (as you mentioned) but was previously a Kmart (with auto center that operated even when it became Ames, though independent of the Ames) - the Kmart moved across town to become a Super K and was closed in one of the first batches of Kmart closings.
Lenox - Suprising that the Price Chopper didn't move while Ames was vacant - that store appeared larger (maybe it wasn't) and also would have been easier to add to (probably).
Great job with all the PC pictures!
QuoteOriginally posted by BillyGr
Just a few more comments on the newer photos:
Latham - This location is unusual in that it had 3 completely separate stores in the plaza - the original is what is now the Marshalls, then they moved to the far left end (now Raymour & Flanigan) and then a couple years ago to where they are now - also the store directly to the left of the current PC was a Bradless then Ames.
Pittsfield - Their former location was in a plaza closer to the Rt 8 & 9 intersection - in this they were located next to a Kmart (another example of this co-location) - this plaza had (has) other stores also, but they are detached from the Kmart/Price Chopper building.
Saratoga - The plaza there had been Ames (as you mentioned) but was previously a Kmart (with auto center that operated even when it became Ames, though independent of the Ames) - the Kmart moved across town to become a Super K and was closed in one of the first batches of Kmart closings.
Lenox - Suprising that the Price Chopper didn't move while Ames was vacant - that store appeared larger (maybe it wasn't) and also would have been easier to add to (probably).
Great job with all the PC pictures!
It seems that a price chopper would be right next to a k-mart
for lenox, maybe they felt the store was stil big enough. Sr weiner page said it is 33,000 square feet. the ames was about 60,,000 square fet and half of it is marshalls.
one in keene nh opens next month and will be 74,000 square feet. one that is 54,000 square feet will open in Derby Vermont (near newport) soon.
One in Springfield vermont closed a couple years ago it was in the same plaza as Shaws and was a small and rundown store.
this price chopper is in Rutland vermont in the downtown plaza and is 58,000 square feet and was a small grocery store about half the size. maybe thjat was price chopper.
from GREEN MOUNTAIN DRYWALL of www.greenmountaindrywall.com/ walmart.html
this price chopepr is in edwardsville pa.
and almost 70000 square feet
from http://www.wprealty.com/pages/properties/propertiesDetails.asp?p_prop_id=28
this price chopper is in Saugerties new york.
Chris Milian of www.albanyaerialphotos.info/ saugerties.htm
this price chopper is in dunmore pa and is 26,000 square feet.
from Bradley Schwartz of http://www.ebl-s.com/Properties/Dunmore,%20PA.htm
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
this price chopper is in dunmore pa and is 26,000 square feet.
from Bradley Schwartz of http://www.ebl-s.com/Properties/Dunmore,%20PA.htm
another picture of the same price chopper in dunmore pa.
from Bradley Schwartz of http://www.ebl-s.com/Properties/Dunmore,%20PA.htm
There's a store in Lake George, NY that appears to be Price Chopper's kis sister, or something. It resembles an old Price Chopper and is -very- tiny by today's supermarket standards. I've shopped there before when I lived back east and visited the lake in the summer but, I never thought to take a pic. I thought you guys would appreciate hearing about it, though. Maybe someone in the area can find the store and snap a photo. Anyone even remotely familar with Lake George Village would know where it is!
From the Price Chopper Website:
1988 saw the opening of a store in Wilkes Barre PA, another in East Greenbush, NY and a Mini Chopper in Lake George, NY.
Yup - that was a Mini Chopper. They used to run some of those in small buildings (areas) where there wasn't space (or demand) for a larger store.
The other one I know of was in Chatham - it was right in the main street and was a former A&P store from years ago (A&P left in the early 80's at the latest). It had about 4 (maybe 5) aisles, pretty much all the grocery basics (meat, produce, dairy, bread, dry stuff) just in limited varieties/quantities. The Mini Chopper was there until about 8-9 years ago when the company closed them all down (said they weren't cost effective) and still had the old orange digital screen registers without scanners! After that it ws a locally run store for a short time (the owner and his relatives had stores in several area towns and had financial/legal troubles) and is now a dollar general (and not the biggest one of those I've seen, either).
Price Chopper has since aquired the Grand Union in Chatham (which is still on the small side compared to some of their superstores).
Also of note in the small markets - Chatham also had a Finast at one time which is now a (smaller than the new ones) Eckerd.
QuoteOriginally posted by Anonymous
There's a store in Lake George, NY that appears to be Price Chopper's kis sister, or something. It resembles an old Price Chopper and is -very- tiny by today's supermarket standards. I've shopped there before when I lived back east and visited the lake in the summer but, I never thought to take a pic. I thought you guys would appreciate hearing about it, though. Maybe someone in the area can find the store and snap a photo. Anyone even remotely familar with Lake George Village would know where it is!
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
this price chopper is in dunmore pa and is 26,000 square feet.
From the Price Chopper Website:
Our Amherst, MA store opened in 1980, and in 1982 we entered the Scranton, PA marketplace with units in >>Dunmore<< and Oak Street.
Since this store opened (as a Price Chopper) in 1982, I wonder if it was something else (also in the aerial shot, you can see the "domed" roof, which I've not seen on any other Price Chopper store).
No relation to the above, but another interesting fact from their website (http://www.pricechopper.com):
Our History
Planting The Seed of a Supermarket
Shortly before his death in 1930, Lewis Golub merged his company with one owned by Joseph Grosberg so his sons Bernard (Ben) and William (Bill) would be part of a larger, stronger firm.
Two years later, Ben and Bill opened the area's first "one stop shopping" outlet in Green Island, New York. It was called the Public Service Market and introduced to this region the forerunner of the supermarket.
>>>>An old warehouse without windows, the Public Service Market wasn't a grocery store in the traditional sense. It offered everything: groceries, meat, fresh produce, dry goods, clothing, home appliances, a barber shop, shoe repair store, antique dealer, book shop, jeweler and cafeteria all under one roof.<<<<
Merchandise was piled on top and underneath crude wooden tables. Customers walked from department to department carrying wicker baskets which they filled with bargain priced merchandise. After selecting groceries, the shopper took them to one of the grocery checkers in a big square in the center of the store.
The bill was added on an adding machine and the tape then brought to a cashier. The shopper paid the cashier, had the tape stamped and took it back to the checker counter to claim the groceries. A $5 order was too big for one person to carry out alone!
The paragraph with >> << makes it sound kind of like an early version of a Super Center!
Hopefully this works - here goes!
Top Photo - Current East Greenbush Price Chopper - Built in 1988, since remodeled and expanded (original aisles were parallel to the front, now they run front to back - the part on the left where the white part stops was added on).
2nd & 3rd - Current stores at the former Mohawk Mall and in Rotterdam (Corner of Curry Road (Rt 7) and Altamont Avenue - both new buildings both within the last 5 years - the Rotterdam one had a store at this plaza that ran perpindicular to Altamont (this one faces Altamont). Price Chopper also had a store in Mohawk many years ago that closed.
4th - Former Price Chopper (I think) next to old Jamesway on Curry Road - closed and empty since the 80's - see Jamesway post for more info & pix.
5th - Old Crosstown Plaza store - this was closed when the Mohawk Mall new store opened. Currently Price Rite (Shop Rite version of an Aldi style store) - this is moving to the old Caldor/Ames spot Sunday (3/5). Different style in that the left part of the windows (to 3rd column) is an Eckerd - the rest is the grocery store - all with one overhang roof!
6th - Watervliet Store - Older store in the city - fairly small with several stores attached (former Eckerd next door, then the plaza makes a 90 degree turn and there are 4 or 5 small storefronts - it makes it a reverse L shaped plaza). Interesting elevated sign tower.
7th - Old East Greenbush store - Next to Kmart on Routes 9&20 - was closed when current store (Photo #1) opened, empty for a while then became Big Lots as it is now.
I did this separately for a reason. This may be an unusual set up in that Price Chopper has had three SEPARATE, DIFFERENT (not expansions/remodels) stores in the SAME PLAZA!
The first photo is the original location just to the left of the GEM?/BRADLEES/AMES/BONTON - now it is Marshalls (You can see a hint of the other building on the far right)
The second is the next location at the opposite (left) end of the plaza - this was one of (if not the) first stores that Price Chopper called a "SUPERSTORE" - it is now Raymour & Flanigan (after being several other short lived things)
The last photo is the current store on the right end of the plaza - newly built next to the BonTon a couple years (3 or 4 maybe?) ago.
The first photo is the old Price Chopper in Hudson (Greenport) on Route 9 - this is their 2nd store - the 1st one has been torn down and is an empty lot (see Jamesway for that shot).
The store went from the left end of the building to the corner toward the right of the shot - the portion under the Aaron's sign had doors at each end, the rest of the front wasn't enclosed (as it still isn't) - the part with the Aaron's sign held the Price Chopper sign, the rest of the roof was just slanted (the Cinema sign structure was added).
The second is the current Greenport store (across the street from the 1st photo) - that plaza is Price Chopper, Fashion Bug and WalMart - all built new.
The 3rd photo is the Catskill store - this was also newly built and has a small building off to the left of the shot with 3 or 4 small stores.
This is an older Price Chopper on Delaware Avenue between Madison & Morton in the city of Albany.'
As you can see, they are in the process of remodelling it and enlarging it a bit (about where you see the sliding door to the right is the new part). Apparently they do a lot of business in returnable bottles, as the new bottle room (behind that sliding door) has at LEAST 8 machines (more than many of their "superstores")!
Years ago, there was also a gas station in the front of the parking lot (which would be just to the left of the bottom 1/2 of the shot) - they closed (or leased) all those a few years ago - just before most of the store chains started adding them.
Here's an older picture of that store. Man, am I glad I took this..hehe.
First shot is the Glenmont store - newly built after demolishing a Grand Union & CVS that had been vacant for many years (they moved across the street (sort of).
2nd & 3rd shots are the plaza on Route 4 across from Hudson Valley Community College in Troy - 3rd is the current store (built about 3 years ago +/-) and the 4th is their previous store in the same plaza. This plaza also has quite a few smaller stores, an Eckerd, freestanding Wendy's and used to have a Bradlees (in the 3rd photo, see the corner of the white building at the very left? Imagine a building starting there and coming straight toward you (at a 90 degree angle) - that's where the Bradlees sat (it faced to the left of the photo, creating a U with the rest of the stores (See Diagram)
4th is the former store in the Troy Plaza on Hoosick St (Route 7) in Troy - it had a fire several years ago, was closed for a year or so, reopened (as Price Chopper) for a few months, closed again, sat closed for a few months again then finally opened as Midland Foods - they disappeared suddenly (all of them in the area) then was taken over by Save a Lot and Salvation Army (who had, and closed a store in a former GU up the street a mile and a half or so).
5th is a store on Route 4 in North Troy - it (and an Eckerd) are the only stores in the building.
6th & 7th are in Bennington, their former location (which is now a PART of the Home Deopt) and their current location in the plaza with the mini Wal*Mart.
The first shot is the Saugerties store on Route 32/212 from a ground level perspective. A newly built store.
2nd is the store on Madison Avenue in Albany, this is an older smaller store like Delaware Ave - this one is also getting a bit of work (which you can't see under the awning) - looks less intesive than Del Ave though.
3rd, 4th and 5th are all on Western Ave in Guilderland. The 3rd is a former GU that PC bought during the bankruptcy - they have since remodelled with the "mini tower" and blue roofing over part of the glass.
4th is their old store that they closed when they took over the GU - this store had been there a long time (had the fence so you couldn't take carts out at one point). The sign frame is shown to the left.
5th is the store in 20 Mall (just above Western & 155). This has been expanded/redone over the years as well (I think there may have been a smaller store where Eckerd is now) and has a small amount of parking UNDER the store at the far right. No idea why they had the two store so close (#4 & #5 can't be more that a mile, mile & 1/2 apart) - at least they are better spaced now with #3 & #5.
#6 is the store in Westgate Plaza in Albany - a newly built store (after tearing down the former Woolworth, Wheels/Paper Cutter (which had been something else split into 2), and several smaller stores. It sits a bit farther back than the old stores did. They moved here from the Caldor plaza up the street.
#7 is the Lenox (MA) store on Rt 7/20 again.
#8 is the Pittsfield (MA) store on Route 8 - the left hand is the older store next tot the (former) KMart (the familiar arch design) and the right is the newer store down the street.
#9 is a former store in North Adams - the whole plaza is basically vacant - I don't know what else used to be in there (never saw it).
#10 is a second store in North Adams, this one on Route 2. This isn't a huge store either - they kept this one - guess it was better located or something.
here is the price chopper in gerling st in schenectady new york.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the price chopper in gerling st in schenectady new york.
here is the price chopper in schenectady on eastern parkway. IT WAS STORE NUMBER ONE!
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the price chopper in gerling st in schenectady new york.
I think this is the store that they plan to close (it was on the news a week or two back, mentioned a smaller store in Schenectady - as this one has a sign saying neighborhood store it would certainly fit that bill).
QuoteOriginally posted by BillyGr
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the price chopper in gerling st in schenectady new york.
I think this is the store that they plan to close (it was on the news a week or two back, mentioned a smaller store in Schenectady - as this one has a sign saying neighborhood store it would certainly fit that bill).
REALLY ITS CLOSING!!!!!!!!!!!! PRICE CHOPPER DOES NOT CLOSE STORES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I bet that one would close.
QuoteOriginally posted by BillyGr
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the price chopper in gerling st in schenectady new york.
I think this is the store that they plan to close (it was on the news a week or two back, mentioned a smaller store in Schenectady - as this one has a sign saying neighborhood store it would certainly fit that bill).
here it is of price chopper closing in schenectady (but for the wal-mart problem they mention a problem with competing with wal-mart). the nearest wal-mart to it was in scotia which is a supercenter and like 2 or so miles away from it and there is a wal-mart in rotterdam near a bigger price chopper miles away). I wonder what the neighborhood residents will do now. PRice chopper doesnot close stoers, I once saw a closed one in framingham.
from http://www.progressivegrocer.com/progressivegrocer/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002273668
Smaller Price Chopper Store Closing Next Month
MARCH 29, 2006 -- SCHENECTADY, N.Y. -- Price Chopper here is closing its 20,000-square-foot Sheridan Plaza store here on April 29, apparently because of the store's inability to stock the same range of products as larger Price Choppers.
Most of the Northeast retailer's stores measure from 65,000 to 85,000 square feet, and the performance of the much smaller store has been hampered by its size. Adding to the problem was competition from a Wal-Mart, but especially from four larger Price Choppers in Schenectady County, according to Price Chopper spokeswoman Mona Golub. With the closing of the Sheridan Plaza store, there will now be one Price Chopper store within the city limits of Schenectady.
When asked by Progressive Grocer whether enlarging the Sheridan Plaza Store was ever considered, Golub called such a plan an "impossibility," noting that the structure housing the store had been built in 1954 and wouldn't have been able accommodate that big an expansion.
Golub also said that the grocer has offered jobs at other stores to the 16 full-time and 26 part-time employees affected by the closing.
Despite the closing, the chain continues to expand, with 113 stores and plans to open locations in Champlain, N.Y.; Clinton County, N.Y.; Derby, Vt.; and Putnam, Conn. in the summer, and expansion or remodeling projects underway at stores in Bethlehem, Pa.; Johnstown, Pa.; and Utica, N.Y. noted Golub.
Also this article says stuff about it http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=465510&category=BUSINESS&newsdate=3/28/2006
Price Chopper store to close next month
Last day for struggling Sheridan Plaza venue scheduled for April 29
By KEVIN HARLIN, Business writer
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First published: Tuesday, March 28, 2006
SCHENECTADY -- Price Chopper will close its struggling Sheridan Plaza store next month.
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Its last day will be April 29, said Mona Golub, spokeswoman for Price Chopper parent Golub Corp. The Rotterdam-based company has offered jobs at other stores to the 16 full-time and 26 part-time employees there.
"The store has struggled for a number of years now and it's not profitable," Golub said.
The 20,000-square-foot store off Gerling Street couldn't stock the same range of produce, breads, deli meats and other items as the company's larger markets, which are typically 65,000 to 85,000 square feet, she said.
Wal-Mart opened a Supercenter store in nearby Glenville in 2002. But Golub said the store's biggest competition was Price Chopper's larger store on Eastern Parkway in Schenectady, and Price Choppers in Glenville and Niskayuna.
Not all customers think bigger is better.
"I always called it the best-kept secret," said Eileen Versaci, Schenectady deputy city clerk, who said she liked the small, uncrowded store with its short lines. "I hate these large markets that take me six weeks to get a quart of milk."
The small market also serves many nearby elderly residents, Versaci said.
The closing will leave Price Chopper's Eastern Parkway store as the only one within the city of Schenectady, the birthplace of the 73-year-old company.
But the chain is still growing. Price Chopper has 113 markets, and this summer expects to open stores in Champlain, Clinton County; Derby, Vt.; and Putnam, Conn. It is also expanding or remodeling stores in Bethlehem, Johnstown and Utica, Golub said.
In 2002, Price Chopper closed its store in Crosstown Plaza, also in Schenectady. Shortly after that, New Jersey-based Price Rite, a limited-selection discount supermarket, moved into the site. It is now expanding its operation there.
That NY store looks like a former Pathmark
QuoteOriginally posted by BillyGr
From the Price Chopper Website:
1988 saw the opening of a store in Wilkes Barre PA, another in East Greenbush, NY and a Mini Chopper in Lake George, NY.
Yup - that was a Mini Chopper. They used to run some of those in small buildings (areas) where there wasn't space (or demand) for a larger store.
The other one I know of was in Chatham - it was right in the main street and was a former A&P store from years ago (A&P left in the early 80's at the latest). It had about 4 (maybe 5) aisles, pretty much all the grocery basics (meat, produce, dairy, bread, dry stuff) just in limited varieties/quantities. The Mini Chopper was there until about 8-9 years ago when the company closed them all down (said they weren't cost effective) and still had the old orange digital screen registers without scanners! After that it ws a locally run store for a short time (the owner and his relatives had stores in several area towns and had financial/legal troubles) and is now a dollar general (and not the biggest one of those I've seen, either).
Price Chopper has since aquired the Grand Union in Chatham (which is still on the small side compared to some of their superstores).
Also of note in the small markets - Chatham also had a Finast at one time which is now a (smaller than the new ones) Eckerd.
QuoteOriginally posted by Anonymous
There's a store in Lake George, NY that appears to be Price Chopper's kis sister, or something. It resembles an old Price Chopper and is -very- tiny by today's supermarket standards. I've shopped there before when I lived back east and visited the lake in the summer but, I never thought to take a pic. I thought you guys would appreciate hearing about it, though. Maybe someone in the area can find the store and snap a photo. Anyone even remotely familar with Lake George Village would know where it is!
---I'm pretty sure that PC in chatham is still a PC. Dollar General joined the plaza on the right end, but that PC still remains on the other end.
Lake George Village PC is still open; I don't think it was ever a Mini Chopper
---Check out the hidden PC on Albany Shaker Road sometime. It's an "old people" chopper (as opposed to "Ghetto" (delaware avenue) Chopper), in that it's open from like, 9-9 every day. You can find almost exclusively old folks in there.
Glens Falls NY: A Nice old PC on Dix Ave, used to be a movie theatre in the 60s. Also, the toyoto dealership on Broad st (next to hannaford) used to be a big PC; it was there for years until (then Shop and Save) moved in. It was gone in mere months. It stood vacant for years, then the building was renovated and turned into a Toyota dealership.
The flagship (and one of the oldest PC's in NY) is still on Glen Street, still doing fine.
QuoteOriginally posted by Anonymous
---I'm pretty sure that PC in chatham is still a PC. Dollar General joined the plaza on the right end, but that PC still remains on the other end.
Lake George Village PC is still open; I don't think it was ever a Mini Chopper
---Check out the hidden PC on Albany Shaker Road sometime. It's an "old people" chopper (as opposed to "Ghetto" (delaware avenue) Chopper), in that it's open from like, 9-9 every day. You can find almost exclusively old folks in there.
Glens Falls NY: A Nice old PC on Dix Ave, used to be a movie theatre in the 60s. Also, the toyoto dealership on Broad st (next to hannaford) used to be a big PC; it was there for years until (then Shop and Save) moved in. It was gone in mere months. It stood vacant for years, then the building was renovated and turned into a Toyota dealership.
The flagship (and one of the oldest PC's in NY) is still on Glen Street, still doing fine.
There are two different stores in Chatham - the current Price Chopper (shown below) was a Grand Union that Price Chopper bought when they went bankrupt - it is in the shopping plaza with a Family Dollar. They formerly had a Mini-Chopper right on the main street, which prior to that was an A&P and is now the Dollar General (too many dollar names)!
The "hidden" Price Chopper was also a Grand Union that they bought at the same time - Eckerd was in that plaza also until they opened a free standing store at the corner of Shaker & Osborne. No idea why they wanted it, but apparently it must do well enough to stay open (since there is the one on Central about 5-10 min away, and another big one in Latham not too much further the opposite way).
here is the price chopper in bethlehem new york.
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here is the price chopper in bethlehem new york.
the picture above is mine. this price chopper in bethlehem is on New Scotland Ave in the singerlands part. The store was being remodeled and renovated when I was there on MArch 21, 2006. Ntoice the lettering on the ground?
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QuoteOriginally posted by Anonymous
here is the price chopper in bethlehem new york.
the picture above is mine. this price chopper in bethlehem is on New Scotland Ave in the singerlands part. The store was being remodeled and renovated when I was there on MArch 21, 2006. Ntoice the lettering on the ground?
more of teh bethlehem singerlands store.
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QuoteOriginally posted by Anonymous
here is the price chopper in bethlehem new york.
the picture above is mine. this price chopper in bethlehem is on New Scotland Ave in the singerlands part. The store was being remodeled and renovated when I was there on MArch 21, 2006. Ntoice the lettering on the ground?
more of teh bethlehem singerlands store.
more of the bethlehem singerlands store.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
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QuoteOriginally posted by Anonymous
here is the price chopper in bethlehem new york.
the picture above is mine. this price chopper in bethlehem is on New Scotland Ave in the singerlands part. The store was being remodeled and renovated when I was there on MArch 21, 2006. Ntoice the lettering on the ground?
more of teh bethlehem singerlands store.
more of the bethlehem singerlands store.
more of the bethlehem singerlands store.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by Anonymous
here is the price chopper in bethlehem new york.
the picture above is mine. this price chopper in bethlehem is on New Scotland Ave in the singerlands part. The store was being remodeled and renovated when I was there on MArch 21, 2006. Ntoice the lettering on the ground?
more of teh bethlehem singerlands store.
more of the bethlehem singerlands store.
more of the bethlehem singerlands store.
the sign of the New Scotland Ave bethlehem singerlands store
The first is the store in Chatham - this was a former Grand Union taken over by Price Chopper during GU's bankruptcy.
The second is the Cobleskill store - on Route 7 in a plaza with a former Jamesway (now TSC & Label Shopper). this store is unusual inside in that it has a lot of aisles, but they are very short aisles - it appears to have been enlarged at some point (maybe where the roof makes a corner in the middle of the shot??).
The last is the Oneonta store on Route 7.
QuoteOriginally posted by amesman
Here's an older picture of that store. Man, am I glad I took this..hehe.
(Delaware Avenue Price Chopper, Albany, NY)
Ahh, good ol' ghetto chopper. Staple of any downtown Albany citizen. I watched a man get stabbed in the stomach while waiting in line one night. Wonderful, wonderful. Definitely a SKETCHY place at night, remodel or not!
here is the price chopper in watervielt new york (outside albany) and not far from the kmart in latham.
here is a new price chopper that opened in 2004 or 2005 in richford springs ny
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here is a new price chopper that opened in 2004 or 2005 in richford springs ny
here is the price chopper sign in richford springs ny
Here's the Pric Chopper in Glenville, NY on Route 50.
The Chopper's in Bristol and Southington, Connecticut both opened on the same day in January 2004. Both are former KMARTS. Eveyeone in Southington was suprised when Price Chopper bought that KMART because everyone expected Shaw's to buy that KMART.
The Chopper in Bristol is litterally right next door to Shaw's. You can go into Shaw's parking lot and drive straight past Shaw's and go to Price Chopper and vice versa.
Initally they killed the Bristol Shaw's, but after about 7 or 8 weeks the Bristol Shaw's bounced back and now they both co-exist nicely.
I didn't start working at the Southington Shaw's until 8 months after Chopper opened. While business was always slow at the Shaw's, the store litterally has been on life support since Chopper opened.
I had an job interview at the Southington Chopper about a month ago, but they never called me back.
Someone lit some fireworks inside the Vernon Price Chopper last night. The fire cause 100 G's worth a damange. Here's the story from NewsChannel 8 WTNH.
http://wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=5111294
I can rememember two other supermarket fires. Shortly after Shaw's took over the Edward's on Queen Street in Southington in 1996 or 1997 some women lit the potato chip aisle on fire.
And in the early 90s the Terryville IGA on Route 6 was damaged by a fire started by the owner of the neighboring video store who lit the store on fire to collect insurance. Except for the IGA the entire plaza stayed burned out for many many years after.
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The Chopper's in Bristol and Southington, Connecticut both opened on the same day in January 2004. Both are former KMARTS. Eveyeone in Southington was suprised when Price Chopper bought that KMART because everyone expected Shaw's to buy that KMART.
The Chopper in Bristol is litterally right next door to Shaw's. You can go into Shaw's parking lot and drive straight past Shaw's and go to Price Chopper and vice versa.
Initally they killed the Bristol Shaw's, but after about 7 or 8 weeks the Bristol Shaw's bounced back and now they both co-exist nicely.
I didn't start working at the Southington Shaw's until 8 months after Chopper opened. While business was always slow at the Shaw's, the store litterally has been on life support since Chopper opened.
I had an job interview at the Southington Chopper about a month ago, but they never called me back.
The K-Mart that became a Price Chopper was at one time a Caldor if you remember. It wasn't one of the better ones in the area but the plaza facade is still the same as it's always been which brings back memories.
here is the price chopper in the south hills mall in poughkeepsie new york. I heard it is closing this month.
here is the price chopper in vernon CT where Ames was and it is new.
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here is the price chopper in vernon CT where Ames was and it is new.
sign of hte one in vernon
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here is the price chopper in vernon CT where Ames was and it is new.
sign of hte one in vernon
sign vernon
here is the price chopper in newington CT where Ames was and it is new. it also replaced the ames in vernon.
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here is the price chopper in newington CT where Ames was and it is new. it also replaced the ames in vernon.
here is the price chopper sign in newington
price chopper in bristol CT
here is the price chopper in southington Ct. it replaced the kmart. and it also replaced the kmart in bristol. Man a lot of price choppers in CT open by redeveloping old buildings.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the price chopper in southington Ct. it replaced the kmart. and it also replaced the kmart in bristol. Man a lot of price choppers in CT open by redeveloping old buildings.
southington
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is the price chopper in southington Ct. it replaced the kmart. and it also replaced the kmart in bristol. Man a lot of price choppers in CT open by redeveloping old buildings.
southington
southington sign
price chopper in waterbury CT that redeveloped an old toys r us plaza
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price chopper in waterbury CT that redeveloped an old toys r us plaza
sign in waterbury
Okay here's the deal with Price Chopper's location in Waterbury. In 1996 the Edward's Superfood Store became Shaw's. A year or two later Shaw's and ToysRus moved to the brand new Brass Mill Commons next to the Brass Mill Mall. Then in 2002/2003 Price Chopper took over and that's when they revamped that plaza. Even if PC hadn't opened that plaza should've been redone anyway since they were across the street from the nice new shopping center wheret he Naugatuck Valley Mall had been.
price chopper in champlain ny in the old ames and recently opened. I was there may 24, 2006.
old price chopper in kmart plaza in malone ny
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old price chopper in kmart plaza in malone ny
current one in malone ny
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QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
old price chopper in kmart plaza in malone ny
current one in malone ny
sign of malone one
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old price chopper in kmart plaza in malone ny
I'm sorry to correct you, but that store was not a Price Chopper. That store was formerly a Super Duper (supermarket chain), which later changed to IGA Plus before closing. I think the Super Duper/IGA Plus closed because it couldn't compete with the Big Kmart store at the other end of the plaza. The Malone Price Chopper stands on the site of the portion of the old Seaway Shopping Center which housed the former Acme Market (to later be the original Super Duper) and Fay's Drugs (later Wheels Discount Auto Store).:)
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
this price chopper is in Torrington connecticut and opened in 1995. it ws the first one in CT.
Hmmm...
I saw Susan St. James & her family in that store a few times, when I was living in Torrington.
Jim S
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Hmmm...
I saw Susan St. James & her family in that store a few times, when I was living in Torrington.
Jim S
That's so cool. BTW she and her husband own radio station 97.3 WZBG in nearby Litchfield.
i work at the price chopper in fulton Ny in the old tops store it still looks like tops on the inside and out side just with the price chopper name
Although I haven't started working yet, as of October 25, I'm officially an employee of Price Chopper #203 Southington, Connecticut located at 410 Queen Street in Southington in the former KMART building. At just over 96,000 Square Feet we are the second biggest Price Chopper in the state. Vernon is the biggest at around 100,000 Square Feet. Being that our store is so large some regional offices are housed in this location.
Connecticut location number 8 is supposed to be opening in Windsor in May 2007. Several more are supposed to be opening by 2010.
Currently stores in Connecticut are located in:
1. Torrington
2. Waterbury (formerly Edwards/Shaws and Toys R Us)
3. Southington (formerly Big K Mart)
4. Bristol (formerly W.T. Grants, Caldor, and most recently Big KMART)
5. Newington (ripped down former AMES Location)
6. Vernon (Former AMES Location. Not sure if they ripped it down or just gutted it like the gutted the old KMARTS in Southington/Bristol)
7. Putnam
Effective November 6, 2006 Price Chopper will no longer be offering a Senior Citizen Discount on Mondays to their customers over the age of 60. Also on that date they will no longer be accepting competitors coupons.
QuoteOriginally posted by Marc82
Effective November 6, 2006 Price Chopper will no longer be offering a Senior Citizen Discount on Mondays to their customers over the age of 60. Also on that date they will no longer be accepting competitors coupons.
Ouch. Trying to cut corners??
The signs on all the registers say it has to do with the "Save money on your gasoline at SUNOCO" Promotion that's now going on.
Interestingly Enough the Gas Promotion is only going on at Price Chopper in Southington, Bristol, Waterbury, Newington, and Vernon. It's not going on at the other 2 CT stores Torrington and Putnam. It's rare those stores are ever mentioned anywhere. (Except for the spider incident in Torrington).
http://www2.pricechopper.com/fueladvantedge
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Interestingly Enough the Gas Promotion is only going on at Price Chopper in Southington, Bristol, Waterbury, Newington, and Vernon. It's not going on at the other 2 CT stores Torrington and Putnam. It's rare those stores are ever mentioned anywhere. (Except for the spider incident in Torrington).
http://www2.pricechopper.com/fueladvantedge
I guess this could be to "make up" for the fact that they don't have their own stations (like so many chains do) - of course they HAD them at one time in many locations (not necessarily CT, since those stores are "newer"), but decided to get rid of them a number of years back.
Wonder if they'll expand this to other areas (maybe some, like Western MA, southern NY where S&S has gas?).
It's been nearly one week since we stopped accepting competitor's coupons at Price Chopper. (As far as I know it's only the 5 doing the Gas Promotion - Southington, Bristol, Waterbury, Newington, and Vernon). I've run into quite a few angry customers who have threatened not to come back because we no longer accept competitor's coupons. - We are not even accepting coupons from something called "The Entertainment Book", which is something we sponsored with News Channel 8 WTNH.
QuoteOriginally posted by Marc82
It's been nearly one week since we stopped accepting competitor's coupons at Price Chopper. (As far as I know it's only the 5 doing the Gas Promotion - Southington, Bristol, Waterbury, Newington, and Vernon). I've run into quite a few angry customers who have threatened not to come back because we no longer accept competitor's coupons. - We are not even accepting coupons from something called "The Entertainment Book", which is something we sponsored with News Channel 8 WTNH.
I spoke with a clerk at our local Price Chopper here in Ogdensburg, NY and she confirmed that our store is no longer accepting competitors' coupons, either.:(
QuoteOriginally posted by Marc82
It's been nearly one week since we stopped accepting competitor's coupons at Price Chopper. (As far as I know it's only the 5 doing the Gas Promotion - Southington, Bristol, Waterbury, Newington, and Vernon). I've run into quite a few angry customers who have threatened not to come back because we no longer accept competitor's coupons. - We are not even accepting coupons from something called "The Entertainment Book", which is something we sponsored with News Channel 8 WTNH.
It's a sad thing how much gas has become such a political punching bag and a trend whose hysteria has gotten out of hand. $2.25 for a gallon of gas isn't what it should be, but it's certainly not $3 of [what it will probably become in] the Summer. Putting another dollar or two (or if you want to get into extremes; 7 or 8) in your car come fill up time is, when you think about it, downright silly. If Americans just learned to sacrifice a bit on things that aren't essential, some of the gas hysteria would just go away.
Now Stop & Shop may give $.10 off a gallon of gas but it's usually by my observation at the few S&S gas stations they jack it up .10 more than the Valero down the street. Thus, it equals out, just like buying groceries from them (who I believe has prices too high on everything) and say Target (what groceries they do carry, usually 30-50% less than any supermarket).
Price Chopper seems like a loser here giving up competitor coupons which are corroding the hometown trust most big corporate entities are usually devoid of. What's the real reason they gave up the competitor coupons? Could they have been losing out big financially as a result of this?
Last week or the week before I had a guy come through my line with an old skool Price Chopper Advantage Card. Instead of the regular Blue one with the red lettering, this one was made of paper. I asked him where he got it from and he told me Upstate New York Circa 1993.
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Last week or the week before I had a guy come through my line with an old skool Price Chopper Advantage Card. Instead of the regular Blue one with the red lettering, this one was made of paper. I asked him where he got it from and he told me Upstate New York Circa 1993.
Here's one that is a bit newer (1996) and is plastic, but a very thin (about paper thickness) one, rather than the credit card like ones that are current.
The back has contact info for the store and card info.
I think that might have been it. I thought it was paper because it was so thin.
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I think that might have been it. I thought it was paper because it was so thin.
It may have been - I seem to remember them being paper at first, maybe even as a "temporary" one until you got the plastic one.
Hey Everyone. Just checking in to let everyone know that Price Chopper in Southington/Bristol, Conecticut is celebrating their 3rd Anniversary this week. It was January 2004 when they opened in the former KMARTS.
121 Farmington Ave Bristol (Route 6) in the Bristol Commons.
410 Queen Street Southington (Route 10)
Monday the 22nd is Senior Day:
Free Carnations for Female Senior Citizens
Free Blood Pressure (10-11) & Heart Check (11-2) at the Pharmacy
Free Food Samples (11-7)
Free Coffee & Pastry Food Court (7-12)
Tuesday the 23rd
Meet the Managers Day - Pharmacy Raffle Free Give Aways:
Free Food Samples (11-7)
Sample Chocolate Covered Strawberries (11-5)
Pizza Samples (5a-8p)
Meet the people at Citizens Bank Free Give Aways (12-5)
Wednesday the 24th
Meet The Managers - Raffle for a Roast Free Samples All Day
Sample Dietz & Watson Cold Cuts (5-8)
Thursday the 25th
Anniversary Cake Cutting
Sample Gourmet Prepared Food
Meet the Managers (5-7)
Meet the people at Citizens Bank Free Give Aways (12-5)
Friday the 26th
Raffle for a Shrimp Platter and 1lb Lobster
Meet the Pharamcists
Watch Live Floral Arrangement Demonstrations (2-6)
Saturday the 27th
Coffee & Juice 11-6
Sample Fresh Baked Artisan Breads (10-6)
Talk to the Florist For Wedding Plans (10-5)
Face Painting for the Kids (11-5)
Come to the Southington store and you can meet me too. I'll be working Tuesday 1-6, Thursday 830-230, Friday 1-630, and Saturday 900-200. Come to the front end and look for the fat guy with glasses wearing a Yankees Necklace.
Marc, there's a reason why we love you on AFC. They're having quite the list of commemorative events, eh? I think Price Chopper really improved their former stores and I usually like to shop there when I like to oddly do some later night shopping because they're the only supermarket open 24 hours.
Do you work odd hours or are you an insomniac? One of the daytime cashiers had to work overnight the other day and she said their were only three types of people who shop in the middle of the night: People Who Work Odd Hours, Insomniacs, and stoners. You don't strike me as a stoner. :bigsmile: So that's why I ask if you're a person who works odd hours or an insomniac.
That's quite a celebration for a 3 year Anniversary. We did something similar to that, but that was our 10th year. Did nothing for 15. Perhaps 20?? Although with a Rumored Remodel for 2008, we may have a Grand Reopening.
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Do you work odd hours or are you an insomniac? One of the daytime cashiers had to work overnight the other day and she said their were only three types of people who shop in the middle of the night: People Who Work Odd Hours, Insomniacs, and stoners. You don't strike me as a stoner. :bigsmile: So that's why I ask if you're a person who works odd hours or an insomniac.
I can add a couple of other types for ya: College Kids (who have nothing better to do than to hang out at a Supermarket in the Middle of the Night on a Weekday) & Freaks (AKA Midgets, Transgenders, etc.). I've seen all kinds. One of the Best Nights is Halloween.
QuoteOriginally posted by Marc82
Do you work odd hours or are you an insomniac? One of the daytime cashiers had to work overnight the other day and she said their were only three types of people who shop in the middle of the night: People Who Work Odd Hours, Insomniacs, and stoners. You don't strike me as a stoner. :bigsmile: So that's why I ask if you're a person who works odd hours or an insomniac.
Heh, nope I'm not a stoner. I don't really do any grocery shopping after 11 unless I just got out of work. I prefer to do it around 8 and 9 when the markets are largely empty and/or devoid of crowds. I'm one of those quirky people who could spend a good hour in enjoying browsing a supermarket looking at things I want and/or don't particularly need. What can I say? I love food shopping.
It's usually just my luck I get some freakin' old hag holding up one of the only lines because she chose 10PM to do her weekly shopping with 80 coupons she failed to note expiration dates, or some other silly reason she can't save $.50 on four boxes of fish sticks. Did I mention this also happens when I go into Stop & Shop around noon to get salad bar and have to move to various lines because of these type customers (typically clogging the 10 items or less checkouts).
Supermarkets, I'm convinced, are a place to find the world's problems in the form of human beings. You name it, some of the strangest, mental deformities come out at all times of the day. When I asked a friend of mine why this could be, the answer was simple: even they have to eat.
HAHAHAHAHAHA! Seriously dude we need to meet up for snack and a soda in the Price Chopper Food Court or something. In all the years working in grocery stores I've met all kinds of crazy characters. I won't tell them all here (or else I'd have nothing to talk about if you want to meet up for a soda or something). One of my favorites though would have to be when I was working at the Shaw's in Bristol. Some middle-aged woman left a shopping cart full of groceries in the middle of the aisle and walked out of the store empty handed because the manager wouldn't make some guy who was shopping at the store button up his shirt. He was a nice guy. He used to shop like that every week during warm weather. Then the first chilly week of the fall came and I saw him. He had a wifebeater on and his same unbuttoned shirt and I said to him "Gee I hardly recognized you with a shirt on". He thought it was funny and started laughing.
Here is a pic of the Price Chopper in Ogdensburg, NY. Located in the Gateway Plaza, this was taken last year before construction began, enlarging the store from 38,000 to 50,000 square feet. Construction is nearly complete and should be finished in about a month. The store now has a new bakery and deli, plus a food court. The stores located between the Price Chopper and Fashion Bug (Simply Sandwiches, the former Carbino's Jewelers and the former Fins, Feathers & Friends pet store) have all been demolished. Price Chopper's new food court now occupies the space.
I will try to take a pic soon of how the outside of the store looks now that it's been remodeled. There is now an office where the windows on the left were and the right side goes right up to the Fashion Bug. As soon as I am able to take a pic and save it to my computer, I will post it.
I live in watertown, NY and they didn't do anything fancy for their 20th anneversy.
Hey Marc, is your Price Chopper doing a thing called 5-S? My price chopper is, and it's cutting my hours back. Time for a new job... :(
Yeah, we're doing 5-S, tho I ain't too sure what it is. My hours aren't getting cut. In fact my supervisor tells me I'm one of the best workers so I'm the first one who gets asked to work extra hours. He wanted me to work 7AM-3PM on Easter. I told him "Not on your life buddy." Holiday or Sunday Pay or not, there's no way I'm gonna get up at 530AM on a Sunday!
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I will try to take a pic soon of how the outside of the store looks now that it's been remodeled. There is now an office where the windows on the left were and the right side goes right up to the Fashion Bug. As soon as I am able to take a pic and save it to my computer, I will post it.
And, as I promised, a look at what the store looks like now that the renovations are finished. The store has been expanded from 38,000 to 50,000 square feet due to acquisition and demolition of the former Simply Sandwiches, Carbino's Jewelers and Fins, Feathers and Friends pet store. All three storefronts were located at the right of the photo where Price Chopper's new food court is now.
Turns out that's what wasn't cutting my hours - my store purchased a whole bunch of crap, so something had to get cut - the parttimers. But now I have a whole bunch of hours, so everything is peachy again.
Yeah, I'm gonna try and get a transfer to another store. I need a full time position and we don't have any full time positions open at my store.
Marc: I go to Southington with my family to shop at that Price Chopper. It is a very nice store. My dad hates stores, however, this is the only one he'll enjoy coming to. He likes how the store is so well kept and how the donuts are so nicely displayed. He comes here for the gas promotion. My mom refuses to shop at the Newington PC because of the help. Everyone at Southington is very polite and there are always enough registers open. It's a shame you want to transfer, but that's your decision. I have seen your manager, and she looks to be tough and wants the store perfect. That is a good thing!
price chopper never has openings if they do they hire some with experience from another store
Here either they aren't hiring people who are applying, or people aren't applying. It doesn't bother me that much, but when we hire six people and all of them are baggers and cashiers... uh-oh.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
Tihs price chopper is in North Syracuse new york near this mall.
Wasn't that one torn down and rebuilt? I know a few years back there was a price chopper that looked like that near the Shoppingtown Mall, which is now the Shoppingtown Center.
I was in that area the other day, and it was torn down and a new building is in its place.
what r u talking about new Price chopper is on milder ave right next to the red light district about a .25 of a mile from the old price chopper it still stands the old chopper is in the Former Hechender/price chopper plaza shoppingtown mall is still shopping town mall they r tearing down 100000sf to build a little 65000 sf plaza but that just been put on hold for another year for more planing because blue cross blue shield building their new head quarters next to the mall bring alot of business
oops... I meant MARKETPLACE, not shoppingtown.
I get alll of the syracuse malls confused.
I went into a former Price Chopper a couple of years ago. I think it might have been on Erie Blvd. in one of the Syracuse suburbs. It was in a plaza that used to have what I think was a Hechinger at one end. It was vacant at the time. The former Price Chopper was next to a card and party store and at the time I was there part of the old Price Chopper was closed off and vacant while the rest of it was a Big Lots. I could tell it used to be a Price Chopper because of the entryway to the store. It looked just like the typical Price Chopper front, complete with the large concrete columns and glass gridlike panels where the sign was supposed to be.
QuoteOriginally posted by mikey7290
I went into a former Price Chopper a couple of years ago. I think it might have been on Erie Blvd. in one of the Syracuse suburbs. It was in a plaza that used to have what I think was a Hechinger at one end. It was vacant at the time. The former Price Chopper was next to a card and party store and at the time I was there part of the old Price Chopper was closed off and vacant while the rest of it was a Big Lots. I could tell it used to be a Price Chopper because of the entryway to the store. It looked just like the typical Price Chopper front, complete with the large concrete columns and glass gridlike panels where the sign was supposed to be.
What I meant to say was that the former Hechinger was vacant at the time I was there, not the former Price Chopper.
yea that former hechinger/ price chopper plaza the only place left now is old country buffet its a really nice shipping center but in a bad area at one time that plaza had a dicks sporting goods but moved in 2000 to shopping town mall than price chopper moved that was a nice store but what hurt that plaza was when hechenger closed they owned that store bankruptsy court took that store just realsed it to the centers owner past year its now called Taco Bell Blaza
I shop with my mom at the Newington Price Chopper on the Berlin Turnpike for weekly groceries. The main reason we shop there is for the gas discount. While PC is set up nicely and is nice in design, the service at this store is not as it should be. One scenerio would be last week we went on Saturday for our weekly trip. We got there way after 7AM. The food court opens at 7AM, however when we wanted something, the girl there said she didn't have the register and that we'd pay up front. The only good thing to come out of this was that the cashier up front didn't even bother to ring the drinks up at the end of our trip, so we got them for free. But is that how you run a business.
The second problem was that when we went to the bread department and asked for a bread, which was already made and out on the table, the guy there told us they weren't ready. Again, they were sitting on the counter, he was too lazy or arrogant to get us one. My mom didn't want to speak up though. Things at this store are just not run properly. The baggers can't pack either, but that can be any store.
Another funny story was when a bagger was told to open the liquor cases, she didn't think she had to turn the light on in the case and acted surprised that there was even a light. How ignorant. I'm not a picky person and neither are my parents, but some of the activities we see at this store are just plain idiotic. Maybe it's just this town. No store in Newington has any competent employees, except Target and Shaw's, which I'd rather go to.
BTW, I like Price Chopper in general, and my family LOVES the Southington one; a very good group of employees and a spacious store. Sometimes I wish stores from other towns can be planted down here.
A bagger was told to open up the liquor case? Only someone in management is supposed to do that - whether it be the store manager, grocery department manager, or the checkout manager.
PC registers are locked and unlocked with a credit card type device. The person in the food court is supposed to walk up to checkout department and get it to unlock the register.
If you're ever traveling in Bristol stay away from the PC on Farmington Ave (Route 6). The place is dirty, gross, and disgusting. The employees are rude and nasty. And most of the employees there look like they belong in the Kennel Club. (i.e. they're not very nice to look at).
BTW, is there still an attractive young woman working at the Newington PC named Lucy Kristoff? She was one of my supervisors in Southington for a few months.
You know I didn't even think about why a bagger would open a liquor case. Today, the case wasn't even opened at 8:30AM and supposed to open at 8AM.
The employee at the food court is simply too lazy. It's 7:15 by the time we get to the store. So, I got a milk there and again the lady says you have to pay up front. I just drank it throughout the store and threw it away at the register. If that's the way they are going to be, I can be just as fiesty!!! And that old guy at the Artisan Bread area was turning away the customers when they asked for a bread that was sitting on the counter. We didn't even bother.
I'm talking my dad in to letting me and my mom just go back to Shaw's. We feel welcome over there and they may not have the food court, but we never really walk out of Shaw's upset. Don't get me wrong PC over here is clean and organized, but don't let that fool ya!
Price Chopper may be opening a store in Durham, Connecticut, their first in the Middletown area. However some interesting notes. First off they will not be allowed to use the name Price Chopper. They have to use the original name Central Market. And 2 they are not allowed to have a pharmacy in the store.
http://myrecordjournal.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=19182628&BRD=2755&PAG=461&dept_id=592754&rfi=8
I hate to complain, but here's some more rant on the Newington Price Chopper...
My mom and I decided to go shopping yesterday evening instead of in the morning. We had been going to Shaw's for two weeks with no problems but my dad hounds my mom to go to PC for the gas discount. I tried to keep an open mind but it's just ridiculous how unprofessional this store (location) is. In the deli, they are slow. We ended up getting this guy who talked to the other workers the whole time and breathed all over the deli meat. Then my mom asks for a pound and a half of ham, and we only ended up getting a pound. Then we go to the fish department and get waited on by this weird guy who dressed like a girl with earings. My mom asked for 2 1/2 lbs. of fish that was on sale. He only gave us a pound. Luckily my mom told him she asked for more. He looked mad like he didn't want to sell anything.
In general, the aisles of this store are way too small and on top of that, they have to put those displays on the floor in the middle of the aisles.
I sure hope Shaw's stays around for a long time. In the years I have went shopping with my mom, I never found problems with any other supermarket. We've shopped at Southington PC, Stop and Shop, Food Mart (A&P), Shaw's, and even to Big Y twice.
I fume about how the Newington PC is, not only because it's there, but that it was Ames and I wanted something to replace it to not be so unpleasant to visit. Oh well.
Is Bristol still bad? How is it compared to the Bristol Shaw's? I always hear Shaw's is a low end store, but I don't think so.
Out of all of these stores, I actually prefer the Food Mart in Berlin CT.
QuoteOriginally posted by AmesNewington1
Is Bristol still bad? How is it compared to the Bristol Shaw's? I always hear Shaw's is a low end store, but I don't think so.
I don't mean to bash the company that sign my paycheck PC in Bristol is blah. Dirty and disgusting. And the people who work there are not very friendly and most of them not very attractive.
That being said most of the time PC in Bristol does more business than Shaw's in Bristol, though on the day before New Years Eve Shaw's was busier than PC in Bristol. Shaw's in Bristol is dying a slow and painful death similar to the now-defunct Southington Store.
Luckily, Newington is still doing pretty well since Food Mart closed. When I am on residential roads in my area, I see mostly Shaw's paper bags in the recycling bin followed by Stop and Shop and then PC. I have seen the parking lot pretty busy, the same, if not more full than PC. I wouldn't think any business like a supermarket would do badly on the turnpike since at times like weekends, you can't get in some stores, or at least to park.
However, I have no idea how Shaw's will do once Aldi opens later this year practically in front of Shaw's plaza.
Again I don't want to bad mouth the company that signs my paychecks, but I heard the Bristol Price Chopper doesn't do very well and is in fact "bleeding money."
QuoteOriginally posted by Marc82
Again I don't want to bad mouth the company that signs my paychecks, but I heard the Bristol Price Chopper doesn't do very well and is in fact "bleeding money."
Marc, can you explain what you mean by "bleeding money"? I'm confused!:question:
Anyway, how would you compare business of the Bristol PC to the Bristol Shaw's, since they are next to each other?
Of course, you have to consider the fact that Stop and Shop and ShopRite are along Route 6 as well, and then there is a Stop and Shop on Pine Street. I know Stop and Shop is now plenty big and inviting.
Personally, I really think something is not right with Price Chopper. When they expanded in CT between 2003-2005, the stores were great, but now I'm not so sure. Now Marc, I believe your Southington store is the best, only because that is the regional office location as well, and to me, the manager you have keeps things in order just by observing her by watching. Be lucky you are at Southington. If my dad could be off work to drive us there, we might shop there.
My mom is convinced she got food poisoning from the Blueberry muffins from the Newington store.
QuoteOriginally posted by AmesNewington
Marc, can you explain what you mean by "bleeding money"? I'm confused!:question:
It's an expression that means the store is losing lots of money.
QuoteAnyway, how would you compare business of the Bristol PC to the Bristol Shaw's, since they are next to each other?
Neither one of them was that busy today. My friend who works at The Shaw's said Wednesdays and Thursdays are typically slow. And there were certainly a lot more people at the Southington PC when I picked up my paycheck this morning before heading to Bristol.
QuoteI know Stop and Shop is now plenty big and inviting.
Even though I don't really like shopping at Stop & Shop (there prices seem really high to me), I love the new Farmington Avenue Store in Bristol. It's so much bigger, cleaner, and brighter than the one in Southington. I almost wish they would rip down what's left of the Shaw's Plaza in Southington and build a new Stop & Shop in its place.
QuoteNow Marc, I believe your Southington store is the best, only because that is the regional office location as well, and to me, the manager you have keeps things in order just by observing her by watching.
Yes. I believe you're right. And that's the problem. They spend way too much time making sure the Southington store is perfect they don't take the time to inspect the other stores to notice the problems I have observed. (in Bristol. That's the only other PC I've been too). And Yes. Ms. Blackington-Harris (the store manager) runs a very tight ship. She doesn't put up with any BS. I like her because I rarely see her angry. We just got a new assistant manager to replace Mr. Carnivale and I'm not so sure about him. It seems like this new assistant manager doesn't have a clue.
QuoteMy mom is convinced she got food poisoning from the Blueberry muffins from the Newington store.
Again not to bash the company that signs my paychecks, but I'm convinced I got food poisioning from stromboli from the Southington Store. For the 3 days prior to Christmas they thought it was gonna be really busy, so they scheduled the regular overnight cashier for the regular 11PM-7AM shift and a backup cashier to work 10PM-2AM. The back up one was me. I got out at 2AM, bought a stromboli. Drove home. Microwaved it. Ate it and immediately got sick. I mean I must've barfed 4 or 5 times and had other nasty things happen to me. I was so bad, that I had to call out sick on Christmas Eve.
Marc: If you are ever in Newington, stop by the Price Chopper just for the heck of it and tell me what you think of the store overall. I don't think you would like it anyway. It's smaller and some of the employees won't give you the time of day or are just creepy. And for a three year old store (3 years old yesterday), it looks like it's been open for 6 or 7 years. It's dirty.
Price Chopper is closing its Wolcott Street store in Waterbury, CT on June 9th due to poor sales. Waterbury was the second Price Chopper in the state.
http://rep-am.com/news/341825.txt
Wow, Never been to the store but Price chopper in Newington and Southington are always busy when I am there.
What is the store like?????
Never been to the Waterbury Chopper, but when I worked at the Southington Store a couple of my co-workers and one or two supervisors worked in Waterbury and they say its smaller than the ones in Southington, Newington, etc.
Are you serious?? A Price Chopper closing in CT? Wow, and Shaw's just closed in Waterbury. It must not be a good town for a grocery store. But of course, a Stop and Shop (the monopoly supermarket in CT) is across the street.
Price Chopper in Southington is very nice. Big, spacious, with a good selection. I haven't been there in about a year, so I don't know what it's like now. However, I don't care for Newington as I mentioned many times. Don't get me wrong, the presentation of the store is beautiful, but it is rather too small (the old Ames which I miss), and the service is poor, not so much at the front end, but in the service areas. I said before that I didn't find their deli meats and regular meats to be fresh, and other people I have heard say the same thing. Also, I have heard Bristol is not so great either. The way these Price Choppers are being managed is poor. Many people I have overheard say they go to the Newington store just for the specials. And my mom won't go shopping there no more, so that pretty much is it for me. We prefer Shaw's in Newington anyway for weekly shopping and of course I like Food Mart in Berlin.
Nonetheless, I'm surprised about the Waterbury store. However, if other locations like Newington and Bristol continue with their practices, people will start noticing and they will be in trouble as well.
QuoteOriginally posted by AmesNewington
Are you serious?? A Price Chopper closing in CT? Wow, and Shaw's just closed in Waterbury. It must not be a good town for a grocery store. But of course, a Stop and Shop (the monopoly supermarket in CT) is across the street.
Price Chopper in Southington is very nice. Big, spacious, with a good selection. I haven't been there in about a year, so I don't know what it's like now. However, I don't care for Newington as I mentioned many times. Don't get me wrong, the presentation of the store is beautiful, but it is rather too small (the old Ames which I miss), and the service is poor, not so much at the front end, but in the service areas. I said before that I didn't find their deli meats and regular meats to be fresh, and other people I have heard say the same thing. Also, I have heard Bristol is not so great either. The way these Price Choppers are being managed is poor. Many people I have overheard say they go to the Newington store just for the specials. And my mom won't go shopping there no more, so that pretty much is it for me. We prefer Shaw's in Newington anyway for weekly shopping and of course I like Food Mart in Berlin.
Nonetheless, I'm surprised about the Waterbury store. However, if other locations like Newington and Bristol continue with their practices, people will start noticing and they will be in trouble as well.
Monopoly Market hahahahahaha :bouncing:
I really like price Chopper in Southington too, its the first one I shopped at. I really didn't like the one in Newington too much at first, I agree the employees were not very helpful or overly friendly like the Southington PC but have noticed that since Stews opened up they have gotten better. I do like the southington one much more, the setup is better too.
I heard that Shop Rite will be moving into the Price Chopper
Building and that the Stop and Shop across the street will be closing. Nothing confirmed yet.
QuoteOriginally posted by jmann
I heard that Shop Rite will be moving into the Price Chopper
Building and that the Stop and Shop across the street will be closing. Nothing confirmed yet.
Why not just bulldoze the whole freaking city? I mean The Brass Mill Mall is half-dead too.
WOW:
I just looked at the store locator on Stop and Shop's website, and they have three locations in Waterbury. No wonder! Isn't there an Aldi store in Waterbury, along with the ShopRite?
Yes, Aldi is on Chase Ave. down from one of the Stop and Shops.
How long was that Price Chopper open?, it seems it opened only a few years ago in the location where Toys R Us used to be, geez, stores closing after the areas been redeveloped? What the heck? Is this place jinxed or something?
QuoteOriginally posted by CTAmeshopper
How long was that Price Chopper open?, it seems it opened only a few years ago in the location where Toys R Us used to be, geez, stores closing after the areas been redeveloped? What the heck? Is this place jinxed or something?
It opened in 2003. As the article said poor sales since the store opened.
Went to Newington PC yesterday and it reinforced my thinking of how much better i like the one in Southington. The store was a bit messy, there was tv dinner ditched in the fish case where they have their frozen fish and in the freezer case there was veggies left there, Kind of thought the employees might notice this. The store was crowded thogh.
MAJOR UPDATE EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I got my Economic Stimulus check today. Anyway I went to the Southington Price Chopper where my bank is to cash my check. Bonnie the manager of the Citizen Bank was talking to a former Waterbury Price Chopper employee (he had also worked in Souhtington) and he was telling her that SHOPRITE will begin working in the Waterbury Price Chopper building at the end of this week, but Price Chopper probably won't be completely out of the store until around the 20th of June.
No word yet on wants gonna happen to the existing ShopRite store further up Wolcott Street or when the new Shoprite will open.
Question how much bigger will the new Shoprite be compared with the old one? Also with this replacement store being built on Wolcott Street in Waterbury, is the Tornaquindici Family not gonna build a store on Queen Street in Southington now, as was rumored?
Wasn't the Waterbury Price Chopper once Shaw's? (and Edwards before that)
QuoteOriginally posted by standa
Wasn't the Waterbury Price Chopper once Shaw's? (and Edwards before that)
Yes. Shaws was in the process of building its Brass Mill Mall store when they bought the Edwards in Waterbury (and Southington). They opened the store in Waterbury in November 96 to get a head start on the Waterbury Market and closed it down when the Brass Mill Mall Store was completed. The Shaws at The Brass Mill
Mall closed last August. Chopper closing makes the 3rd Waterbury supermarket to close since the beginning of 2007. The other being C-TOWN which mysteriously burned down in March of that year. (There was a 4th that closed [a mom and pop], but that was quickly replaced by another mom and pop)
So, now that Price Chopper (along with Shaw's and C-Town) has closed what does Waterbury have left?
Super Stop & Shop (3 locations)
Shop Rite
Aldi
Compare Foods
Save-A-Lot
IGA Town Plot Supermarket
Did I miss any?
Has any one heard any news about Price Chopper opening any new stores in Connecticut?? Our Shop-Rite in Manchester CT is remodeling(again second time in two years) and the current thinking is that Price Chopper is going across the street in the old K-Mart on Spencer Street.
Also, any one hear that Hannoford is coming to Connecticut? Maybe Manchester, in the old Food Mart on Tolland Tpke??
I worked for PC back in the 1980's at various locations. In EG there was a PC next to the KMart, it closed when the new larger store opened up 9&20. There was also another store a few miles away in Rensselaer near the train station, it was very small. In Latham there was a PC on Rte 2 next to the KMart, it closed in the early 80's when the New Loudon SuperCenter opened. I also helped open the Colonie Supercenter which is being replaced, at the time (1987) it was the latest and greatest store. At the time many of the stores were not kept up well, it wasnt until Hannaford showed up that PC started to update and replace their stores.
What's been the fall out from PC closing in Waterbury??
I went to the new Shop Rite that took it over, and the place was packed to almost capacity, and this was the second week it was open!!
QuoteOriginally posted by Joeg
What's been the fall out from PC closing in Waterbury??!
Even though I haven't worked at PC Southington for 5 months I still have connections there. A lot of the Waterbury PC associates were transferred to the Southington store and everyone's hours got cut. Furthermore sales at the Southington Store have not increaseds, therefore the Waterbury customers must not be shopping at PC in Southington.
Well, Southington is to far away for people to drive from Waterbury to shop at Price Chopper. How the rumours are true that they will open in Durham CT.
Durham is a dead deal. Too many restrictions including "no pharmacy" and not using "The Price Chopper Name'. Company pulled out.
Marc
Have you heard any news about new PC's opening in CT??
I was hoping that they would open one in the EasHartford/Manchester area.
Heard some news today about Price Chopper. They willbe/are bulding a store in the Storrs CT area(near the Willimantic line) and are looking to open between 5 or 6 new locations in Connecticut over the next several years.
Marc
I went to the Price Chopper in Windsor today and talk to the Head Cashier and she said that Durham CT is not a dead deal. She said they are on track to opening a store in Durham CT.
Any thoughts?
Just telling you what I heard being discussed on the Middletown radio station (WMRD-1150 AM Middletown/WLIS-1420 AM Old Saybrook).
Thanks
Read in the Albany Times Union that the Price Chopper in Saratoga Springs will be torn down and replaced with condos, a new store will be included in the first floor of the one building but will be only 15000SF and will be called Central Markets. Central Markets was the name of PC prior to 1973.
http://blogs.timesunion.com/saratogaseen/?p=881
Got some more info on new Price Choppers in Connecticut.
Durham CT is set to open by the end of the year. I talked to a vendor today, and his supervisor lives in Haddam and the store is almost set to open. It may go by the name of Central Market and probably would not have pharmacy.
Other then Storrs/Willimantic area, they will be/are building a store in the Stonington area.
A few Price Chopper stores in northeastern PA opened as Acme Super Saver. The stores became just Acme, then were sold to a local market called Insalaco's, then were sold to Bi-Lo, and finally Price Chopper. They were remodeled several times.
QuoteOriginally posted by Joeg
Got some more info on new Price Choppers in Connecticut.
Durham CT is set to open by the end of the year. I talked to a vendor today, and his supervisor lives in Haddam and the store is almost set to open. It may go by the name of Central Market and probably would not have pharmacy.
Where is this Durham Store gonna be? I talked to someone from Price Chopper yesterday and he said Durham was DOA.
Right off of Route 17. You take a right off of 17 and it is about maybe a mile down the road. I am not sure if it is on the right or left.
People at the Windsor store are definate that it is there. Once again a vendor told me it is almost ready to open.
I am going to take a ride down soon.
our price chopper wich is still doing great in webster ma
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Today's Hartford Courant today said that Price Chopper is set to opening in Middletown CT!!
Yeah and looks like what i said I had heard on the radio about Durham being a dead deal was true.
Like I said before, A&P needs to realize they have big competition and update their Washington Street store. They won't last if they don't. Now they have Stop and Shop, Aldi, and Price Chopper. Didn't the Middletown S&S remodel?
i found somthing intresting at the price chopper here with the bread dept the bread off the shelf on the back wall to a smaller set ofshelf i think they might remoudle or repaint the inside of the satore heres a pic i got with my cell any of your stores doing this
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Went to the Bristol, CT Price Chopper today. It was dirty, disgusting, and depressing. It's also poorly managed.
our price chooper is geting updated again but it always had a new store fell to it i guse they keep up todate on it
i was at price chopper in webster ma and heres ther new depts this frist pic was the wall they had ther bread but they tore the wall put to put collers and put the icecream in it
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and this is the new deli area one part is to sell fryed chicken and soon ther going to be geting pizza ovens and selling store made pizza
do they have this at the stoes u go to
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The 2 Price Choppers I have shopped have the "food court" area. I like the set up fo the Southington Ct one better than newingtons, but they do sell the pizza, chicken (whole roasted plus other variations like wings and fried) The food is actually very good. They get alot of business from the employees on break, they also have a salad bar and a hot food bar as well.
they got 2 new things fo the chickens to roast in wacthing the chickens spin is amuseing so i guse this is ther version of a food court . im sure thers going to be more updates for this store
Yes they have that here.
yea i have seen pcs food courts in othe louctions but neve with pizza
i got some pics from the super price chopper in worcster ma heres the pics the food court
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and as u walk in the seafood counter is to the back of it
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does any one know what the diffants between a super price choper and regular one
The 1 Hour Photo Lab at the Southington Price Chopper is closing on May 10th.
They also got rid of the hot food bar at the Southington Price Chopper.
How about the taco/salad bar?????I havent been to the Southington store in a while, but the Newington stores hot food bar has been about 1/2 empty the last few times.
The salad bar is still there.
Price Chopper's first "Green" store opened in Colonie NY, replacing one of their first "modern" supercenters which opened in 1987.
http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2009/06/01/daily12.html
our price chopper is growing as of 30 mins ago they started selling soup and sandwiches they got it nare the deli and i just got a pepronie pizza and they put exter cheese and peperonie on it with out us askeing he tould us he did they ran out of boxes do ther 4 dollar pizza sale last week
If you turn in your Shaw's Rewards Card at the Bristol, CT Price Chopper they will give you 20 cents off your gas on your Price Chopper Advantage Card. This is until August 8th only.
The article appeared only in the Print Edition of the July 25th Bristol Press.
QuoteOriginally posted by Marc82
If you turn in your Shaw's Rewards Card at the Bristol, CT Price Chopper they will give you 20 cents off your gas on your Price Chopper Advantage Card. This is until August 8th only.
The article appeared only in the Print Edition of the July 25th Bristol Press.
Hmmm...that's an interesting gimmick. First I've heard of anything like that. I assume this is supposed to imply turning in your Shaw's card permanently?
We don't have Price Chopper up here so I know very little about them...I've never been in one.
ha i whould never turn my shaws card in shaws some times has beter sales then pc but pc is still the best store
Err....I have like 5 different Shaws cards. Wish they were doing that here. That PC gas deal is awesome as it is.
yup pc has the best the most we ever saved tough shaws is 25 cents
Most I've gotten was 1.70 off through my mom (it came to 1.19 a gallon i believe), so it gets pretty good if you keep earning.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v41/CorporateA/pchop002.jpg)
August 28th, 2009
Sorry about the night shot
This ancient Price Chopper is in Windsor, Vermont.
Look at how tiny it is!
Yes, the whole store is in the picture
An equally sized Family Dollar is the other anchor
QuoteOriginally posted by TRJ22487
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v41/CorporateA/pchop002.jpg)
August 28th, 2009
Sorry about the night shot
This ancient Price Chopper is in Windsor, Vermont.
Look at how tiny it is!
Yes, the whole store is in the picture
An equally sized Family Dollar is the other anchor
That used to be a Grand Union!! :bigsmile:
I haven't been to this part of Vermont, but this location is on my list to visit. Thanks TRJ22487 for adding this photo, I can't wait to see this store in person now!!
I knew that's what it used to be!
Well I didn't KNOW, but I was pretty sure
The reason?
The lighting situation. I bet they use the same lights
I figured the logo would have to be something that filled four lights
Therefore, I thought Grand Union.
Though the building looked more like an IGA would to me
QuoteOriginally posted by TRJ22487
I knew that's what it used to be!
Well I didn't KNOW, but I was pretty sure
The reason?
The lighting situation. I bet they use the same lights
I figured the logo would have to be something that filled four lights
Therefore, I thought Grand Union.
Though the building looked more like an IGA would to me
I miss Price Chopper. I'm currently in DC, and I went back to the one I worked at and it was pretty intresting to see how it has changed. Not too much, everyone is still working there, etc... good times. Makes me a bit sad too, since I dunno, it's funny when I go back home I get home sick.
QuoteOriginally posted by david121
I miss Price Chopper.
Not me, bro. Since I got fired from the company in March 2008 the store I used to work at in Southington, Connecticut has gotten worse and worse.
One of my friends still works there as a cart boy. He tells me one of the new rules they came up with. "It must be 85 degrees out to wear shorts." When he said that to me I was like "Is Kim (his supervisor) gonna stand outside with a thermometer and make sure its 85? Another new rule "Employees are not allowed to play with the prize machine on their break or their lunch." And they got rid of the prize machines. He got written up for "coming back from his lunch break 5 mins early."
Ouch! I'm sorry to hear that you've gotten fired and the rules have gotten crazy there... I don't know how they got at the store where I worked at, but the store looked a little different. Been a few years since I quit and lived in the area for an extended period of time.
PC is opening a 60,000 Square Foot Store in the former Shoprite on Washington Street in Middletown. This replaces plans to build one in Durham which was shot down by the Durham PZC. The store is expected to hire 200 workers, be open 24/7, and open in June.
http://middletownpress.com/articles/2010/01/13/news/doc4b4d4060add45224510444.txt
Quote from: wwefan101 on April 21, 2009, 12:31:33 PM
does any one know what the diffants between a super price choper and regular one
At one time (probably 1980's), they started using Super (or Supercenter) to designate their then-new and larger stores, offering more service departments and larger assortments. Of course, the couple original ones of those that come to mind (Latham and Colonie) have both been replaced by the even larger Price Chopper Market Centers, so the term Super probably doesn't mean much anymore.
I'd guess the ones that just have the Price Chopper without a qualifier (Super,Market center etc.) tend to be either the older stores (like those in city areas - a couple in Albany, Menands, Watervliet come to mind here) or other smaller stores that they've inherited (like the Windsor VT one in this post appears to be, or a couple other Grand Unions here in Chatham or Loudonville NY as additional examples).
Here's the new Price Chopper in Lincoln, New Hampshire that used to be a Grand Union and P&C. Price Chopper bought this P&C from Tops.
(http://www.amesfanclub.com/forum/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=57689&g2_GALLERYSID=7cc8bc06e69e3b42aa3718818fc43412) (http://amesfanclub.com/forum/index.php/v/users/retailisking/?action=gallery) (http://www.amesfanclub.com/forum/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=57692&g2_GALLERYSID=7cc8bc06e69e3b42aa3718818fc43412) (http://amesfanclub.com/forum/index.php/v/users/retailisking/?action=gallery)(http://www.amesfanclub.com/forum/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=57685&g2_GALLERYSID=7cc8bc06e69e3b42aa3718818fc43412) (http://amesfanclub.com/forum/index.php/v/users/retailisking/?action=gallery)
Nice pictures of the newly opened price chopper store, 24-hour shopping now available to that community.
Price Chopper isn't ruling out buying bankrupt A&P's locations in the Hudson Valley.
http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/blog/2010/12/ap-bankruptcy-could-fuel-pc-growth.html
I love it, it's reasonable clean place to shop with an nice selection of food to choose. I would shop at Price Chopper, Food Basic and No Frills (I shop at No Frills the most, since it's pretty cheap!) nanny background check (http://yourspyingtools.com/index.php?p=articles/tutorials/nanny-background-check-tutorial-and-tool)
Interesting video interview with Neil Golub, Chairman and CEO of Price Chopper
http://industrytalk.progressivegrocer.com/neil-golub-chairman-and-ceo-price-chopper-supermarkets-part-1-of-2
http://industrytalk.progressivegrocer.com/neil-golub-chairman-and-ceo-price-chopper-supermarkets-part-2-of-2
Now I'm not 'bout to start spreading rumors just because I work down the street at the Drust Family Shoprite, but I hear that The Queen Street Price Chopper in Southington, CT is going to close. I heard from two different vendors - one from Lays Potato Chips and one from Utz Potato Chips that Price Chopper is ordering less and less product. These guys deliver to all 4 supermarkets in Southington - the 3 major stores on Route 10 - Shoprite, Price Chopper, and Stop & Shop plus the 2 independent IGA Stores - Gnazzo's on Route 10 in Plainville and Tops on the corner of 322 & South End Road in the Plantsville section of Southington.
The Price Chopper building is a very large building at more than 95,000 Square Feet. No doubt the building is going to end up being divided up when a new tenant moves in. The building was originally built as KMART in 1973. A few years ago there were rumors Whole Foods wanted to open in Southington. I don't know if that is still the case or not. They can take over part of the building. Woman want a Christmas Tree Shop. A Whole Foods and a Christmas Tree Shop can share the building and there'd still be room for UPS to remain open. (UPS rents a small corner of Price Chopper. They have an outside entrance and an entrance from PC).
What gives indication that they are closing, based on two potato chip vendors telling you they are delivering less product to the store? Did they slip out any confidential information from the company that they are closing? What does this mean for their other CT stores like Bristol, Newington, etc? It's sad. They started out pretty well. My family went all the way to Southington to shop when it opened. I suppose ShopRite has blown away the competition. You either have to be Stop and Shop, ShopRite, or an IGA/local store to survive around here. Anyone in between is pushed out.
I wish Kmart/Sears was in better financial standing. They need more CT Kmart locations and it would be interesting to see them take their old spot in Southington again. I can't see Whole Foods in there for some reason.
Update on the rumor about Southington closing. I heard they are struggling to pay their rent.
This individual store may be cash flow negative (I can easily see this being the case given the amount of sales volume needed to keep a 95,000 square foot store above water) but is it enough of a drain that the Golub Corporation is having trouble ponying up the monthly lease payments? I have a hard time believing this.
Quote from: retailisking on December 03, 2011, 06:52:16 PM
This individual store may be cash flow negative (I can easily see this being the case given the amount of sales volume needed to keep a 95,000 square foot store above water) but is it enough of a drain that the Golub Corporation is having trouble ponying up the monthly lease payments? I have a hard time believing this.
One of the great complaints people have about Price Chopper is that the chain isn't properly capitalized. If things get worse, who would want to buy them or enter some merger agreement? Given the geographic area, it's a pretty big pill to swallow.
In my opinion, Price Chopper seems to be "all over the place", meaning they don't seem to know how to manage themselves. Their ads are very "busy" and are hard to read. Their locations also seem to be inconsistent with each other. Many are poorly managed and not many have had a remodel since they opened.
They do certainly have a variety of stores, both from some of them having existed for a long time and from purchasing others.
They seem to do things other chains don't (which may be easier being family owned, rather than a "public" company part of a large group).
They have managed to keep quite a few older stores where they are both a benefit and hard (or impossible) to replace - especially in the Albany area (Delaware Ave, Madison Ave, Menands, Cohoes, Watervliet come to mind) - most of those are in areas without other markets, with a number of people who have limited travel options and in areas with little room to build or expand.
They have also managed to pick up quite a few "smaller" stores from others (like the NH one above, Chatham and Shaker Rd here in NY from GU during bankruptcy and probably others) - they are trying to expand the Chatham one (again, no other store in town) and keep the Shaker one even with several larger stores in close proximity.
They also moved into areas where other stores were closing, especially when those were the only stores in a town.
They are even in the process of building a new 20,000 Square Foot store in downtown Saratoga Springs (as part of an apartment building, and to replace an existing store of similar size), even though they have 2 other stores in 2 sifferent directions no more than 10 minutes away (this was mentioned above in 2008, but is now finally being built).
However, that certainly presents issues for advertising - if you put out a flier in (say) the Saratoga paper, do you only advertise a limited selection (only those items available in both the small city store and the bigger suburban ones) or do you advertise a bigger variety and have people unhappy when they go to the small store doesn't carry it? The same issue I'm sure already occurs with the Albany stores.
With Southington - it is certainly possible they could close the store - they have done a (very) few of those (not closing due to opening a newer store, just outright closing in a particlar spot) - I can think of the one in South Hills Mall Poughkeepsie (now ShopRite), one south of North Adams on Rt 8 and I believe I remember seeing one in the Syracuse area with no obvious replacement (there may be others - those are the ones I can think of) - others situations (like the East Greenbush, Rensselaer (and there was a third quite small one in the plaza that now has Hannaford also) example above) were simply a combining/replacing of older stores.
One thing that seems a bit surprising is that they have stores in far Western Mass (Pittsfield, Great Barrington, Lee, Lenox, N. Adams) and in the Worcester area, but have never pursued filling in the "gap", even when they could have (like with A&P pulling out of the Springfield areas a few years back, where they might have had a couple more "city" stores and also filled in some of the smaller towns?).
Quote from: BillyGr on December 04, 2011, 07:03:30 PM
One thing that seems a bit surprising is that they have stores in far Western Mass (Pittsfield, Great Barrington, Lee, Lenox, N. Adams) and in the Worcester area, but have never pursued filling in the "gap", even when they could have (like with A&P pulling out of the Springfield areas a few years back, where they might have had a couple more "city" stores and also filled in some of the smaller towns?).
Do you think there's a "gentlemen's agreement" between the Golub and D'Amour (Big Y) families just as there is supposedly such an agreement between the Golub and Wegman families?
Quote from: retailisking on December 03, 2011, 06:52:16 PM
This individual store may be cash flow negative (I can easily see this being the case given the amount of sales volume needed to keep a 95,000 square foot store above water) but is it enough of a drain that the Golub Corporation is having trouble ponying up the monthly lease payments? I have a hard time believing this.
The latest I'm hearing now is the store will not be closing. Instead they will be walling off a large section of the store and leasing the space to someone else. How much? Who really knows. What I do know is that the Price Chopper that opened in Middletown a year or two ago is much smaller and I believe is only 60,000 square feet. If they go down to 60,000 square feet there will be 35,000 square feet available - the largest vacant spot on Queen Street. That seems like a good size for a Best Buy or PC Richards. Both would be good for Southington.
Southington started out with too much you would not see in a regular supermarket in Connecticut. I suppose in 2004, they didn't have a problem with 60,000 sq. ft. because they leased part of it to Citizen's Bank, The UPS Store, and Payless Shoes. At the time, they also created many other extra departments like the elaborate kitchen shop they had and the demonstration station in back of the store. They also have a huge sushi department and had a wedding department as well, including a salad bar and buffet in the produce area by their cafe. To add to that, they had a beer room as well. I believe there are 20 registers at the store. Since then, they lost Payless and all the unneccessary departments and replaced them with either random merchandise/sale items, or left large empty spaces. They obviously shrunk their inventory and don't need all that space. The last time I was in that store was 2010, so I don't know what has happened in the past year.
They should remodel the store to make it look full again once they block off a section of it. Glad they are not closing, and it may be an opportunity for another chain on Queen Street.
They may end up closing some or all stores in CT if they are not successful but they have a huge marketshare in the Captial district, they have a good share out towards syracuse and continue to expand into the southern tier of NY and up into the smaller towns of the adirondacks, as was referenced earlier quite often the only store in town. They havent been around for 75 years without knowing how to run a business, stores close, stores opens, thats how you make money, you are willing to change when it is required. I worked for them back in the 80's, most stores were modest but then Hannaford began invading their turf, they responded by building new stores and expanding into other locations. Its hard to sell enough stuff to justify a 95K Sft store espeically is the community cannot support such a size.
Quote from: retailisking on December 04, 2011, 07:38:31 PM
Do you think there's a "gentlemen's agreement" between the Golub and D'Amour (Big Y) families just as there is supposedly such an agreement between the Golub and Wegman families?
Always possible, though there is quite a bit of overlap in the two (Pittsfield/Lenox, North Adams, Great Barrington, Worcester and Spencer MA (plus now Lee with the new Big Y just opening), along with Torrington CT, that I can see.
However, there is a bit of "separation" (for examples, the Pittsfield Big Y is right in town, while the PC's in Pittsfield/Lenox are both on the edges [Lenox is within 1/4 mi of the southern Pittsfield line, while Pittsfield is on the eastern edge almost into Dalton], Great Barrington Big Y is on the south end of town while PC is on the north, N. Adams Big Y is right in town while the PC is to the west on Rt 2 [and the former 2nd location to the south of downtown on Rt 8]) - not sure if that's part of an agreement or just the time of building the various stores.
I do remember reading that the Worcester area stores were an aquired chain, so it may just have been a too good to pass up deal with no plans to connect (though the opportunity would have existed with A&P leaving).
Quote from: BillyGr on December 05, 2011, 08:14:13 PM
I do remember reading that the Worcester area stores were an aquired chain, so it may just have been a too good to pass up deal with no plans to connect (though the opportunity would have existed with A&P leaving).
Those are the former Big D stores which were acquired in 1995. I remember thinking it was weird that PC would have a store in Framingham (which eventually closed.) At the time Big D had the #1 market share in Worcester; I'm reasonably certain that is no longer the case.
http://subscribers.supermarketnews.com/mag/big_chain_sold/
New leadership at PC though its all still in the Golub Family
http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/news/2011/12/13/neil-golub-steps-down-as-ceo-cousin.html
Jerry Golub has a lot on his plate; with ShopRite taking dead aim at PC's home territory the Golubs can't take anything for granted.
Quote from: retailisking on December 14, 2011, 04:55:01 PM
Jerry Golub has a lot on his plate; with ShopRite taking dead aim at PC's home territory the Golubs can't take anything for granted.
That and that the Northborough Wegmans might prove the infamous "gentleman's agreement" with them was bunk. I'd assume that they'd try to fill the hole between Syracuse and the Boston suburbs in due time and Wegmans entering Albany would knock Price Chopper down a few badly-needed pegs.
Wegmans coming to the Capital District would definitively blow the gentleman's agreement urban myth to hell. Certainly there's a lot of fervor for Wegmans to come there (as well as Trader Joe's and Whole Foods) judging from the comments section of any supermarket-related story in the Times Union.
Quote from: d_fife on October 02, 2005, 07:08:41 PM
this price chopper is in St. Johnsbury Vermont. It opened 11 years ago and is 50,000 square feet.
It opened in June 1995 and is 45,000 square feet, if this article is correct. Did it expand after opening?
http://www.vermontbiz.com/article/may/little-guy-gets-break-nek
The highly litigious Golubs have ShopRite in their sights - but there's talk of a settlement. Frankly if I were ShopRite I'd tell the Golubs to pound sand, but maybe settling is worth the savings in time and hassle.
http://blog.timesunion.com/business/price-chopper-shoprite-working-to-settle-lawsuit/52288/
I was just at the Price Chopper in Newington, CT. They appear to be doing a bit of remodeling. For now, they are just rearranging aisles. I notice they are overhauling their natural foods dept, which is rather large. I'm not sure if they will be doing anything major. Most likely, just redecorating. The store is about 7 years old. It still looks new, but has the same arrangement it has had since it opened in 2005. It needs a new look. Management here has been a revolving door ever since they opened. One manager would come in and let it get rundown and then another would come in and fix it up, only for it to get rundown again. This latest manager has seemed to keep things orderly and clean so far. There has been about 6 or 7 managers here in the past 7 years (I've lost count actually). This is the only other general grocery store option in Newington besides Stop and Shop, so I hope they can remain active here in town. I would have still loved a ShopRite in Newington where Shaws was.
The Vernon PC is also remodeling.
So is Southington.
What are they doing specifically at Vernon and Southington right now?
They are moving things around, got rid of the coffee grinder area, and moving shelving. In Vernon thats what they are doing, I don't know what they are doing in Southington, probably the same thing.
Don' forget, these stores are kinda old, and have not had a remodel since they open. Hoping Newington is next.
Quote from: Joeg on January 19, 2012, 04:16:38 PM
They are moving things around, got rid of the coffee grinder area, and moving shelving. In Vernon thats what they are doing, I don't know what they are doing in Southington, probably the same thing.
Don' forget, these stores are kinda old, and have not had a remodel since they open. Hoping Newington is next.
Thanks for the update. Yes, structure wise, Newington is new (Southington and Vernon were partially existing dept stores) because they completely demolished Ames in Newington for PC. But it certainly is worn in certain aspects of the interior. Hopefully, they will revamp the whole store.
They're remodeling the Bristol, Connecticut PC too. Right now the store is a maze. Very hard to find things and shelves all over the place. BTW, the stores in Bristol and Southington have been open 8 years this week. They opened the week of Monday January 19, 2004. Southington was originally built in the 1970s as KMART. They closed in 2002 or 2003. Bristol was originally WT Grants then became Caldor. That became KMART which closed at the same time the Southington store closed.
At least they are not closing Southington like it was rumored. We need competition to remain in this area. We can't only have Stop and Shop and ShopRite. I hope they will give the PC stores a whole new look. It will be interesting to see what happens. I always love it when stores remodel.
Lets hope the Grand Re-Opening ads are great. Kinda wish PC would open more stores in CT. I think they are opening from the ground up store in Gardner MA.
On average a grocery store will "remodel" about every 7 years, of course there are many exceptions to this rule (see most A&P's). At the very least they will reorgainize the layouts, new signage, uniforms etc. There is always something in the food industry that prompts changes. I remember when I started in the business back in the early 80's with one aisle of frozen food, now many stores have two or three. A pharmacy is almost a requirement and produce needs an organic section and lots of space for salad bags. The one constant is change in retail.
Quote from: silvfx66 on January 20, 2012, 03:04:59 PM
On average a grocery store will "remodel" about every 7 years, of course there are many exceptions to this rule (see most A&P's). At the very least they will reorgainize the layouts, new signage, uniforms etc. There is always something in the food industry that prompts changes. I remember when I started in the business back in the early 80's with one aisle of frozen food, now many stores have two or three. A pharmacy is almost a requirement and produce needs an organic section and lots of space for salad bags. The one constant is change in retail.
It's funny you mention A&P as an "exception to the rule". They never really ever put much thought in to updating their stores. In CT alone, they may have done about 2 remodels of their most profitable stores in a 20 year period. The Newington store was very old and dingy back in the late 80/early 90s, and it was finally remodeled in 1994, including an exterior remodel (with parts of the old building unchanged). After that, all they ever did was rearrange aisles every so often and when A&P decided to add on "A&P" to the Super Foodmart name in 2001, they just replaced aisle markings and signage with black plastic boards and glued an A&P sign over the Super Foodmart sign. Even the well known West Hartford Waldbaums was remodeled in 1993 and wasn't renovated until 2007. Same with most of the Foodmart stores. Two success stories were Berlin and Rocky Hill. Berlin was moved across the plaza to a new concept store in 1996 and Rocky Hill was done over completely in 1999. I can see why A&P didn't make it around here.
I remember starting in the business back in the 70's!! When a store size was luckly around 28-30,000 sq feet.
whats interesting is to see the few Price Chopper stores left that were once Central Markets, Watervliet and Cohoes for example, they are like time capsules in a way, neither have expanded and yet they have to keep up with the buying habits of today's customer. Of course both are neighborhood stores like Madison Ave and Delaware Ave in Albany, very small yet somehow they supply almost everything you need.
Quote from: retailisking on December 31, 2011, 02:42:03 PM
The highly litigious Golubs have ShopRite in their sights - but there's talk of a settlement. Frankly if I were ShopRite I'd tell the Golubs to pound sand, but maybe settling is worth the savings in time and hassle.
http://blog.timesunion.com/business/price-chopper-shoprite-working-to-settle-lawsuit/52288/
The lawsuit has been dropped "with prejudice." In other words, they had no case but want to save face...
http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/news/2012/02/23/price-chopper-drops-trademark-lawsuit.html
Price Chopper's Grand Re-opening in Southington is next week.
Quote from: Marc B on February 24, 2012, 11:00:11 PM
Price Chopper's Grand Re-opening in Southington is next week.
Can you possibly get a few pictures? Or at least explain what they did to Southington. I don't know if they are doing anything further to Newington other than rearranging. The only part that is still in disarray is the natural food section. So maybe there is still some ways to go.
It also seems Vernon PC Grand Re-Opening is next week also.
Also, what is Xtraoridanary Savings that they are talking about in next weeks ads beginning on March 4th??
What did they do to the Vernon store? Just rearranging?
Quote from: AmesNewington on February 25, 2012, 07:44:28 AM
Can you possibly get a few pictures? Or at least explain what they did to Southington. I don't know if they are doing anything further to Newington other than rearranging. The only part that is still in disarray is the natural food section. So maybe there is still some ways to go.
In both Southington and Bristol they did re-arranging. But they also took the floral department in both stores and moved it from "the middle" over to the back corner of the store where the beer used to be. Both had these refrigerated "beer caves" and they moved the floral department there. They moved the beer as well. They also seemed to have de-cluttered the stores as well. And in Southington they moved the self-checkouts. They used to be down at the far end of the store near where the UPS store is. Now they're down by the exit door in front of Citzen's Bank.
Interesting profile of Mona Golub in the TU
http://blog.timesunion.com/womenatwork/on-the-cover-mona-golub/956/
If anyone has been in the Middletown, CT PC, they are making an attempt to remodel them similar to that store set up. That's a beautiful store inside. Huge.
Yes, Middletown CT is a nice store. I Hope that the grand re-openings ads are good.
http://www.progressivegrocer.com/top-stories/headlines/industry-intelligence/id34980/price-chopper-introduces-xtreme-values-to-central-conn-/
Quote from: silvfx66 on January 23, 2012, 11:08:47 AM
whats interesting is to see the few Price Chopper stores left that were once Central Markets, Watervliet and Cohoes for example, they are like time capsules in a way, neither have expanded and yet they have to keep up with the buying habits of today's customer. Of course both are neighborhood stores like Madison Ave and Delaware Ave in Albany, very small yet somehow they supply almost everything you need.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46740689
Watervliet may get a replacement - there has been talk of demolishing St. Patricks church/rectory/school on Route 2, which closed during the consolidation of area churches and one proposed replacement for the site would be Price Chopper (since the church sits back from the road and has quite a bit of property, especially for a city area).
Of course, there is quite a bit of argument from those in the area against demolishing the church, given it's age and design.
the current Price Chopper in Watervliet dates back at least 50 years, I remember it as a Central Market, they did an addition at one point an turned the aisles, it is still pretty small compared to today's stores.
How is the "Xtreme Values/Savings" promotion going in CT?? Wentto the Vernon CT PC today and it looks like they went with
a more "discount" image.
Does anyone know if the Middletown CT PC is going to get Xtreme Values??
Apparently PC is feeling the heat in its home market (*cough*ShopRite*cough*); they're scaling back their Fuel AdvantEdge gas discount program in order to lower their retail prices. Not surprisingly there are some outraged customers, but this was probably necessary.
http://alloveralbany.com/archive/2012/04/25/price-chopper-changing-fuel-advantedge-discount
You should take a look at their Facebook page. WOW!! almost a 1000 response to there change in the Fuel Adavantage promotion. I think they really have to lower prices on staple things , not just there ClearValue line in order to keep business.
Quote from: Joeg on April 28, 2012, 10:51:25 AM
You should take a look at their Facebook page. WOW!! almost a 1000 response to there change in the Fuel Adavantage promotion.
Heaven hath no fury like an army of coupon moms scorned!
Quote from: Joeg on April 28, 2012, 10:51:25 AM
You should take a look at their Facebook page. WOW!! almost a 1000 response to there change in the Fuel Adavantage promotion. I think they really have to lower prices on staple things , not just there ClearValue line in order to keep business.
If you calculate the discount, that $0.10 per $50 gives you a maximum of $2 off your gas if you buy the full 20 gallons. If they lower items just $0.05-$0.10 each (depending on the price of the item) you'll wind up paying less overall (even with the higher gas price).
So the point that people will stop going there because of this makes you wonder how many even think about what it's worth to start with.
So, still go there and shop, but don't even count the discount - just get the best price for the groceries at whatever store has it for the item(s) you want, then consider the gas a bonus for those items you get at Price Chopper.
I would rather have lower prices then have all the gimmicks that are out there.
This 19,000 square foot unit in an apartment complex is another example of supermarkets experimenting with smaller-footprint formats. This is nothing new for Price Chopper, of course, which has even smaller locations in Lee, MA and Lincoln, NH.
http://saratogian.com/articles/2012/04/29/news/doc4f9d703bd75a3090659613.txt
http://www.cbs6albany.com/news/top-stories/stories/vid_706.shtml
http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Photos-Price-Chopper-Limited-3519958.php
http://blog.timesunion.com/saratogaseen/price-chopper-limited-opens-in-downtown-saratoga-springs/13245/
http://supermarketnews.com/retail-amp-financial/price-chopper-opens-new-limited-concept
Price Chopper seems to have gone all out on there new ad here in CT.
didn't they operate some convenience stores under the mini chopper name?
I don't get how Shop Rite is really that competitive to me it is only a third choice, their prices on some items are better last time I went there I just wound up buying pop corn and elios. I have noticed a lot of cases where Shop Rite is more expensive. ATM I just go with whichever store is cheaper.
Quote from: buzz86us on May 13, 2012, 11:20:05 AM
didn't they operate some convenience stores under the mini chopper name?
They did operate stores under that name for a number of years - the one I know of was in Chatham (an old A&P in the main street, so quite small). That one closed June 30, 1998.
At least that store, even though small, still had all the regular categories, just less of it - some produce, some meat, some dairy, some packaged items etc. - and no special departments (like a bakery, seafood etc., just packaged items in those categories) - so more than a typical convenience store would have.
Quote from: BillyGr on May 13, 2012, 08:16:23 PM
Quote from: buzz86us on May 13, 2012, 11:20:05 AM
didn't they operate some convenience stores under the mini chopper name?
They did operate stores under that name for a number of years - the one I know of was in Chatham (an old A&P in the main street, so quite small). That one closed June 30, 1998.
At least that store, even though small, still had all the regular categories, just less of it - some produce, some meat, some dairy, some packaged items etc. - and no special departments (like a bakery, seafood etc., just packaged items in those categories) - so more than a typical convenience store would have.
I seem to remember the one in Lake George Village was still a Mini Chopper as of 2000.
Quote from: Scrabbleship on May 13, 2012, 08:24:23 PM
Quote from: BillyGr on May 13, 2012, 08:16:23 PM
Quote from: buzz86us on May 13, 2012, 11:20:05 AM
didn't they operate some convenience stores under the mini chopper name?
They did operate stores under that name for a number of years - the one I know of was in Chatham (an old A&P in the main street, so quite small). That one closed June 30, 1998.
At least that store, even though small, still had all the regular categories, just less of it - some produce, some meat, some dairy, some packaged items etc. - and no special departments (like a bakery, seafood etc., just packaged items in those categories) - so more than a typical convenience store would have.
I seem to remember the one in Lake George Village was still a Mini Chopper as of 2000.
The remaining Mini Choppers were leased out to a Getty distributor in 2002.
Quote from: retailisking on May 13, 2012, 11:35:58 PM
Quote from: Scrabbleship on May 13, 2012, 08:24:23 PM
Quote from: BillyGr on May 13, 2012, 08:16:23 PM
Quote from: buzz86us on May 13, 2012, 11:20:05 AM
didn't they operate some convenience stores under the mini chopper name?
They did operate stores under that name for a number of years - the one I know of was in Chatham (an old A&P in the main street, so quite small). That one closed June 30, 1998.
At least that store, even though small, still had all the regular categories, just less of it - some produce, some meat, some dairy, some packaged items etc. - and no special departments (like a bakery, seafood etc., just packaged items in those categories) - so more than a typical convenience store would have.
I seem to remember the one in Lake George Village was still a Mini Chopper as of 2000.
The remaining Mini Choppers were leased out to a Getty distributor in 2002.
A Google Maps search shows that the one in Lake George was eventually converted to, and still is open as, a standard Price Chopper.
yes the store in Lake George is a standard PC but very small, perhaps 3 aisles, with a small deli and meat dept. Mostly used for beer, ice, soda etc. If I remember correctly it was a grand union back in the 70's. Not a bad concept in a vacation town close to the downtown and the many motels that cater to families.
This marks a return to the MetroWest region (though by a somewhat looser definition Marlborough is also part of MetroWest.) PC became a player in Central MA with its mid-90s acquisition of the 12-store Worcester-based Big D chain; PC ended up closing the former Big D in Framingham.
http://hopkinton.patch.com/articles/gallery-hundreds-check-out-price-chopper-in-hopkinton#photo-10386378
http://hopkinton.patch.com/articles/video-residents-like-hopkinton-price-chopper#video-10394074
Price Chopper has also launched a nice new website. Now, about those flyers...
I really wish they would open more stores in CT. I am hoping East Hartford/Glastonbury area. I am also wondering how "Xtreme Values" promotion is going, and did they finally expand it to there Middletown, CT store??
According to one of my sources at PC sales did not go up or down as a result of the Xtreme Value revamp. (At least in Southington).
Quote from: Marc B on June 28, 2012, 06:18:45 AM
According to one of my sources at PC sales did not go up or down as a result of the Xtreme Value revamp. (At least in Southington).
Is the Southington ShopRite always busier than Price Chopper, or are they about the same? What about compared to Stop and Shop?
Does any one know if Price Chopper is going to expand in CT??
Quote from: Joeg on July 22, 2012, 09:44:45 AM
Does any one know if Price Chopper is going to expand in CT??
The Grand Union in Storrs is up for grabs...
To small for them. Maybe they will build a store in that area to complimant their Putnam CT store.
Price Chopper operates lots of tiny markets, including the former P&C in Lincoln, NH. They don't get much smaller than that!
I think PC wants "big" stores in CT.
Quote from: retailisking on July 22, 2012, 10:58:06 PM
Quote from: Joeg on July 22, 2012, 09:44:45 AM
Does any one know if Price Chopper is going to expand in CT??
The Grand Union in Storrs is up for grabs...
Is that store the old A&P on 44 near UConn?
Yes
I find it so irritating that Grand Union and Tops won't say what will be happening to the remaining GUs not purchased by Tops. At least say if they will be closed.
It would be nice to see Price Chopper get the Storrs, CT store. They could knock down the whole plaza and build a new store, and Big Y in Tolland a run for there money.
Quote from: Joeg on August 19, 2012, 07:22:49 AM
It would be nice to see Price Chopper get the Storrs, CT store. They could knock down the whole plaza and build a new store, and Big Y in Tolland a run for there money.
Price Chopper will be building a new Store across the street from UConn. It is part of a new downtown area for Mansfield, CT. (storrs is a part of Mansfield). Maybe Shiop-rite will take the GU space.
Quote from: JimSawhill on August 23, 2012, 03:07:10 PM
Quote from: Joeg on August 19, 2012, 07:22:49 AM
It would be nice to see Price Chopper get the Storrs, CT store. They could knock down the whole plaza and build a new store, and Big Y in Tolland a run for there money.
Price Chopper will be building a new Store across the street from UConn. It is part of a new downtown area for Mansfield, CT. (storrs is a part of Mansfield). Maybe Shiop-rite will take the GU space.
But has there been an announcement that the Storrs GU will close. No one has said anything.
Quote from: AmesNewington on August 23, 2012, 03:36:12 PM
But has there been an announcement that the Storrs GU will close. No one has said anything.
Probably not, but ever since C&S bought them in the bankruptcy, they have been fairly quick to close a store when a competitor appears in the area rather than trying to compete. That (along with the fact that this one didn't go to Tops and so is still owned/controlled by C&S) makes it seem likely that that would be the fate of the store.
How big will the new store be?? will it be in a new plaza??
Quote from: Joeg on August 24, 2012, 02:28:00 AM
How big will the new store be?? will it be in a new plaza??
It'll be 32,000 square feet and it will be in a walkabout neighborhood according to Patch:
http://mansfield.patch.com/articles/price-chopper-coming-to-storrs-center
More evidence that Price Chopper isn't taking competition from ShopRite and others in its home market lying down...hopefully they plan more of the same in other states where they do business...the competition isn't any easier there!
http://www.timesunion.com/default/article/A-new-Price-Chopper-from-soup-to-nuts-3921997.php
Quote from: retailisking on October 09, 2012, 08:50:45 PM
More evidence that Price Chopper isn't taking competition from ShopRite and others in its home market lying down...hopefully they plan more of the same in other states where they do business...the competition isn't any easier there!
http://www.timesunion.com/default/article/A-new-Price-Chopper-from-soup-to-nuts-3921997.php
Interesting to note that the two stores they mention replacing (Watervliet, which is a quite old Price Chopper, and Chatham, which was a Grand Union aquired during bankruptcy - not an old store (1990's) but not real large either) have both been in planning for a while now, but both are facing opposition in their areas (Watervliet due to the replacement site being home to a former landmark church that many want to see not be torn down, Chatham since the new store is partially in the town (rather than village as the current one is), along with worries about the old store being vacant, some wetlands in the area etc.).
Is PC opening a store in the Springfield, MA area? I saw a location flag, and when I clicked on it, nothing came up. Can anyone help??
Also, is PC opening a new store in CT?? Saw a pinpoint on there location map above West Hartford.
Quote from: Joeg on December 10, 2012, 07:44:08 PM
Also, is PC opening a new store in CT?? Saw a pinpoint on there location map above West Hartford.
I hope not. There's way too many supermarkets in West Hartford as it is.
Stop & Shop x 2
PriceRite
Aldi
Shoprite
Big Y
Trader Joe's
Whole Foods x 2
Walmart Neighborhood Market (Opening in 2013)
Crown Market
That's 11
PC in Southington appears to be on life support. Stay tuned.
Quote from: Marc B on December 11, 2012, 09:42:55 PM
PC in Southington appears to be on life support. Stay tuned.
What does that mean?
Stay tuned! Can you say Big Y is coming to town?
Quote from: AmesNewington on December 12, 2012, 08:42:24 AM
What does that mean?
Sales have plummeted. I went in there last Thursday there was probably 10 customers in there. Shoprite down the street was very busy. A lady I know who works at PC says she was sent home early on Thursday.
Quote from: Joeg on December 12, 2012, 02:34:00 PM
Stay tuned! Can you say Big Y is coming to town?
There's a big Y rift up the street in Plainville.
Quote from: Marc B on December 12, 2012, 04:56:19 PM
Quote from: AmesNewington on December 12, 2012, 08:42:24 AM
What does that mean?
Sales have plummeted. I went in there last Thursday there was probably 10 customers in there. Shoprite down the street was very busy. A lady I know who works at PC says she was sent home early on Thursday.
It's shameful when two grocery stores in the same area can't compete with each other fair and square. Competition is essential. Look for ShopRite to raise prices if PC closes.
I actually don't see Price Chopper in CT 10 years from now. I think they were strong in the beginning, but they have many issues need to be fixed if they can survive. The PC in Newington never has enough cashiers, and there are long lines constantly. I heard corporate headquarters makes the associate schedules.
Quote from: Joeg on December 10, 2012, 07:44:08 PM
Also, is PC opening a new store in CT?? Saw a pinpoint on there location map above West Hartford.
Looking at the map and searching just using CT (no city given) it came up with 8 locations:
Bristol
Newwington
Southington
Torrington
Windsor
Vernon
Middletown
Putnam
None of which are above West Hartford (Windsor is above Hartford along I-91, though).
However, it shows a non-numbered more orange indicator with a black dot which looks to be close to West Hartford area - I'm thinking that is just the point it uses to calculate the miles to each store (in other words, the Bristol store is 8.6 Miles from that marked point). It seems that point is what is set in the system when you just enter a state rather than a specific address?
Quote from: AmesNewington on December 12, 2012, 07:23:45 PM
It's shameful when two grocery stores in the same area can't compete with each other fair and square. Competition is essential. Look for ShopRite to raise prices if PC closes.
Sales at PC dropped a little bit when Shoprite when they opened in November 2010, but BJ's also opened at the same time. PC recovered and at the same time business remained good at Shoprite. Most recently business began falling at PC in March 2012 after they finished their remodeled and introduced the whole stupid Extreme Value thing.
SR will not raise their prices. Although they'll have different coupons most of the sales are the same at all the Shoprites in Connecticut.
That church in Watervliet is coming down, and the artifacts are being hauled away.
http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Trucks-haul-off-church-memories-4189363.php
The PC in Middletown, CT is one of my customers, and their business seems to be growing year after year. It may not be by leaps and bounds, but there is noticeable growth there. I can't speak for any of the other stores in the state, but the Middletown one is a little unique as well, seeing there really isn't another supermarket within 5+ miles from that area.
Quote from: Joeg on December 02, 2012, 04:44:09 AM
Is PC opening a store in the Springfield, MA area? I saw a location flag, and when I clicked on it, nothing came up. Can anyone help??
I always wondered why PC doesn't operate in the Springfield area. Maybe they think Big Y and Stop & Shop have the market sewn up. Otherwise it's a gaping hole between the Berkshires and the Worcester area. A Big Y in South Hadley is closing, and this could be an opportunity for PC to gain a toehold in the area.
Quote from: retailisking on January 13, 2013, 02:21:42 PM
I always wondered why PC doesn't operate in the Springfield area. Maybe they think Big Y and Stop & Shop have the market sewn up. Otherwise it's a gaping hole between the Berkshires and the Worcester area. A Big Y in South Hadley is closing, and this could be an opportunity for PC to gain a toehold in the area.
Good question, given that they seem to do OK with Stop & Shop and Big Y in the Berkshires. Two possibilities seem to be:
1. There used to be at least one more choice in the Springfield area (They had A&P until a few years ago when all stores north of CT were closed, while any A&P presence further west in the Berkshires was gone much sooner) - thus PC would have been a 4th option, rather than a 3rd option as they are in the Berkshires. (Option meaning another choice, not that they are the 3rd or 4th place choice).
2. The PC's in the Worcester area were acquired as an existing small chain (even though I'm sure some have been replaced or expanded since). At that point, they may not have been interested in building to fill in, and maybe at the time of the A&P departure PC wasn't in the market for an acquisition - busy with stores elsewhere? (They would have been a logical candidate to take over those stores to "fill in the blank", though).
Quote from: BillyGr on January 13, 2013, 09:37:27 PM
Quote from: retailisking on January 13, 2013, 02:21:42 PM
I always wondered why PC doesn't operate in the Springfield area. Maybe they think Big Y and Stop & Shop have the market sewn up. Otherwise it's a gaping hole between the Berkshires and the Worcester area. A Big Y in South Hadley is closing, and this could be an opportunity for PC to gain a toehold in the area.
Good question, given that they seem to do OK with Stop & Shop and Big Y in the Berkshires. Two possibilities seem to be:
1. There used to be at least one more choice in the Springfield area (They had A&P until a few years ago when all stores north of CT were closed, while any A&P presence further west in the Berkshires was gone much sooner) - thus PC would have been a 4th option, rather than a 3rd option as they are in the Berkshires. (Option meaning another choice, not that they are the 3rd or 4th place choice).
2. The PC's in the Worcester area were acquired as an existing small chain (even though I'm sure some have been replaced or expanded since). At that point, they may not have been interested in building to fill in, and maybe at the time of the A&P departure PC wasn't in the market for an acquisition - busy with stores elsewhere? (They would have been a logical candidate to take over those stores to "fill in the blank", though).
The possible most realistic reason is a third one: There is a rumored non-compete between Price Chopper and Big Y which keeps Price Chopper outside of the Springfield area and may also keep Big Y out of expanding into eastern New York and southern Vermont. This still doesn't explain why or how Shaw's, Hannaford, or ShopRite hasn't looked at Springfield though.
Price Chopper's been expanding in the Worcester market, they rebuilt Shrewsbury a few years back as a firing shot to the then-planned Wegmans one town away and they opened in Gardner and Hopkinton (their first shot into MetroWest) last year too. If something happens with Shaw's, I see them being one of the big beneficiaries.
PC actually had a store in Metrowest before, in Framingham, as part of the Big D buyout. They didn't last long there as I recall.
(http://farm1.staticflickr.com/94/265692364_13454b100f.jpg)
Quote from: Marc B on December 11, 2012, 09:41:50 PM
Quote from: Joeg on December 10, 2012, 07:44:08 PM
Also, is PC opening a new store in CT?? Saw a pinpoint on there location map above West Hartford.
I hope not. There's way too many supermarkets in West Hartford as it is.
Stop & Shop x 2
PriceRite
Aldi
Shoprite
Big Y
Trader Joe's
Whole Foods x 2
Walmart Neighborhood Market (Opening in 2013)
Crown Market
That's 11
Where will the Walmart neighborhood Market going to be?? BTW, is the Big Y in East Hartford - in School Street Square _ still closed??
The Neighborhood Market will be at the site of the former Adams Superamarket at 333 N. Main Street in Bishops Corner.
Quote from: retailisking on January 19, 2013, 01:26:51 PM
The Neighborhood Market will be at the site of the former Adams Superamarket at 333 N. Main Street in Bishops Corner.
Oh... ok... In the old Finast??
Yes
Okay so I came across an article from 2003 on the Hartford Courant's website and Price Chopper's real estate guy says they would've preferred a 73,000 Square Foot Location, but took the 95,000 Square Foot former KMART location in Southington because it was available. If they only wanted a 73,000 Square Foot store then why didn't they divide the space? The former 81,000+ square foot AMES was divided into two spaces - a 23,000 Square Foot Bed Bath Beyond and a 58,000 Square foot Bob's Discount Furniture.
Quote from: retailisking on January 13, 2013, 02:21:42 PM
Quote from: Joeg on December 02, 2012, 04:44:09 AM
Is PC opening a store in the Springfield, MA area? I saw a location flag, and when I clicked on it, nothing came up. Can anyone help??
I always wondered why PC doesn't operate in the Springfield area. Maybe they think Big Y and Stop & Shop have the market sewn up. Otherwise it's a gaping hole between the Berkshires and the Worcester area. A Big Y in South Hadley is closing, and this could be an opportunity for PC to gain a toehold in the area.
A big Y in South Hadley is closing?? When and why??
Big Y has another store in South Hadley, MA
Rumor Unconfirmed: Price Chopper in Southington closing in 2014. To be replaced by Stew Leonard's.
Quote from: Marc B on February 23, 2013, 05:25:42 PM
Rumor Unconfirmed: Price Chopper in Southington closing in 2014. To be replaced by Stew Leonard's.
Enough with these rumors, Marc. PC should have closed by now if the rumors prior were supposed to happen. Also, would Stew Leonards really be looking at Southington for a new store?
Quote from: AmesNewington on February 23, 2013, 06:16:24 PM
Quote from: Marc B on February 23, 2013, 05:25:42 PM
Rumor Unconfirmed: Price Chopper in Southington closing in 2014. To be replaced by Stew Leonard's.
Enough with these rumors, Marc. PC should have closed by now if the rumors prior were supposed to happen. Also, would Stew Leonards really be looking at Southington for a new store?
If Price Chopper were to close, it wouldnt wait till 2014. Also, Stew Leonards wouldnt move to Southington. A. building is to small and B. Southingtons market is way to small to handle a store like that. Stew's goes after A type markets, Norwalk, Yonkers, Danbury, Newington. They are still trying to get into Orange and Manchester would be on there rador way before Southington, as its a C/D Market.
I'm just saying what I'm hearing from people at Shoprite. I don't know how long PC's lease is in Southington, but they opened in 2004, so if they signed a 10 year lease their lease could be up in 2014. That's why they would close in 2014. Stew's in Newington is approximately 110,000 Square Feet. The PC in Southington is 95,000 square feet so it's only 15,000 Square feet smaller. And most stores vary in size. And Stew's is done trying to get into Orange. An article in the New Haven Register last year some sort of medical complex is going to be built on the property where Stew's was trying to get into.
Quote from: Marc B on February 23, 2013, 07:33:53 PM
I'm just saying what I'm hearing from people at Shoprite. I don't know how long PC's lease is in Southington, but they opened in 2004, so if they signed a 10 year lease their lease could be up in 2014. That's why they would close in 2014. Stew's in Newington is approximately 110,000 Square Feet. The PC in Southington is 95,000 square feet so it's only 15,000 Square feet smaller. And most stores vary in size. And Stew's is done trying to get into Orange. An article in the New Haven Register last year some sort of medical complex is going to be built on the property where Stew's was trying to get into.
You shouldn't believe anyone from Shoprite unless they have proof. How slow is PC? Bad enough to close?
Quote from: AmesNewington on February 23, 2013, 08:20:51 PM
Quote from: Marc B on February 23, 2013, 07:33:53 PM
I'm just saying what I'm hearing from people at Shoprite. I don't know how long PC's lease is in Southington, but they opened in 2004, so if they signed a 10 year lease their lease could be up in 2014. That's why they would close in 2014. Stew's in Newington is approximately 110,000 Square Feet. The PC in Southington is 95,000 square feet so it's only 15,000 Square feet smaller. And most stores vary in size. And Stew's is done trying to get into Orange. An article in the New Haven Register last year some sort of medical complex is going to be built on the property where Stew's was trying to get into.
You shouldn't believe anyone from Shoprite unless they have proof. How slow is PC? Bad enough to close?
The business could be slow and it's a huge building for a grocery store. They should really sublease 35,000 sq to another retailer, to bad Best Buy is struggling. It would be perfect there, since Waterbury doesn't have one or any electronic retailer. Yes I did read they have given up on Orange after 14 years and are trying to sell land. I know people who work at Stews and they haven't heard any rumors about Southington, bc like me, they cant see one moving there. They go after big markets and Danbury really isn't that far away.
But rumors are a fun game, especially in the retail world. I remember when I work at Toys R Us in Newington, all the different rumors about what would go into caldors. Home Depot, Kohls, a Toys R Us super store, I heard it all lol, but it was fun to hear them.
I've read on different forums that quite a few people in Southington want a Whole Pay Check, oops I mean Whole Foods to open in town. The town can't support the 4 grocery stores that are in town now. If PC does close and Whole Foods took over part of their building there would be something like 45,000 square feet left over. Whole Foods stores are smaller averaging around 50,000 Square Feet.
Southington:
Population = 42,000
Grocery Stores:
All of these are along Route 10:
1. Shoprite
2. Price Chopper
3. Stop & Shop
The 4th Grocery Store is in the Plantsville Section of town and is called Tops IGA Marketplace. (no connection to the Tops chain).
In addition to the 4 traditional grocery stores Southington also has Target and Walmart which both have decent size grocery sections.
For what it's worth I was able to confirm that PC in Southington's lease expires in January 2014 and they have not renewed their lease yet. Stay tuned.
Quote from: Marc B on February 25, 2013, 07:50:27 PM
For what it's worth I was able to confirm that PC in Southington's lease expires in January 2014 and they have not renewed their lease yet. Stay tuned.
The operative word may be "yet."
Quote from: Marc B on February 25, 2013, 07:50:27 PM
For what it's worth I was able to confirm that PC in Southington's lease expires in January 2014 and they have not renewed their lease yet. Stay tuned.
10 years seems like such a short term lease. I always wondered how retail companies sign leases. Like do Walmart and Target lease long term leases?
I been very fascinated with leases recently bc I work for a major insurance company in hartford for the property management group and handle all the leases across the country. Those leases are typically 5 years, so makes me wonder how the retail world does them.
Quote from: Marc B on February 23, 2013, 05:25:42 PM
Rumor Unconfirmed: Price Chopper in Southington closing in 2014. To be replaced by Stew Leonard's.
Stew Leonard's to the PC?? I just hope Stew's doesn't expand in a way it will cause them to go out of business...
Update: I have heard PC signed a 7 year lease renewal for Southington. This is straight from someone I know who works there. He also told me Bristol, CT might be closing and not just because Walmart Neighborhood Market is opening a new store in July on adjacent property. If PC does close in Bristol will the last store in The Bristol Commons please turn off the lights? They are also looking at the former New Britain Shaw's for a store.
Quote from: Marc B on March 07, 2013, 05:54:08 PM
Update: I have heard PC signed a 7 year lease renewal for Southington. This is straight from someone I know who works there. He also told me Bristol, CT might be closing and not just because Walmart Neighborhood Market is opening a new store in July on adjacent property. If PC does close in Bristol will the last store in The Bristol Commons please turn off the lights? They are also looking at the former New Britain Shaw's for a store.
If Bristol does close, it will be ironic, because they opened almost 10 years ago next to Shaws and eventually Shaws closed. It's interesting Price Chopper wants to open in New Britain. I thought Walmart market would want that space since they are no longer in NB as a dept store. I don't like the Newington PC. It is so understaffed and everyone is so unfriendly there.
Bristol Commons would be a nice place for a Target or Kohls. But I assume those stores don't suit the Bristol market.
Quote from: AmesNewington on March 07, 2013, 06:20:29 PM
Bristol Commons would be a nice place for a Target or Kohls. But I assume those stores don't suit the Bristol market.
Kohl's should've took that spot from Caldor instead of KMART. It would've been the perfect size. Now it's too big for Kohl's. These days Kohl's are concentrating on opening smaller stores like the on they just opened on The Berlin Turnpike rather than larger ones like they one they built in Plainville and elsewhere.
As for Target that would be a good idea, but they'd have to demolish part of the plaza and I don't think the landlord would demolish part of the plaza because of the clock tower. That clock tower has been there since the days of Caldor. That is also why this Price Chopper does not have the traditional Price Chopper exterior look like the ones in Southington, (former Waterbury), etc. Target wanted to build next to Big Lots in Bristol years ago, but the would have had to take 6 acres of land from the Bristol Parks Dept and that was a violation of the agreement when the land was left to the city in the early 1900s. That's when they decided to build Target in Southington. BJs was next and had the same problem as Target so they too built in Southington instead.
Quote from: TRU7536 on February 23, 2013, 07:03:27 PM
Quote from: AmesNewington on February 23, 2013, 06:16:24 PM
Quote from: Marc B on February 23, 2013, 05:25:42 PM
Rumor Unconfirmed: Price Chopper in Southington closing in 2014. To be replaced by Stew Leonard's.
Enough with these rumors, Marc. PC should have closed by now if the rumors prior were supposed to happen. Also, would Stew Leonards really be looking at Southington for a new store?
If Price Chopper were to close, it wouldnt wait till 2014. Also, Stew Leonards wouldnt move to Southington. A. building is to small and B. Southingtons market is way to small to handle a store like that. Stew's goes after A type markets, Norwalk, Yonkers, Danbury, Newington. They are still trying to get into Orange and Manchester would be on there rador way before Southington, as its a C/D Market.
Manchester is an A market?
Quote from: JimSawhill on March 08, 2013, 02:35:33 PM
Quote from: TRU7536 on February 23, 2013, 07:03:27 PM
Quote from: AmesNewington on February 23, 2013, 06:16:24 PM
Quote from: Marc B on February 23, 2013, 05:25:42 PM
Rumor Unconfirmed: Price Chopper in Southington closing in 2014. To be replaced by Stew Leonard's.
Enough with these rumors, Marc. PC should have closed by now if the rumors prior were supposed to happen. Also, would Stew Leonards really be looking at Southington for a new store?
If Price Chopper were to close, it wouldnt wait till 2014. Also, Stew Leonards wouldnt move to Southington. A. building is to small and B. Southingtons market is way to small to handle a store like that. Stew's goes after A type markets, Norwalk, Yonkers, Danbury, Newington. They are still trying to get into Orange and Manchester would be on there rador way before Southington, as its a C/D Market.
Manchester is an A market?
Yes Manchester is an A market. Manchester and Milford/Orange are the two biggest markets for retail in Ct. Fully part, they both have crappy malls lol.
Any other news about PC opening any new stores in CT/WMass??
Quote from: Joeg on March 08, 2013, 04:25:30 PM
Any other news about PC opening any new stores in CT/WMass??
Weren't they building a new one by Uconn or was that another supermarket?
Quote from: TRU7536 on March 08, 2013, 06:44:42 PM
Weren't they building a new one by Uconn or was that another supermarket?
Yes that is true. Not sure when it's supposed to open
Quote from: TRU7536 on March 08, 2013, 03:00:46 PM
Quote from: JimSawhill on March 08, 2013, 02:35:33 PM
Quote from: TRU7536 on February 23, 2013, 07:03:27 PM
Quote from: AmesNewington on February 23, 2013, 06:16:24 PM
Quote from: Marc B on February 23, 2013, 05:25:42 PM
Rumor Unconfirmed: Price Chopper in Southington closing in 2014. To be replaced by Stew Leonard's.
Enough with these rumors, Marc. PC should have closed by now if the rumors prior were supposed to happen. Also, would Stew Leonards really be looking at Southington for a new store?
If Price Chopper were to close, it wouldnt wait till 2014. Also, Stew Leonards wouldnt move to Southington. A. building is to small and B. Southingtons market is way to small to handle a store like that. Stew's goes after A type markets, Norwalk, Yonkers, Danbury, Newington. They are still trying to get into Orange and Manchester would be on there rador way before Southington, as its a C/D Market.
Manchester is an A market?
Yes Manchester is an A market. Manchester and Milford/Orange are the two biggest markets for retail in Ct. Fully part, they both have crappy malls lol.
Boy....I wouldn't have thought Manchester was....
so i decided to do my grocery shopping at PC Vernon (they had good sales on stuff i needed) this week. I usually do it at Shop Rite in Manchester and Target. Boy for a friday at 6pm, the store was emtpy. They only had three check out lanes open and one being a 10 or less lane. Even SR on a friday afteroon is busy, so i assume this store doesnt do well in sales. You can tell it use to be a department store, does anyone know what was there before. I know Ames use to be in the plaza and PC seems to big for that store they are in. They have alot of "extra space" and no bank or buffet section.
Looks dumpy compared to the Newington PC.
Quote from: TRU7536 on March 16, 2013, 01:07:57 PM
so i decided to do my grocery shopping at PC Vernon (they had good sales on stuff i needed) this week. I usually do it at Shop Rite in Manchester and Target. Boy for a friday at 6pm, the store was emtpy. They only had three check out lanes open and one being a 10 or less lane. Even SR on a friday afteroon is busy, so i assume this store doesnt do well in sales. You can tell it use to be a department store, does anyone know what was there before. I know Ames use to be in the plaza and PC seems to big for that store they are in. They have alot of "extra space" and no bank or buffet section.
Looks dumpy compared to the Newington PC.
The Vernon PC used to be Ames. I've heard that the Vernon store is the largest PC in the state.
Quote from: d_fife on October 05, 2005, 05:29:43 PM
This price chopper is in Vernon Connecticut and was an Ames that was 93,000 square feet and opened last year.
Found out my answer about the Vernon PC, 93,000 SF is alot for a food store.
From Price Chopper on Facebook:
New Coupon Policy goes into effect on Monday March 25th.
Competitor coupons only being accepted from other supermarkets and Target. Competitor coupons from warehouse clubs, drug stores, and dollar stores will no longer be accepted.
Quote from: AmesNewington on March 16, 2013, 02:10:03 PM
Quote from: TRU7536 on March 16, 2013, 01:07:57 PM
so i decided to do my grocery shopping at PC Vernon (they had good sales on stuff i needed) this week. I usually do it at Shop Rite in Manchester and Target. Boy for a friday at 6pm, the store was emtpy. They only had three check out lanes open and one being a 10 or less lane. Even SR on a friday afteroon is busy, so i assume this store doesnt do well in sales. You can tell it use to be a department store, does anyone know what was there before. I know Ames use to be in the plaza and PC seems to big for that store they are in. They have alot of "extra space" and no bank or buffet section.
Looks dumpy compared to the Newington PC.
The Vernon PC used to be Ames. I've heard that the Vernon store is the largest PC in the state.
The Vernon store was a W.T. Grants with a Bradford House restaurant in it!
For the first time in its history, the Schenectady, NY-based grocery chain cuts staff at headquarters
http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/news/2013/04/03/price-chopper-eliminates-80-positions.html
I seriously don't see how the one in Southington, CT stays open. They're always a ghost-town.
Fact 1: A friend of mine wanted to go shopping at Shoprite on a recent Monday afternoon, but said it was too crowded, so she went down the street to the Price Chopper and said it was largely deserted.
Fact 2: I went to the Southington Price Chopper for breakfast Wednesday Morning and they were largely deserted, while Shoprite was much busier and this was at 9AM!!!! (By breakfast I mean I got 2 bagels and a 1 liter bottle of Dr. Pepper).
Quote from: Marc B on April 06, 2013, 08:09:06 AM
I seriously don't see how the one in Southington, CT stays open. They're always a ghost-town.
Fact 1: A friend of mine wanted to go shopping at Shoprite on a recent Monday afternoon, but said it was too crowded, so she went down the street to the Price Chopper and said it was largely deserted.
Fact 2: I went to the Southington Price Chopper for breakfast Wednesday Morning and they were largely deserted, while Shoprite was much busier and this was at 9AM!!!! (By breakfast I mean I got 2 bagels and a 1 liter bottle of Dr. Pepper).
That's not a breakfast!! ;D
Price Chopper has hired a new Vice President of Meat Merchandising.
http://supermarketnews.com/executive-changes/price-chopper-hires-vp-meat-merchandising
Price Chopper Poughkeepsie was forced to close Sunday. It will reopen tomorrow from what I am told (they are receiving beer deliveries tomorrow atleast). Some company has been working on repairing the roof for the past 5 months. Building is a former Montgomery Ward....
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20131007/NEWS01/310070016/Roof-leak-shutters-Price-Chopper?nclick_check=1
Quote from: nysw3636 on October 07, 2013, 03:24:53 PM
Price Chopper Poughkeepsie was forced to close Sunday. It will reopen tomorrow from what I am told (they are receiving beer deliveries tomorrow atleast). Some company has been working on repairing the roof for the past 5 months. Building is a former Montgomery Ward....
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20131007/NEWS01/310070016/Roof-leak-shutters-Price-Chopper?nclick_check=1
That must have been where Wards was before they went into the mall? Do you know if PC had a store there prior (perhaps in the middle or opposite end - or what that was) or just moved into the area at that point?
Their numbering system doesn't give really much of a clue as to order of stores.
Before I go further, Price Chopper did not open today. They are hoping for tomorrow, if building inspector allows. Correct, this is where Montgomery Wards was before the move to the Poughkeepsie Galleria. It was a two story store, and I was in there plenty of times as a kid. The upper level still exists, but is not used at all. This was Price Choppers first store in Dutchess County(opening in 1993). I do know that way back, there was a Food Fair in this plaza!!! It was where the Dollar Store is now...
UPDATE:
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20131008/NEWS01/310080020/Supervisor-Price-Chopper-could-reopen-afternoon
Just an addition, the middle store back in the day was a Woolworths....
I think Price Chopper should change their return policy after an incident in Bristol, Connecticut on Monday. http://bristolpress.com/articles/2013/10/21/news/doc5265e06635c26634442229.txt
Price Chopper in Bristol de-cluttered their lobby area. They took all the electric scooters and the vending machines full of toys and moved them into the former Citizen's Bank space. The store is doing well despite Walmart Neighborhood Market opening in the adjacent former Shaw's Supermarket in July of this year.
Quote from: Marc B on November 02, 2013, 12:01:25 PM
Price Chopper in Bristol de-cluttered their lobby area. They took all the electric scooters and the vending machines full of toys and moved them into the former Citizen's Bank space. The store is doing well despite Walmart Neighborhood Market opening in the adjacent former Shaw's Supermarket in July of this year.
Is Wal-Mart 2719 the store across the street. Marc?
So Price Chopper did nothing to acknowledge the 10th Anniversary of their stores in Bristol and Southington, which was about a week and a half or 2 weeks ago.
Sunday afternoon was the busiest I've seen the Southington Price Chopper in a long time. Then again it was the 2nd of the Month, Superbowl Sunday, the first day of the sale, and the day before they were predict a snow storm.
Could the Price Chopper in Worcester MA be a former Stop & Shop? I wonder because it was next to a Bradlees.
Also, what did the Worcester Bradlees become? Here's a picture: http://www.deadmalls.com/stores/bradlees/ (scroll down to the middle of the page)
Quote from: bubcolbert1952 on February 06, 2014, 12:24:39 AM
Could the Price Chopper in Worcester MA be a former Stop & Shop? I wonder because it was next to a Bradlees.
Also, what did the Worcester Bradlees become? Here's a picture: http://www.deadmalls.com/stores/bradlees/ (scroll down to the middle of the page)
Not sure if this store is one of the 12 mentioned, but this 1995 article mentions Price Chopper buying the Big D Chain in Worcester. Given that the Deadmalls link shows the PC there with the Bradlees sign, it seems likely it would be one of the stores?
http://supermarketnews.com/archive/big-d-chain-be-sold-price-chopper
OK - after going through to register so I can see the whole article, it still isn't definitive - it mentions them getting stores in 10 different towns (Auburn, Framingham, Hudson, Marlboro, Shrewsbury, Spencer, Webster, West Boylston & Worcester) but nothing more specific. Although, it does mention that they only had 6 stores in Berkshire County at the time and that this would extend their reach, so given the time lapse being short between this aquisition in 1995 and Bradlees departure it would seem a good possibility.
The only downside being that it mentions that they planned remodels, expansions and replacements for virtually all of the stores in a short period, since the current stores were average 20-40,000 sq ft.
Quote from: BillyGr on February 06, 2014, 07:34:19 PM
Quote from: bubcolbert1952 on February 06, 2014, 12:24:39 AM
Could the Price Chopper in Worcester MA be a former Stop & Shop? I wonder because it was next to a Bradlees.
Also, what did the Worcester Bradlees become? Here's a picture: http://www.deadmalls.com/stores/bradlees/ (scroll down to the middle of the page)
Not sure if this store is one of the 12 mentioned, but this 1995 article mentions Price Chopper buying the Big D Chain in Worcester. Given that the Deadmalls link shows the PC there with the Bradlees sign, it seems likely it would be one of the stores?
http://supermarketnews.com/archive/big-d-chain-be-sold-price-chopper
OK - after going through to register so I can see the whole article, it still isn't definitive - it mentions them getting stores in 10 different towns (Auburn, Framingham, Hudson, Marlboro, Shrewsbury, Spencer, Webster, West Boylston & Worcester) but nothing more specific. Although, it does mention that they only had 6 stores in Berkshire County at the time and that this would extend their reach, so given the time lapse being short between this aquisition in 1995 and Bradlees departure it would seem a good possibility.
The only downside being that it mentions that they planned remodels, expansions and replacements for virtually all of the stores in a short period, since the current stores were average 20-40,000 sq ft.
I wonder if PC remodeled all of those big D stores... Or did they replace them??
the Price Chopper in Latham NY has completed the remodel and expansion.
http://www.timesunion.com/default/article/Price-Chopper-finishes-model-store-with-new-name-5335959.php
They just opened a store in Storrs CT on June 6.
I guess Price Chopper is now opening stores in small CT towns, like Oxford and recently opened Storrs.
see link
http://www.chartweb.com/portfolio/oxford-towne-center/
WOW! That is intresting. It is good that a supermarket is expanding, even in a small community.
Kind of like Chatham/Ghent (NY), where they are opening a replacement store next Friday (June 20) to replace an existing store they bought from Grand Union during bankruptcy.
I know the current store was only around 22,000 Sq Ft, even though being opened in March, 1994 (on the small side for that time, even for a small town - at the same time they were working on a new Valatie store at around 49,000 Sq Ft to replace an older one).
Also, I think going into small towns with (pretty) small stores is the right way to go.
they are hitting small towns in the states they operate stores. Little Falls and Warrensburg NY are good examples. A brand new store in Watervliet, replacing a store that is at least 60 years old. You can only build so many 65,000 sft stores before you hit the saturation point . The storrs and saratoga locations are interesting urban designs that would fit well in many north eastern cities. Still looking forward to seeing the Market Bistro by Price Chopper location when I hit the Albany area this summer.
Quote from: silvfx66 on June 14, 2014, 07:26:53 PM
Still looking forward to seeing the Market Bistro by Price Chopper location when I hit the Albany area this summer.
I saw Market Bistro by Price Chopper on PriceChopper.Com but it really didn't say anything about it. What's that all about?
Also when you go to the link standa posted and then click on flyer for a flyer of the property it says "Anchored by 54,275 sf Price Chopper - New Prototype". What is this new prototype they are talking about?
Quote from: Marc B on June 15, 2014, 06:42:09 AM
Quote from: silvfx66 on June 14, 2014, 07:26:53 PM
Still looking forward to seeing the Market Bistro by Price Chopper location when I hit the Albany area this summer.
I saw Market Bistro by Price Chopper on PriceChopper.Com but it really didn't say anything about it. What's that all about?
Also when you go to the link standa posted and then click on flyer for a flyer of the property it says "Anchored by 54,275 sf Price Chopper - New Prototype". What is this new prototype they are talking about?
Price Chopper expanded their existing store in Latham, NY (Route 9 near I-87/NY 7/NY 2/Latham Circle). The store they expanded is actually their THIRD location in this plaza (which may be a record for them having different buildings in one plaza?).
It sits at the right end of the plaza, and they expanded the left side of it into part of what was the former Ames (and before that, Bradlees) buidling, as the current tennant Hobby Lobby used only part of the available space.
In that space, they created what they call "Bistro Boulevard" with several prepared foods areas with a seating area in the center.
In the front, there is an area (Chef's Grill) where you can be seated and have your meal prepared for you - basically a restaurant in store. They also have a cooking school, along with a second deli (Ben & Bill's, supposed to be a NY style deli - they have those in a couple other stores) and expanded fresh foods/produce (including growing tomatoes in a display in the store).
The rest of the store is basically the same as a regular PC, just with fancier decor (they moved the pharmacy to the front corner so as to add a drive thru - to some degree the layout with short aisles of HABA in front of the pharmacy reminds me of an Acme setup in NJ). This is supposed to be something they wanted to do as a "test prototype" and then perhaps take parts of it into other locations if they work well here.
Some are also saying that it is their attempt to be like a certain other NY chain that has lots of fresh and prepared foods a bit further west in the state :) (which, in some sense that food section does kind of look like).
Are Price Chopper and Safeway merging??
What happen to the Xtreme Discounts in some of the Price Choppers in CT? The last two weeks there ads had no mention of this.
The Albany Business review is reporting that company officials will reveal plans for their future tomorrow morning. Who knows what they have up their sleeves.
The Golub Corporation (parent company of Price Chopper) has announced a $350 Million plan to remodel and rebrand stores as "Market 32".
http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/news/2014/11/11/price-chopper-supermarkets-to-invest-350-million.html
Quote from: Marc B on November 11, 2014, 02:12:56 PM
The Golub Corporation (parent company of Price Chopper) has announced a $350 Million plan to remodel and rebrand stores as "Market 32".
http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/news/2014/11/11/price-chopper-supermarkets-to-invest-350-million.html
I wouldn't say too little, but I would say too late. And what's with the new name? It sounds downmarket, just the opposite of what they're trying to convey. They should have just gone with their old name Central Market.
This article appears to say that they will convert all the stores - another one I saw said only about half in five years (which this also says).
When I first saw that I was wondering if they might keep Price Chopper for the "smaller" stores as a way to differentiate those, but I guess not.
This also sounds like they me closing some stores, maybe pulling out of CT??
Quote from: Joeg on November 11, 2014, 06:57:53 PM
This also sounds like they me closing some stores, maybe pulling out of CT??
That brings up a good question. Most, if not all CT Price Chopper locations are in middle class towns. These stores don't fit the proper demographic of this new concept. Customers in these neighborhoods are looking for groceries at affordable prices. I was thinking that for the past 10 years or so, the PC's around me have looked pretty much the same since they opened, which was between 2003-2005. The only real change was aisle relocations. They have needed a refresh for a while now. To me, their ads are sloppy and they have too many gimmicks. Way too many "Bonus Coupons", which just cause problems.
Southington and Newington are struggling. I know that for a fact. Bristol is still doing well. Can't tell you about the other stores in Vernon, Windsor, Putnam, Torrington, Middletown, and Storrs.
Well. maybe Big Y can pick up the Southington and Newington stores, they would be a great fit for them.
Quote from: Marc B on November 11, 2014, 09:33:00 PM
Southington and Newington are struggling. I know that for a fact. Bristol is still doing well. Can't tell you about the other stores in Vernon, Windsor, Putnam, Torrington, Middletown, and Storrs.
How do you know Southington and Newington are struggling? I can see how they might be. The Berlin Turnpike offers many grocery options. I don't think Big Y would take either locations. For the turnpike, Stop and Shop should still close where Shaws was, and I am hoping some day a ShopRite either takes that spot, or a space in Webster Square in Berlin. This would leave Newington with a Stop and Shop, Best Market, Aldi, Stew Leonards and possibly a ShopRite in town or in nearby Berlin. I'm wondering if PC would sell their CT locations to another chain like what Shaws and A&P did.
Quote from: AmesNewington on November 12, 2014, 08:44:02 AM
How do you know Southington and Newington are struggling?
I still know quite a few people who work at the Southington PC. As for Newington? A former co-worker of mine at Hobby Lobby has someone in her family who worked at the Newington PC. They said sales at the Newington PC aren't what they used to be.
Quote from: AmesNewington on November 12, 2014, 08:44:02 AM
I'm wondering if PC would sell their CT locations to another chain like what Shaws and A&P did.
If PC sells their CT locations to another chain I think it should be Delhaize. I know a few people who would be happy if Hannaford opened in Connecticut. These people are familiar with the chain from locations in Upstate New York and in the Maine areas.
Quote from: Marc B on November 12, 2014, 08:51:03 AM
Quote from: AmesNewington on November 12, 2014, 08:44:02 AM
I'm wondering if PC would sell their CT locations to another chain like what Shaws and A&P did.
If PC sells their CT locations to another chain I think it should be Delhaize. I know a few people who would be happy if Hannaford opened in Connecticut. These people are familiar with the chain from locations in Upstate New York and in the Maine areas.
It's funny because I was thinking of Hannaford, but wasn't sure if they were interested in CT.
Maybe they would sell to Market Basket!
Quote from: Joeg on November 12, 2014, 02:34:17 PM
Maybe they would sell to Market Basket!
I thought of this a number of years ago. There would be minimal overlap between the chains, but their go-to-market strategies are quite different and Market Basket is already $1.5 billion or so in debt.
I don't know that they would pull out of any area particularly - they certainly might close a store or two if those locations didn't do well (as they have in the past with one of the Poughkeepsie stores and I believe one in the Syracuse area, but there are still other store(s) in those areas).
If anything, it seems that they would be more interested in keeping the farther out stores to offset loss of sales in their home (Albany NY metro) area, both from the re-introduction of ShopRite and a number of folks who are mad at them for building a new store where there used to be a church (which the church had vacated and otherwise probably would have sat empty until it decayed enough to become a danger - there didn't seem to be much of a market for a used church in the area).
From the existing remodel of the Latham store (which they are using as a "test" to see what they will do with other locations) the main parts of the store are not changed a great deal, just renovated with new shelving / flooring and such - generally what any store would do when "renovating". The they simply added a bunch of new stuff (more ready to eat foods, kind of on the Wegman's style of a food court like area, including a full service restaurant area, bigger natural/organic area, some additional specialty items).
They plan to pull some ideas out of this to use in the new stores, but as yet no specifics as to what. They are supposed to be starting a couple renovations now so that will give a bit more of a hint as those progress.
Here in CT, PC seems to be a non-entity. S&S seems to become more and more like ShopRite, Big Y is way to expensive to shop at, and the independents just like to have there stores in the rich towns. So it seems if PC decides to pull out of CT, I think most of their locations probably would go to Shop Rite and Big Y. I wish them all the luck. We need stores here and in some parts of NE, that just give quality service and low prices.
Quote from: Joeg on November 14, 2014, 04:40:43 AM
Here in CT, PC seems to be a non-entity. S&S seems to become more and more like ShopRite, Big Y is way to expensive to shop at, and the independents just like to have there stores in the rich towns. So it seems if PC decides to pull out of CT, I think most of their locations probably would go to Shop Rite and Big Y. I wish them all the luck. We need stores here and in some parts of NE, that just give quality service and low prices.
It would be nice to see a grocery store that resembles those of the past like Food Mart, Finast, etc. with modern technology and strategies, but just a plain and simple mid-sized store with low prices and good service where employees are like family. It could still work, and I think customers would like that. Perhaps this kind of store would do good business compared to these huge superstores with no personal touch. Big Y and some ShopRite's resemble that strategy and of course the independents. I don't like gimmicks. They confuse customers anyway. Also, get rid of the cards.
Amen to that!!
Currently three stores are being transformed to Market32: Wilton and Clifton Park NY and Pittsfield Mass. Additionally a brand new build in Sutton Mass. There sure seems to be a firestorm in the Albany area over the name change, I guess after 40+ years as Price Chopper people find it hard to accept change. The management also indicated that in expanding markets the name Price Chopper does not convey the image of their features and offerings. Should be interesting to see the first Market32 store in the spring.
Stopped at Price Chopper in Southington, CT today. (My Mom's have a Christmas party in a couple days and she asked me to check prices at different stores on a couple items). Anyway I ran into someone I know who works in the Meat Department. She says most of the employees don't care about the name change to Market 32 just as long as they still have jobs. She did not know when the name change would reach the Connecticut stores.
Stopped at The Price Chopper in Bristol, Connecticut today. Looks like they got some new fixtures. They didn't have these at the Southington store when I went there a few weeks ago.
Also I think when the one in Oxford, CT opens in 2015 it will be a Market 32. The Real Estate Company trying to get tenants for the shopping center being built changed the listing from Price Chopper to Market 32.
http://www.chartweb.com/portfolio/oxford-towne-center/
Quote from: Marc B on December 26, 2014, 07:24:02 PM
Also I think when the one in Oxford, CT opens in 2015 it will be a Market 32. The Real Estate Company trying to get tenants for the shopping center being built changed the listing from Price Chopper to Market 32.
http://www.chartweb.com/portfolio/oxford-towne-center/
I would suspect any new store going forward will have the Market 32 name, since they eventually will convert all stores to that name.
My question is will Price Chopper convert all CT stores to Market 32 or close some that do not fit the business model of the new branding. It shall be interesting.
I was in the Albany area last week and stopped by the Clifton Park location to see how the conversion is going. So far they have added a drive up window for the pharmacy but it is not open. The deli is also being relocated and looks to have bright red and gray tiles with very modern cases. It is still very much a work in progress. From what I can tell the look is very modern with simple primary colors and straight lines. I am guessing the Conn stores will all get an update at some point unless there are other business reasons not to the stores open.
Talked to an employee in Southington, CT yesterday. She says she management has not told them when the conversion to Market 32 will take place. She also said corporate would be evaluating each store before the conversion is done. Obviously Southington is not doing well while Bristol continues to thrive. She also did not know when the new store in Oxford, Connecticut was going to open.
I also wonder what's going on with that entire Oxford project. The project is no longer on Charter Realty's website.
Quote from: silvfx66 on December 28, 2014, 07:35:38 PM
I was in the Albany area last week and stopped by the Clifton Park location to see how the conversion is going. So far they have added a drive up window for the pharmacy but it is not open. The deli is also being relocated and looks to have bright red and gray tiles with very modern cases. It is still very much a work in progress. From what I can tell the look is very modern with simple primary colors and straight lines. I am guessing the Conn stores will all get an update at some point unless there are other business reasons not to the stores open.
Just FYI - there are separate Facebook and websites for Market 32 - I know the Facebook has some pictures from the newer stores, if anyone wants to see those.
Quote from: Marc B on April 02, 2015, 06:53:05 AM
Talked to an employee in Southington, CT yesterday. She says she management has not told them when the conversion to Market 32 will take place. She also said corporate would be evaluating each store before the conversion is done. Obviously Southington is not doing well while Bristol continues to thrive. She also did not know when the new store in Oxford, Connecticut was going to open.
I also wonder what's going on with that entire Oxford project. The project is no longer on Charter Realty's website.
So, they are looking to convert CT stores to Market 32? I can't see the idea working in Bristol or Southington. Not sure about Newington and even Middletown. All of these towns are middle class towns and the whole Market 32 concept from the outside looks too fancy and expensive. As of now, prices at PC are high. I can see perhaps their Storrs Center location and maybe Putnam. Not even sure about Windsor. I guess we'll see. Last month, my parents went shopping at the Newington PC and while it has considerably been cleaned up, it was very expensive and they said the meat did not look fresh. They prefer ShopRite in Bristol.
Quote from: BillyGr on April 02, 2015, 01:34:11 PM
Just FYI - there are separate Facebook and websites for Market 32 - I know the Facebook has some pictures from the newer stores, if anyone wants to see those.
Oh man. I just looked at the Market 32 Facebook Page. That picture they have of the Wilton, New York store looks so tacky. If they do the conversion in Southington rather than close it (which is what they ought to do), I don't think the town will let them. The town has standards. I know for a fact they won't be allowed the to do that look in Bristol either. The landlord said they cannot change the Facade of the building. That's why the one in Bristol does not look like the one in Southington from the outside. The clock has to stay in place. That's why it stayed through all the stores that have been in that spot - Caldor, Big KMART, and now Price Chopper.
I just have a feeling that they are going to close/sell their stores. They have only eight stores in CT, with no expansion in site(unless you count Oxford CT). I think it better to cut their losses and pull out of the state.
Quote from: Joeg on April 03, 2015, 04:23:56 AM
I just have a feeling that they are going to close/sell their stores. They have only eight stores in CT, with no expansion in site(unless you count Oxford CT). I think it better to cut their losses and pull out of the state.
Locator shows 9 locations, and 8 of the 9 are open 24 hours, so they can't be doing that badly?
I'm sure they'll figure out something for those locations where the remodel is not feasible due to local rules.
What is always surprising is that they didn't try to pick up locations in the middle of MA (they have a cluster in the Berkshires, then a bunch around Worcester, with nothing in the Springfield area). Especially a few years back when A&P pulled out of the area, leaving basically S&S & Big Y, the same two chains they compete with in the Berkshire areas.
It wouldn't be good in Price Chopper pulled out of Connecticut. If they pulled out that would leave 3 chains of MAJOR supermarkets. - Stop & Shop, BIG Y, and Shoprite. (Granted all Shoprites are individually owned and operated). Then there are the discounters ALDI, Save-a-Lot, and Price Rite but I don't count them because of their limited assortment of products. I also don't count the IGA stores, although from what I understand the IGA store in Rocky Hill - Westside Marketplace is about the size (or a little smaller) than a typical supermarket. I also don't count WHOLE FOODS as they're a specialty chain.
Should another chain - such as Hannaford try to expand into Connecticut? We all saw what happened when Shaw's expanded into the state. They lasted 15 years and then pulled out. Price Chopper cleaned Shaw's clock in both Bristol and Newington when they expanded into Connecticut. The Newington Shaw's was the number 1 Shaw's in the Hartford Market until Price Chopper opened. The Shoprites that took over the Shaw's in Canton, Southington, and Wallingford (The Joseph Family and The Drust Family respectively) are both out-performing the Shaw's that previously occupied the space. This is despite the Wallingford location being located right next door to a Walmart Supercenter.
I also DO NOT think if Price Chopper were to pull out of Connecticut Walmart would decide to open their Neighborhood Market stores in some of the Price Chopper locations. People I know who work for Walmart tell me that the 2 Neighborhood Markets that are in Connecticut in West Hartford and Bristol are not doing as well as the company had hope. I guess the people in Connecticut do not understand the concept of a Walmart that just sells groceries.
If Chopper were to just close down their stores and not sell their Connecticut stores to other companies I can see Whole Foods taking part of the Southington location. Southington is a rich and affluent town. A lot of people want a Whole Foods in town. I don't know if Whole Foods is interested in further expansion in Connecticut. There are rumors that they will be opening a store at the new Outlet Mall that's under development on the Cheshire/Southingtion line. However I think the only reason that rumor exists is because Whole Foods has a Warehouse in Cheshire.
The Newington, Torrington, Putnam, Windsor, and Middletown PC locations would be good locations for Shoprite. Bristol and Southington already have Shoprites. I don't know what could be done with the PC at UCONN. I believe BIG Y is too expensive for the people who live in Bristol. The argument that BIG Y is in Meriden is invalid because it's right on the Wallingford townline. And Wallingford is a more upscale town thanMeriden. It's also doubtful that BIG Y would open in Southington. They just opened a smaller sized store on the Cheshire side of Route 10 and they've been in Plainville just 6 miles away for 22 years.
Quote from: Marc B on April 03, 2015, 12:50:50 PM
It wouldn't be good in Price Chopper pulled out of Connecticut. If they pulled out that would leave 3 chains of MAJOR supermarkets. - Stop & Shop, BIG Y, and Shoprite. (Granted all Shoprites are individually owned and operated). Then there are the discounters ALDI, Save-a-Lot, and Price Rite but I don't count them because of their limited assortment of products. I also don't count the IGA stores, although from what I understand the IGA store in Rocky Hill - Westside Marketplace is about the size (or a little smaller) than a typical supermarket. I also don't count WHOLE FOODS as they're a specialty chain.
Should another chain - such as Hannaford try to expand into Connecticut? We all saw what happened when Shaw's expanded into the state. They lasted 15 years and then pulled out. Price Chopper cleaned Shaw's clock in both Bristol and Newington when they expanded into Connecticut. The Newington Shaw's was the number 1 Shaw's in the Hartford Market until Price Chopper opened. The Shoprites that took over the Shaw's in Canton, Southington, and Wallingford (The Joseph Family and The Drust Family respectively) are both out-performing the Shaw's that previously occupied the space. This is despite the Wallingford location being located right next door to a Walmart Supercenter.
I also DO NOT think if Price Chopper were to pull out of Connecticut Walmart would decide to open their Neighborhood Market stores in some of the Price Chopper locations. People I know who work for Walmart tell me that the 2 Neighborhood Markets that are in Connecticut in West Hartford and Bristol are not doing as well as the company had hope. I guess the people in Connecticut do not understand the concept of a Walmart that just sells groceries.
If Chopper were to just close down their stores and not sell their Connecticut stores to other companies I can see Whole Foods taking part of the Southington location. Southington is a rich and affluent town. A lot of people want a Whole Foods in town. I don't know if Whole Foods is interested in further expansion in Connecticut. There are rumors that they will be opening a store at the new Outlet Mall that's under development on the Cheshire/Southingtion line. However I think the only reason that rumor exists is because Whole Foods has a Warehouse in Cheshire.
The Newington, Torrington, Putnam, Windsor, and Middletown PC locations would be good locations for Shoprite. Bristol and Southington already have Shoprites. I don't know what could be done with the PC at UCONN. I believe BIG Y is too expensive for the people who live in Bristol. The argument that BIG Y is in Meriden is invalid because it's right on the Wallingford townline. And Wallingford is a more upscale town thanMeriden. It's also doubtful that BIG Y would open in Southington. They just opened a smaller sized store on the Cheshire side of Route 10 and they've been in Plainville just 6 miles away for 22 years.
I'm hoping Berlin gets the ShopRite, but if that isn't possible, and PC exits the state, the Newington PC would be a great spot. However, it may be a bit small for a ShopRite, but perhaps I'm wrong. Remember, it once housed Ames on the same site. There is no room for expansion either. What really bugs me is that Stop and Shop is STILL open in the old Shaw's. That would have been the ideal spot for SR, and that building is HUGE. Hopefully, things will work themselves out.
Quote from: AmesNewington on April 03, 2015, 02:00:13 PM
I'm hoping Berlin gets the ShopRite, but if that isn't possible, and PC exits the state, the Newington PC would be a great spot. However, it may be a bit small for a ShopRite, but perhaps I'm wrong. Remember, it once housed Ames on the same site. There is no room for expansion either. What really bugs me is that Stop and Shop is STILL open in the old Shaw's. That would have been the ideal spot for SR, and that building is HUGE. Hopefully, things will work themselves out.
It should be fine if it was once an Ames, unless for some reason it was a tiny Ames store? SR has also shown to be good at working with existing stores (besides the CT ones from Shaws, I know of one Shoprite in a PC in the Poughkeepsie area and the newer one in Niskayuna was a Grand Union, though one of their newer stores with the glass front, so not a really small one).
Quote from: Marc B on April 03, 2015, 12:50:50 PM
It wouldn't be good in Price Chopper pulled out of Connecticut. If they pulled out that would leave 3 chains of MAJOR supermarkets. - Stop & Shop, BIG Y, and Shoprite.
The Newington, Torrington, Putnam, Windsor, and Middletown PC locations would be good locations for Shoprite.
Something wrong with 3 chains? The majority of upstate NY (Albany area) has had only 2 for the last decade plus after the GU bankruptcy (PC & Hannaford) until Shoprite started re-opening a couple years back.
Also - does Torrington still have Price Rite (next to the K-was I think)? Not that that would stop them from opening SR as well - at one point they were in separated areas, but after some of the Shaw's takeovers (and the Niskayuna store mentioned above, which is probably 5 minutes from the Schenectady Price Rite) it seems that they no longer have issues with the two being close together.
Yes Torrington still has a Price Rite in the old SR next to K-Mart.
Quote from: BillyGr on April 04, 2015, 11:59:15 AM
Quote from: AmesNewington on April 03, 2015, 02:00:13 PM
I'm hoping Berlin gets the ShopRite, but if that isn't possible, and PC exits the state, the Newington PC would be a great spot. However, it may be a bit small for a ShopRite, but perhaps I'm wrong. Remember, it once housed Ames on the same site. There is no room for expansion either. What really bugs me is that Stop and Shop is STILL open in the old Shaw's. That would have been the ideal spot for SR, and that building is HUGE. Hopefully, things will work themselves out.
It should be fine if it was once an Ames, unless for some reason it was a tiny Ames store? SR has also shown to be good at working with existing stores (besides the CT ones from Shaws, I know of one Shoprite in a PC in the Poughkeepsie area and the newer one in Niskayuna was a Grand Union, though one of their newer stores with the glass front, so not a really small one).
Quote from: Marc B on April 03, 2015, 12:50:50 PM
It wouldn't be good in Price Chopper pulled out of Connecticut. If they pulled out that would leave 3 chains of MAJOR supermarkets. - Stop & Shop, BIG Y, and Shoprite.
The Newington, Torrington, Putnam, Windsor, and Middletown PC locations would be good locations for Shoprite.
Something wrong with 3 chains? The majority of upstate NY (Albany area) has had only 2 for the last decade plus after the GU bankruptcy (PC & Hannaford) until Shoprite started re-opening a couple years back.
Also - does Torrington still have Price Rite (next to the K-was I think)? Not that that would stop them from opening SR as well - at one point they were in separated areas, but after some of the Shaw's takeovers (and the Niskayuna store mentioned above, which is probably 5 minutes from the Schenectady Price Rite) it seems that they no longer have issues with the two being close together.
The Price Chopper in Newington is 68,966 SF. Lets not forget PC also has locations in CT in Torrington, Windsor, Vernon, Middletown, Mansfield, and Putnam.
Quote from: Marc B on April 03, 2015, 12:50:50 PM
It wouldn't be good in Price Chopper pulled out of Connecticut. If they pulled out that would leave 3 chains of MAJOR supermarkets. - Stop & Shop, BIG Y, and Shoprite. (Granted all Shoprites are individually owned and operated). Then there are the discounters ALDI, Save-a-Lot, and Price Rite but I don't count them because of their limited assortment of products. I also don't count the IGA stores, although from what I understand the IGA store in Rocky Hill - Westside Marketplace is about the size (or a little smaller) than a typical supermarket. I also don't count WHOLE FOODS as they're a specialty chain.
Should another chain - such as Hannaford try to expand into Connecticut? We all saw what happened when Shaw's expanded into the state. They lasted 15 years and then pulled out. Price Chopper cleaned Shaw's clock in both Bristol and Newington when they expanded into Connecticut. The Newington Shaw's was the number 1 Shaw's in the Hartford Market until Price Chopper opened. The Shoprites that took over the Shaw's in Canton, Southington, and Wallingford (The Joseph Family and The Drust Family respectively) are both out-performing the Shaw's that previously occupied the space. This is despite the Wallingford location being located right next door to a Walmart Supercenter.
I also DO NOT think if Price Chopper were to pull out of Connecticut Walmart would decide to open their Neighborhood Market stores in some of the Price Chopper locations. People I know who work for Walmart tell me that the 2 Neighborhood Markets that are in Connecticut in West Hartford and Bristol are not doing as well as the company had hope. I guess the people in Connecticut do not understand the concept of a Walmart that just sells groceries.
If Chopper were to just close down their stores and not sell their Connecticut stores to other companies I can see Whole Foods taking part of the Southington location. Southington is a rich and affluent town. A lot of people want a Whole Foods in town. I don't know if Whole Foods is interested in further expansion in Connecticut. There are rumors that they will be opening a store at the new Outlet Mall that's under development on the Cheshire/Southingtion line. However I think the only reason that rumor exists is because Whole Foods has a Warehouse in Cheshire.
The Newington, Torrington, Putnam, Windsor, and Middletown PC locations would be good locations for Shoprite. Bristol and Southington already have Shoprites. I don't know what could be done with the PC at UCONN. I believe BIG Y is too expensive for the people who live in Bristol. The argument that BIG Y is in Meriden is invalid because it's right on the Wallingford townline. And Wallingford is a more upscale town thanMeriden. It's also doubtful that BIG Y would open in Southington. They just opened a smaller sized store on the Cheshire side of Route 10 and they've been in Plainville just 6 miles away for 22 years.
Sorry dude, Southington doesn't fit into Whole Foods mode. I did a research paper on Whole Foods and read about how they pick towns, its based on money. You need to understand them to know why they pick certain towns. The locations in CT are: 2 in West Hartford, Danbury, Fairfield, Westport, Milford, Glastonbury, Darien, and Greenwich.
Southington doesn't fit into Whole Foods model. The fact they don't have one in the Buckland/Evergreen area speaks about how they work, they go to areas where the average income is very high and has a lot of retail foot traffic. Avon/Canton would get one over Southington.
Quote from: TRU7536 on April 04, 2015, 03:12:52 PM
Quote from: BillyGr on April 04, 2015, 11:59:15 AM
Quote from: AmesNewington on April 03, 2015, 02:00:13 PM
I'm hoping Berlin gets the ShopRite, but if that isn't possible, and PC exits the state, the Newington PC would be a great spot. However, it may be a bit small for a ShopRite, but perhaps I'm wrong. Remember, it once housed Ames on the same site. There is no room for expansion either. What really bugs me is that Stop and Shop is STILL open in the old Shaw's. That would have been the ideal spot for SR, and that building is HUGE. Hopefully, things will work themselves out.
It should be fine if it was once an Ames, unless for some reason it was a tiny Ames store? SR has also shown to be good at working with existing stores (besides the CT ones from Shaws, I know of one Shoprite in a PC in the Poughkeepsie area and the newer one in Niskayuna was a Grand Union, though one of their newer stores with the glass front, so not a really small one).
Quote from: Marc B on April 03, 2015, 12:50:50 PM
It wouldn't be good in Price Chopper pulled out of Connecticut. If they pulled out that would leave 3 chains of MAJOR supermarkets. - Stop & Shop, BIG Y, and Shoprite.
The Newington, Torrington, Putnam, Windsor, and Middletown PC locations would be good locations for Shoprite.
Something wrong with 3 chains? The majority of upstate NY (Albany area) has had only 2 for the last decade plus after the GU bankruptcy (PC & Hannaford) until Shoprite started re-opening a couple years back.
Also - does Torrington still have Price Rite (next to the K-was I think)? Not that that would stop them from opening SR as well - at one point they were in separated areas, but after some of the Shaw's takeovers (and the Niskayuna store mentioned above, which is probably 5 minutes from the Schenectady Price Rite) it seems that they no longer have issues with the two being close together.
The Price Chopper in Newington is 68,966 SF. Lets not forget PC also has locations in CT in Torrington, Windsor, Vernon, Middletown, Mansfield, and Putnam.
Wow, didn't realize how big Newington PC is. Maybe front to back, it is deep. Looks small from the front. It's no where as big as Southington. That's why I must have not realized.
Quote from: AmesNewington on April 04, 2015, 06:41:18 PM
Quote from: TRU7536 on April 04, 2015, 03:12:52 PM
Quote from: BillyGr on April 04, 2015, 11:59:15 AM
Quote from: AmesNewington on April 03, 2015, 02:00:13 PM
I'm hoping Berlin gets the ShopRite, but if that isn't possible, and PC exits the state, the Newington PC would be a great spot. However, it may be a bit small for a ShopRite, but perhaps I'm wrong. Remember, it once housed Ames on the same site. There is no room for expansion either. What really bugs me is that Stop and Shop is STILL open in the old Shaw's. That would have been the ideal spot for SR, and that building is HUGE. Hopefully, things will work themselves out.
It should be fine if it was once an Ames, unless for some reason it was a tiny Ames store? SR has also shown to be good at working with existing stores (besides the CT ones from Shaws, I know of one Shoprite in a PC in the Poughkeepsie area and the newer one in Niskayuna was a Grand Union, though one of their newer stores with the glass front, so not a really small one).
Quote from: Marc B on April 03, 2015, 12:50:50 PM
It wouldn't be good in Price Chopper pulled out of Connecticut. If they pulled out that would leave 3 chains of MAJOR supermarkets. - Stop & Shop, BIG Y, and Shoprite.
The Newington, Torrington, Putnam, Windsor, and Middletown PC locations would be good locations for Shoprite.
Something wrong with 3 chains? The majority of upstate NY (Albany area) has had only 2 for the last decade plus after the GU bankruptcy (PC & Hannaford) until Shoprite started re-opening a couple years back.
Also - does Torrington still have Price Rite (next to the K-was I think)? Not that that would stop them from opening SR as well - at one point they were in separated areas, but after some of the Shaw's takeovers (and the Niskayuna store mentioned above, which is probably 5 minutes from the Schenectady Price Rite) it seems that they no longer have issues with the two being close together.
The Price Chopper in Newington is 68,966 SF. Lets not forget PC also has locations in CT in Torrington, Windsor, Vernon, Middletown, Mansfield, and Putnam.
Wow, didn't realize how big Newington PC is. Maybe front to back, it is deep. Looks small from the front. It's no where as big as Southington. That's why I must have not realized.
The PC in Southington is like 100,000Sf, that's huge for a supermarket. They should have cut off at least 30k of space and sublet it to someone else at the tome of opening.
As I mentioned on page 15 of this thread Price Chopper in Southington is 95,000 Square Feet. And that I found an article in The Hartford Courant that they would've preferred a 73,000 Square Foot Store, but took the old KMART because it was available. As I mentioned on Page 15 they could've done 73,000 Square Feet and divided the rest of the building. http://amesfanclub.com/forum/index.php?topic=2424.msg53395#msg53395
They used to have the ZONE OFFICE (READ: DISTRICT OFFICE) in the Southington Price Chopper. I don't know if it's still there or not. The one in Vernon is even bigger than the one in Southington. It's somewhere between 98,000 and 100,000 Square Feet.
When PC first opened in Southington they had space leased to UPS, PAY LESS Shoes, and a bank that eventually became Citizen's bank. UPS is the only one still there. The store reclaimed both the former bank space ad the PAY LESS space. PAY LESS did not even last 2 years. PC opened in 2004 and it was already gone by time I started working there in October 2006. In fact that's where we had our Orientation Class.
So, is PC/Market32 going to open in Oxford, CT??
Quote from: Joeg on April 06, 2015, 01:06:36 PM
So, is PC/Market32 going to open in Oxford, CT??
Market 32, perhaps. Price Chopper no. (Only since they'd be naming any new stores with the Market 32 name).
Why perhaps? Didin't the company that was going to build it back out? There web site seems to be down.
As mentioned above I have no idea if they're still building that big shopping center/mixed us project in OXFORD. The whole project is no longer on Charter Realty's website. I should ask my friend who lives in Oxford if they're building the project or not. I haven't seen her in months ever since she got a boyfriend. When I knew her she was single.
Quote from: Joeg on April 07, 2015, 04:42:49 AM
Why perhaps? Didin't the company that was going to build it back out? There web site seems to be down.
I meant that perhaps they would build a store in that area, but if they do it definitely would be Market 32 and not Price Chopper (since the plan is to eventually convert all stores to the Market 32 name, they wouldn't open a new store with the PC name). No idea about their actual plans, though.
Nice slideshow of the completed Market32 store in Wilton NY. http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/New-Market-32-drops-the-tobacco-6333198.php
Quote from: silvfx66 on June 21, 2015, 10:15:38 AM
Nice slideshow of the completed Market32 store in Wilton NY. http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/New-Market-32-drops-the-tobacco-6333198.php
Nice stores...very nice...
PC is building a Market 32 in Fort Edward, New York on the site of a former Grand Union.
http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/morning_call/2015/06/price-chopper-building-more-market-32-stores.html
Quote from: Marc B on June 22, 2015, 03:09:56 PM
PC is building a Market 32 in Fort Edward, New York on the site of a former Grand Union.
http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/morning_call/2015/06/price-chopper-building-more-market-32-stores.html
Sounds sensible - if there was GU, probably not anything in the (immediate) area now.
Quote from: BillyGr on June 23, 2015, 10:30:01 AM
Quote from: Marc B on June 22, 2015, 03:09:56 PM
PC is building a Market 32 in Fort Edward, New York on the site of a former Grand Union.
http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/morning_call/2015/06/price-chopper-building-more-market-32-stores.html
Sounds sensible - if there was GU, probably not anything in the (immediate) area now.
Arethey tearing down the old GU? I hope not...
Quote from: JimSawhill on June 23, 2015, 06:34:00 PM
Arethey tearing down the old GU? I hope not...
No idea for sure, but the fact that they label it as the site of a former GU might indicate that it is already been taken down?
Also that they are calling it the first Market 32 to be built (in NY) from the "ground up" - though that could just mean not being converted from an existing Price Chopper.
Quote from: BillyGr on June 24, 2015, 12:37:11 PM
Quote from: JimSawhill on June 23, 2015, 06:34:00 PM
Arethey tearing down the old GU? I hope not...
No idea for sure, but the fact that they label it as the site of a former GU might indicate that it is already been taken down?
Also that they are calling it the first Market 32 to be built (in NY) from the "ground up" - though that could just mean not being converted from an existing Price Chopper.
This Grand Union was demolished last year. http://poststar.com/news/local/former-grand-union-store-in-fort-edward-to-be-demolished/article_6bcb8afc-9efe-11e3-b5a2-001a4bcf887a.html
Quote from: amesman on June 28, 2015, 07:22:22 PM
Quote from: BillyGr on June 24, 2015, 12:37:11 PM
Quote from: JimSawhill on June 23, 2015, 06:34:00 PM
Arethey tearing down the old GU? I hope not...
No idea for sure, but the fact that they label it as the site of a former GU might indicate that it is already been taken down?
Also that they are calling it the first Market 32 to be built (in NY) from the "ground up" - though that could just mean not being converted from an existing Price Chopper.
This Grand Union was demolished last year. http://poststar.com/news/local/former-grand-union-store-in-fort-edward-to-be-demolished/article_6bcb8afc-9efe-11e3-b5a2-001a4bcf887a.html
Oh well...I wonder if I could buy the name Grand Union from C&S
The Torrington Price Chopper will be the first one in Connecticut to get The Market 32 make-over. Price Chopper's website say they're hiring at Market 32 in Torrington. That's how I came to that conclusion. They were the first Price Chopper in the state opening in 95 or 96.
I also talked to one of the managers in Southington yesterday. She tells me there is no time table as to when they will do what store. She says they're doing them one at a time starting with brand new stores. She doesn't know when Southington will get done. She said it could be next year or it could be 5 or 6 years down the road. She also said Market 32 is dramatically different from Price Chopper.
This article from May 2015 said construction on Market 32 in Oxford, CT was supposed to start in a few weeks.
http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Dense-development-hits-rural-Oxford-6236586.php
It's amazing home many people were and still are against this project. I mean really. It's going to be the first supermarket in town.
After yet another Price Chopper card broke off my key chain I sent away for a replacement. My new one came in the mail today. They redesigned it. The one for the key chain has a background of blueberries and it says AdvantEdge on it. Advant is in white. Edge is in Green. The wallet sized one has a background of large blueberries and it says AdvantEdge on it and underneath it says Everyone loves to save. The new card is valid at Price Chopper, Market 32, and Market Bistro. I don't have a camera at the moment so I can't take a picture of it.
Quote from: Marc B on September 18, 2015, 09:50:15 AM
After yet another Price Chopper card broke off my key chain I sent away for a replacement. My new one came in the mail today. They redesigned it. The one for the key chain has a background of blueberries and it says AdvantEdge on it. Advant is in white. Edge is in Green. The wallet sized one has a background of large blueberries and it says AdvantEdge on it and underneath it says Everyone loves to save. The new card is valid at Price Chopper, Market 32, and Market Bistro. I don't have a camera at the moment so I can't take a picture of it.
I wonder if PriceChopper will have 3tiers of stores?
Interesting article from the Albany Business Review on the new Market32 stores: http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/morning_call/2015/06/price-choppers-new-market-32-more-olive-oil-no.html (http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/morning_call/2015/06/price-choppers-new-market-32-more-olive-oil-no.html)
Quote from: JimSawhill on September 19, 2015, 05:47:12 AM
Quote from: Marc B on September 18, 2015, 09:50:15 AM
After yet another Price Chopper card broke off my key chain I sent away for a replacement. My new one came in the mail today. They redesigned it. The one for the key chain has a background of blueberries and it says AdvantEdge on it. Advant is in white. Edge is in Green. The wallet sized one has a background of large blueberries and it says AdvantEdge on it and underneath it says Everyone loves to save. The new card is valid at Price Chopper, Market 32, and Market Bistro. I don't have a camera at the moment so I can't take a picture of it.
I wonder if PriceChopper will have 3tiers of stores?
Not sure about 3 tiers - the Market Bistro name is one store (Latham, NY) where they took what was already a fairly large store (their 3rd separate location in that plaza, each larger than the one before) and expanded it a bit by using part of the neighboring store (which was Bradlees, then Ames) that the current tenant (Hobby Lobby) didn't need.
It was designed to be a "laboratory" to try a whole bunch of new concepts, and many (but not all) appear to have made their way into the Market 32 stores. I do not believe, though, that they plan to use that name on any other stores and it wouldn't be a surprise if (probably at the end of the renovation cycle) they do some minor changes to that store and switch out the Bistro for a 32.
http://www.progressivegrocer.com/departments/deli-prepared-foods/market-32-debuts-1st-ground-store?nopaging=1
Sorry, couldn't resist that headline...kind of a shocker given that they're in the middle of their Market 32 conversion process, but then again, maybe with the new wave of consolidation hitting the industry (and an even stronger Ahold/Delhaize in their backyard) perhaps the time has come to cash out. Albertsons is said to be "very interested." Huge overlap in Vermont (Shaw's) and some in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Officially, at least, the company is dismissing the reports as rumor and innuendo.
http://best-met.com/news/prospectus-issued-price-chopper-reportedly-exploring-sale-option/
Quote from: retailisking on August 05, 2016, 09:12:13 PM
Sorry, couldn't resist that headline...kind of a shocker given that they're in the middle of their Market 32 conversion process, but then again, maybe with the new wave of consolidation hitting the industry (and an even stronger Ahold/Delhaize in their backyard) perhaps the time has come to cash out. Albertsons is said to be "very interested." Huge overlap in Vermont (Shaw's) and some in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Officially, at least, the company is dismissing the reports as rumor and innuendo.
http://best-met.com/news/prospectus-issued-price-chopper-reportedly-exploring-sale-option/
The article seems to indicate that they haven't gotten the returns they hoped for from the conversions so far, which could be a reason to change directions?
It also mentioned Kroger and Tops as options for purchasers.
Any of the three could work - Kroger probably the best as they don't (do they?) have anything in the 6 states that PC is in.
Tops would only have a smallish overlap (with the few stores out towards Syracuse possibly, and maybe one or two with their newly acquired Hannaford/S&S stores - most of their other stores in NY & VT are former GU locations and most were the only store in town type stores). Also one might wonder if they had such a deal in mind with those handful of stores they picked up, including that otherwise odd one location in MA nowhere near the rest of their stores, but quite close to some of the PC locations in that state...
As you mention, Albertsons has a few places but still likely a small % overall (PC only has 15 VT stores and some are not in similar towns, like Bennington, 4 in NH, Albertsons has minor presence in NY with the few Acme locations in former A&P's, the CT PC stores could "connect" the Shaws in the rest of New England with the couple A&P Acmes, not sure about the PC stores in PA vs. any Acme presence, MA is a toss up since the Western PC's wouldn't be an issue but the Worcester area is a ??).
One NOT mentioned (and without any real idea if they would ever consider such, but one that would certainly be the most interesting and wanted option) would be that Western NY based chain that has (supposedly) had some sort of agreement with PC not to enter each other's areas...
(Not to mention that there has been opinion that the new Market 32 was PC's try to make there stores more like such a chain).
Quote from: BillyGr on August 06, 2016, 06:23:26 PM
The article seems to indicate that they haven't gotten the returns they hoped for from the conversions so far, which could be a reason to change directions?
It also mentioned Kroger and Tops as options for purchasers.
Any of the three could work - Kroger probably the best as they don't (do they?) have anything in the 6 states that PC is in.
Tops would only have a smallish overlap (with the few stores out towards Syracuse possibly, and maybe one or two with their newly acquired Hannaford/S&S stores - most of their other stores in NY & VT are former GU locations and most were the only store in town type stores). Also one might wonder if they had such a deal in mind with those handful of stores they picked up, including that otherwise odd one location in MA nowhere near the rest of their stores, but quite close to some of the PC locations in that state...
As you mention, Albertsons has a few places but still likely a small % overall (PC only has 15 VT stores and some are not in similar towns, like Bennington, 4 in NH, Albertsons has minor presence in NY with the few Acme locations in former A&P's, the CT PC stores could "connect" the Shaws in the rest of New England with the couple A&P Acmes, not sure about the PC stores in PA vs. any Acme presence, MA is a toss up since the Western PC's wouldn't be an issue but the Worcester area is a ??).
One NOT mentioned (and without any real idea if they would ever consider such, but one that would certainly be the most interesting and wanted option) would be that Western NY based chain that has (supposedly) had some sort of agreement with PC not to enter each other's areas...
(Not to mention that there has been opinion that the new Market 32 was PC's try to make there stores more like such a chain).
The article makes a very good point that they're brought outside senior management in for the first time in the chain's history, and the family's influence in day-to-day operations is fading. There is also the factor that the conversion process to the Market 32 format is very capital-intensive, and the chain has acknowledged seeking investors to aid in funding PC's transformation. This article from Supermarket News says that the option to sell came about in the context of seeking that outside investment.
http://supermarketnews.com/retail-financial/golubs-price-chopper-sale-sources
Quote from: BillyGr on August 06, 2016, 06:23:26 PM
Any of the three could work - Kroger probably the best as they don't (do they?) have anything in the 6 states that PC is in.
Nothing grocery, only the Turkey Hill Minit Marts in NE PA. North of the Mason-Dixon Line & East of Ohio has been an area Kroger has never had a foothold in minus their long-gone Pittsburgh division and I'm surprised they haven't pounced on anyone.
QuoteTops would only have a smallish overlap (with the few stores out towards Syracuse possibly, and maybe one or two with their newly acquired Hannaford/S&S stores - most of their other stores in NY & VT are former GU locations and most were the only store in town type stores). Also one might wonder if they had such a deal in mind with those handful of stores they picked up, including that otherwise odd one location in MA nowhere near the rest of their stores, but quite close to some of the PC locations in that state...
The Hannaford/S&S stores they're buying on the New York side are fine, none are within distance of a PC that would raise any red flags with the FTC. The Gardner, MA location would be a problem as PC opened there several years ago and was one of the factors in why that S&S is becoming a Tops.
QuoteAs you mention, Albertsons has a few places but still likely a small % overall (PC only has 15 VT stores and some are not in similar towns, like Bennington, 4 in NH, Albertsons has minor presence in NY with the few Acme locations in former A&P's, the CT PC stores could "connect" the Shaws in the rest of New England with the couple A&P Acmes, not sure about the PC stores in PA vs. any Acme presence, MA is a toss up since the Western PC's wouldn't be an issue but the Worcester area is a ??).
The two Acmes (Pleasant Valley and Hopewell Junction) are just far enough away from a PC (Poughkeepsie) that it really shouldn't matter as there is no overlap otherwise. The only NH store with some overlap would be West Lebanon; Lebanon is just far enough, Keene drove Shaw's away, and Lincoln is pretty isolated as it is. Even Worcester isn't as bad as it could be, the two only have overlap with one location there as the PC and Shaw's in Shrewsbury are on opposite sides of town.
QuoteOne NOT mentioned (and without any real idea if they would ever consider such, but one that would certainly be the most interesting and wanted option) would be that Western NY based chain that has (supposedly) had some sort of agreement with PC not to enter each other's areas...
(Not to mention that there has been opinion that the new Market 32 was PC's try to make there stores more like such a chain).
Seeing how they mostly build from the ground up, the build inside what was the former JCPenney in the Natick Mall that is underway aside, I wonder if any PC locations would benefit them. I think with the Golubs out of the picture it would be worth a few stores along the I-90 corridor in New York, I don't think the noncompete ever extended into MA. On that tangent...
There is a Western MA-based chain that does have a confirmed noncompete with PC which has kept PC out of the I-91 corridor in MA and said chain outside of NY and possibly VT. I wonder if a post-Golub PC would expand there as the market is ripe for a third challenger and it is a bit of a gaping hole for them.
Quote from: Scrabbleship on August 08, 2016, 09:59:40 AM
QuoteOne NOT mentioned (and without any real idea if they would ever consider such, but one that would certainly be the most interesting and wanted option) would be that Western NY based chain that has (supposedly) had some sort of agreement with PC not to enter each other's areas...
(Not to mention that there has been opinion that the new Market 32 was PC's try to make there stores more like such a chain).
Seeing how they mostly build from the ground up, the build inside what was the former JCPenney in the Natick Mall that is underway aside, I wonder if any PC locations would benefit them. I think with the Golubs out of the picture it would be worth a few stores along the I-90 corridor in New York, I don't think the noncompete ever extended into MA. On that tangent...
That is true but they have had older and smaller locations in their home (Western NY) markets that they kept open in some places, not automatically replacing them all with the newer, larger locations. So that would lead one to believe that they have some knowledge of how to deal with some of the stores that they would get if they were to take over PC (and PC does have many newer/larger locations - probably not quite as large but still offering enough space to make a reasonable, if somewhat edited, copy - plus at least some of those stores have open area where an expansion could be done if needed).
Quote from: Scrabbleship on August 08, 2016, 09:59:40 AM
There is a Western MA-based chain that does have a confirmed noncompete with PC which has kept PC out of the I-91 corridor in MA and said chain outside of NY and possibly VT. I wonder if a post-Golub PC would expand there as the market is ripe for a third challenger and it is a bit of a gaping hole for them.
Not sure I ever heard about that, but it makes total sense, since otherwise there was no logical reason that PC wouldn't have opened stores to connect their Western MA (Berkshires) and Worcester area stores, especially a few years back when A&P pulled out of that market completely. It also made no sense that another third competitor wouldn't move in - if, for example Pittsfield can support 3 chains there's no reason that Springfield can't.
Although that brings up one more thought - could PC and that chain (assuming it's the MA&CT only one ;) be a potential other merger option?
The other chain doesn't go too far East (do they?) in MA and even the Berkshire locations are quite separated (different parts of Pittsfield, the PC in Lee is tiny and such). Not sure with the CT locations and of course they aren't in the other states that PC is.
I heard investors were walking stores in some CT PC's this month. Certainly wouldn't surprise me if a Kroger snatched these up. CT is such a tough market. Saturated with S&S, it's going to be an uphill climb for a new player to the game.
Quote from: Bdubs on August 16, 2016, 07:37:42 PM
I heard investors were walking stores in some CT PC's this month. Certainly wouldn't surprise me if a Kroger snatched these up. CT is such a tough market. Saturated with S&S, it's going to be an uphill climb for a new player to the game.
I wonder which ones. I'd guess the ones in smaller middle class towns such as Bristol, Newington and maybe Southington. Locations like Torrington (already a Market 32), Middletown and Storrs will be around for a while, but I'm not sure towns like Newington or Bristol would fit the Market 32 concept. These towns are more about straight-forward value shopping. Unfortunately, you are right about S&S. Too many of them in this state, and yet people will always go there. Not sure why.
Quote from: AmesNewington on August 16, 2016, 08:25:40 PM
I wonder which ones. I'd guess the ones in smaller middle class towns such as Bristol, Newington and maybe Southington. Locations like Torrington (already a Market 32), Middletown and Storrs will be around for a while, but I'm not sure towns like Newington or Bristol would fit the Market 32 concept. These towns are more about straight-forward value shopping. Unfortunately, you are right about S&S. Too many of them in this state, and yet people will always go there. Not sure why.
Although, if you look at the ones they have already converted in NY, two of them (Delaware Ave & Madison Ave) are both smaller, older, in city stores that one wouldn't have necessarily thought of for this either, so apparently they do have a way to make it work in different situations?
P.S. - The Delaware Ave one was formerly nicknamed the "Ghetto Chopper" if that explains the area better.
http://www.pricechopper.com/market-32-locations
This is probably the most expensive grocery store I've ever been in my life (even more than Stop & Shop, which is sad really). You can buy WAY more for the money you have at Market Basket or even Walmart than at this sham of a supermarket. To literally sum it up, a Hungry Man frozen meal costs $4.50 (?!!!!), where at MB you could get it for $2.00 and Walmart for $2.50. Like Stop & Shop, avoid this place like the plague and just do your shopping at Market Basket or Walmart. You'll save LOADS of money by just making that decision alone.
I know it's crazy how expensive PC is. I was just there yesterday. A 3 Liter Bottle of Poland Spring Water is $1.39 that's 10 cents more than my store - Stop & Shop! We have some good deals at times. Depends on what you're looking for. Sales are up quite a bit at my store as a matter of fact. We redid our Bakery Department and the sales of muffins are through the roof now.
The Market 32 by Price Chopper in Oxford, CT is finally opening on September 20th
http://www.primepublishers.com/voicesnews/news/top_stories/coming-soon/article_2d65013c-7451-11e6-b6a4-8b3dde98c0d7.html
Quote from: Marc B on September 08, 2016, 08:55:00 PM
The Market 32 by Price Chopper in Oxford, CT is finally opening on September 20th
http://www.primepublishers.com/voicesnews/news/top_stories/coming-soon/article_2d65013c-7451-11e6-b6a4-8b3dde98c0d7.html
They are now open. I heard a commercial on CBS Radio last week on both HOT 93.7 the Hip-Hop Station and LITE 100.5 the Adult Contemporary station.
I don't have a car at the moment, so I have yet to check them out. (Not sure if I'm actually curious enough to drive that far even if I did have a car).
Was at the Southington, CT Price Chopper today. An employee told me that their lease is up in January. There's a chance they won't renew their lease. Obviously if they don't it won't get converted to Market 32.
The building is just over 95,000 square feet and was built in 1974 as KMART. A small portion of the store is leased to the UPS Store.
I'm just thinking out loud here. Anything that goes in there is going to share space with another tenant. BIG Y? Whole Foods? Christmas Tree Shoppes? Maybe Job Lot? The Job Lot in the adjacent plaza is very small and cramped. It was previously a Marshall's. It's under 30,000 Square Feet and is smaller than most of their other stores. What if Stop & Shop moved up from further down Route 10? They could also buy the adjacent Sunoco Station and make it S&S gas.
The brand comes from Topco, the collective that Price Chopper is a member of. Switching to a Topco-owned brand for household items is part of Price Chopper's effort to phase out the Price Chopper brand as PC transitions to the Market 32 banner. The banners introduced the PICS brand for food products earlier this year.
http://www.timesunion.com/tuplus-business/article/Price-Chopper-adds-new-brand-line-9961465.php
Quote from: retailisking on October 26, 2016, 07:10:31 PM
The brand comes from Topco, the collective that Price Chopper is a member of. Switching to a Topco-owned brand for household items is part of Price Chopper's effort to phase out the Price Chopper brand as PC transitions to the Market 32 banner. The banners introduced the PICS brand for food products earlier this year.
http://www.timesunion.com/tuplus-business/article/Price-Chopper-adds-new-brand-line-9961465.php
I've seen the Simply Done brand also in Big Y. They sell Topco brand products like PC has done (Top Care, Electronix, Academix, etc.)
Quote from: retailisking on October 26, 2016, 07:10:31 PM
The brand comes from Topco, the collective that Price Chopper is a member of. Switching to a Topco-owned brand for household items is part of Price Chopper's effort to phase out the Price Chopper brand as PC transitions to the Market 32 banner. The banners introduced the PICS brand for food products earlier this year.
http://www.timesunion.com/tuplus-business/article/Price-Chopper-adds-new-brand-line-9961465.php
Sort of surprising that they don't just use the Pics label for all the store brands that formerly used Price Chopper, rather than carrying items that are also in competing stores (at least in some of their areas).
Also notice that the PiCs gives tribute to the former name, as all the packages I've seen the letters P and C are in a color that stands out more than the I and S do (making the well know nickname for Price Chopper) - similar to their use of Central Market Classics did for their original store name.
Article in the Times Union (of Albany, NY) today that there are rumors that Albertson's Companies are in talks and close to making a deal to purchase the Price Chopper chain.
Seems like a reasonably good fit between their existing Shaw's and Acme divisions (with Acme having moved into southern NY with the purchase of several A&P stores).
Some potential overlap in VT (for instance a town like Manchester where Shaw's & PC are the two existing stores) and Eastern MA (Worcester) areas - not sure about any in PA with Acme, probably not any (maybe 1 or 2 at most) with those new Acme's in southern NY.
For the VT areas, perhaps a sale of the overlaps to someone like Tops (they have a few scattered stores from the GU leftovers in towns up there) - could they also look at the stores in the MA area (having bought that one seemingly odd Hannaford/S&S store out there recently with that merger)?
An Albertsons buy would be a sad end for Price Chopper, if for no other reason than 24-hour operations, which has been their calling card for decades, would cease. That said, the Golubs painted themselves into a corner with their Market 32 rebannering effort, and clearly they don't have the resources to pull it off on their own. But will Albertsons put any more money into the effort than the Golubs did? Shaw's is withering on the vine from lack of spending on store upkeep, renovations and staffing as it is.
If Market Basket was the acquisitive type, one could see the possibility of them improving their market penetration of the Worcester area as well as the Upper Vallley of New Hampshire or even a first presence in Vermont. That said, it appears Tops is in the driver's seat as far as any sell-offs are concerned.
Quote from: retailisking on November 30, 2016, 12:31:04 PM
An Albertsons buy would be a sad end for Price Chopper, if for no other reason than 24-hour operations, which has been their calling card for decades, would cease.
The Berlin Turnpike Store in Newington, Connecticut ceased 24 hour operations early in 2016. They are now open 6AM-1AM.
Market 32 in Torrington is now open 5AM-1AM. I believe they were a 24 hour store previously.
The one by UCONN in Mansfield never was 24 hours and is open 6AM-1:30AM.
And the new Market 32 in Oxford is open 6AM-12AM.
The remaining stores in Connecticut - Bristol, Southington, Windsor, Vermn, and Middletown are still 24 hour locations.
Quote from: Marc B on December 01, 2016, 03:16:37 PM
The Berlin Turnpike Store in Newington, Connecticut ceased 24 hour operations early in 2016. They are now open 6AM-1AM.
Market 32 in Torrington is now open 5AM-1AM. I believe they were a 24 hour store previously.
Now that you mention it, a number of previously 24-hour locations have trimmed their hours, and not just in Connecticut. Still, I have little doubt that round-the-clock operating hours would be a quick casualty of Albertsons ownership for those remaining.
Quote from: retailisking on December 02, 2016, 01:38:48 AM
Quote from: Marc B on December 01, 2016, 03:16:37 PM
The Berlin Turnpike Store in Newington, Connecticut ceased 24 hour operations early in 2016. They are now open 6AM-1AM.
Market 32 in Torrington is now open 5AM-1AM. I believe they were a 24 hour store previously.
Now that you mention it, a number of previously 24-hour locations have trimmed their hours, and not just in Connecticut. Still, I have little doubt that round-the-clock operating hours would be a quick casualty of Albertsons ownership for those remaining.
Yes, that has happened with quite a few even in their home areas - probably just not enough business to warrant having the staff there for it.
Times Union columnist makes the point that the loss of local ownership would have a negative impact on headcount in Schenectady, likely result in store closures, lessen local philanthropy and result in profits leaving the area.
http://www.timesunion.com/tuplus-local/article/Churchill-Price-Chopper-sale-would-be-terrible-10646168.php
Quote from: retailisking on December 02, 2016, 06:14:13 PM
Times Union columnist makes the point that the loss of local ownership would have a negative impact on headcount in Schenectady, likely result in store closures, lessen local philanthropy and result in profits leaving the area.
http://www.timesunion.com/tuplus-local/article/Churchill-Price-Chopper-sale-would-be-terrible-10646168.php
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Quote from: mvcg66b3r on December 04, 2016, 04:02:20 PM
Quote from: retailisking on December 02, 2016, 06:14:13 PM
Times Union columnist makes the point that the loss of local ownership would have a negative impact on headcount in Schenectady, likely result in store closures, lessen local philanthropy and result in profits leaving the area.
http://www.timesunion.com/tuplus-local/article/Churchill-Price-Chopper-sale-would-be-terrible-10646168.php
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If you do a Google News search under the title "Churchill: Price Chopper sale would be terrible blow for region" you should be able to read it.
whats going on w price chopper?
Quote from: danfifepsu on December 05, 2016, 07:45:46 AM
whats going on w price chopper?
They're struggling. Slowing sales and the high costs of converting all their stores to the Market 32 brand. The Golub Family is looking at selling the company to Albertsons (Shaw's, Star, Acme, etc).
Quote from: Marc B on December 05, 2016, 10:54:52 PM
Quote from: danfifepsu on December 05, 2016, 07:45:46 AM
whats going on w price chopper?
They're struggling. Slowing sales and the high costs of converting all their stores to the Market 32 brand. The Golub Family is looking at selling the company to Albertsons (Shaw's, Star, Acme, etc).
well they have to change their name from Price Chopper now that their prices suck in comparison to Aldi and Wal-Mart
If Albertson's does buy Price Chopper I wonder if they will continue the Market 32 rebrand or if they'll change them all to Shaw's, ACME, or Star Market. Also if they make them Shaw's, ACME, or Star will they downsize their stores in Southington, Bristol, and Vernon Connecticut. Those 3 are some of the largest Price Chopper. Vernon is 98,000 Sq Ft, Southington is 95,000, and Bristol is around 86,000.
Quote from: Marc B on December 06, 2016, 05:15:31 PM
If Albertson's does buy Price Chopper I wonder if they will continue the Market 32 rebrand or if they'll change them all to Shaw's, ACME, or Star Market. Also if they make them Shaw's, ACME, or Star will they downsize their stores in Southington, Bristol, and Vernon Connecticut. Those 3 are some of the largest Price Chopper. Vernon is 98,000 Sq Ft, Southington is 95,000, and Bristol is around 86,000.
If they were to change the name from Price Chopper and not do Market 32 in CT, I can see them using ACME since there are now ACME stores in Fairfield County when they bought them from A&P.
Quote from: AmesNewington on December 06, 2016, 07:33:40 PM
Quote from: Marc B on December 06, 2016, 05:15:31 PM
If Albertson's does buy Price Chopper I wonder if they will continue the Market 32 rebrand or if they'll change them all to Shaw's, ACME, or Star Market. Also if they make them Shaw's, ACME, or Star will they downsize their stores in Southington, Bristol, and Vernon Connecticut. Those 3 are some of the largest Price Chopper. Vernon is 98,000 Sq Ft, Southington is 95,000, and Bristol is around 86,000.
If they were to change the name from Price Chopper and not do Market 32 in CT, I can see them using ACME since there are now ACME stores in Fairfield County when they bought them from A&P.
That would make sense - would probably also make sense to switch the MA/VT/NH stores - all to Shaw's, unless they thought that name was bad and wanted to do a complete rebranding using one of the acquired names?
Might also think about switching the (limited) number of stores in lower NY and possibly PA into Acme (as that name exists in both those states already). The main question would be what to do with the larger chunk of stores in NY where they have no other presence.
Quote from: BillyGr on December 07, 2016, 10:59:20 AM
Quote from: AmesNewington on December 06, 2016, 07:33:40 PM
Quote from: Marc B on December 06, 2016, 05:15:31 PM
If Albertson's does buy Price Chopper I wonder if they will continue the Market 32 rebrand or if they'll change them all to Shaw's, ACME, or Star Market. Also if they make them Shaw's, ACME, or Star will they downsize their stores in Southington, Bristol, and Vernon Connecticut. Those 3 are some of the largest Price Chopper. Vernon is 98,000 Sq Ft, Southington is 95,000, and Bristol is around 86,000.
If they were to change the name from Price Chopper and not do Market 32 in CT, I can see them using ACME since there are now ACME stores in Fairfield County when they bought them from A&P.
That would make sense - would probably also make sense to switch the MA/VT/NH stores - all to Shaw's, unless they thought that name was bad and wanted to do a complete rebranding using one of the acquired names?
Might also think about switching the (limited) number of stores in lower NY and possibly PA into Acme (as that name exists in both those states already). The main question would be what to do with the larger chunk of stores in NY where they have no other presence.
Albertsons has done some "banner consolidation" in their acquired markets, such as their recent switch-out in the Denver metro, so anything would presumably be "up for grabs" in the overlap areas. Perhaps Shaw's makes more sense in Worcester, but Price Chopper is the stronger banner in Vermont. In the border towns in New Hampshire I think Price Chopper is the stronger banner as well. I wonder what they would do with a smaller store in a border market such as the Lincoln, NH Chopper (ex-Grand Union/P&C.) If it survives at all I suspect it will remain a Price Chopper. Surprisingly, it's a 24-hour store despite being so tiny. I wouldn't rule out a sale to Tops. Perhaps an independent could take it over and link up with Ahold Delhaize under the Shop n' Save banner - they're woefully underrepresented in the North Country.
Price Chopper is closing their Menands, NY store, one of the smallest and oldest in the company.
http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Menands-Price-Chopper-to-close-10848749.php
Quote from: Scrabbleship on January 11, 2017, 07:09:52 PM
Price Chopper is closing their Menands, NY store, one of the smallest and oldest in the company.
http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Menands-Price-Chopper-to-close-10848749.php
Not quite sure how they get that oldest thing? Maybe in general having a store in Menands, but not this specific site, since this store was not always a Price Chopper. In fact, it was one of the locations of Shop Rite the first time they were in the Albany area (at that time the PC was up the street in a plaza with Woolworth and behind a still existing KFC, for those who know the area).
After Shop Rite pulled out of the area, the store was a Great American for a time (according to others - I didn't know that one specifically but GA did take several of the SR stores) before PC moved in, so probably early 1990's to move in.
Also was sort of a surprise, since there is a lot of space (a former Pepsi bottle plant was torn down a few years back right next to it) that they could have added on or even built a totally new store should they have wanted to do so.
Also the only store in that specific area (the others aren't far off, but this is one of the locations easily accessible by bus for those who don't drive in the area), of what was once 3 or 4 stores (when they were up the street, SR was there and either Albany Public or GU across the street next to Two Guys building, at least).
Quote from: BillyGr on January 12, 2017, 11:41:27 AM
Quote from: Scrabbleship on January 11, 2017, 07:09:52 PM
Price Chopper is closing their Menands, NY store, one of the smallest and oldest in the company.
http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Menands-Price-Chopper-to-close-10848749.php
Not quite sure how they get that oldest thing? Maybe in general having a store in Menands, but not this specific site, since this store was not always a Price Chopper. In fact, it was one of the locations of Shop Rite the first time they were in the Albany area (at that time the PC was up the street in a plaza with Woolworth and behind a still existing KFC, for those who know the area).
After Shop Rite pulled out of the area, the store was a Great American for a time (according to others - I didn't know that one specifically but GA did take several of the SR stores) before PC moved in, so probably early 1990's to move in.
Also was sort of a surprise, since there is a lot of space (a former Pepsi bottle plant was torn down a few years back right next to it) that they could have added on or even built a totally new store should they have wanted to do so.
Also the only store in that specific area (the others aren't far off, but this is one of the locations easily accessible by bus for those who don't drive in the area), of what was once 3 or 4 stores (when they were up the street, SR was there and either Albany Public or GU across the street next to Two Guys building, at least).
Is that area perhaps a bit overstored, especially with PC having a newish store in Watervliet less than three miles away?
Quote from: retailisking on January 13, 2017, 01:20:26 AM
Quote from: BillyGr on January 12, 2017, 11:41:27 AM
Not quite sure how they get that oldest thing? Maybe in general having a store in Menands, but not this specific site, since this store was not always a Price Chopper. In fact, it was one of the locations of Shop Rite the first time they were in the Albany area (at that time the PC was up the street in a plaza with Woolworth and behind a still existing KFC, for those who know the area).
After Shop Rite pulled out of the area, the store was a Great American for a time (according to others - I didn't know that one specifically but GA did take several of the SR stores) before PC moved in, so probably early 1990's to move in.
Also was sort of a surprise, since there is a lot of space (a former Pepsi bottle plant was torn down a few years back right next to it) that they could have added on or even built a totally new store should they have wanted to do so.
Also the only store in that specific area (the others aren't far off, but this is one of the locations easily accessible by bus for those who don't drive in the area), of what was once 3 or 4 stores (when they were up the street, SR was there and either Albany Public or GU across the street next to Two Guys building, at least).
Is that area perhaps a bit overstored, especially with PC having a newish store in Watervliet less than three miles away?
I'm not sure if it would really be considered that, given that the Watervliet store is just a replacement for another older/smaller store (so the two smaller stores co-existed for quite a number of years).
Also that the PC is the only store left there, in that area that once had three markets.
I also would have thought they'd get a fair amount of business from areas to their south (between Menands and the city of Albany) as there isn't much else that way and a number of areas of housing with people that are more likely to use a bus to get around than drive (not sure if the bus line goes to the Watervliet store or just up the main street, which would leave several blocks to walk).
However, it could be that, since the next nearest stores in a couple directions (both Watervliet and acroos the river into Troy) are other PC stores they figure people will just go to those anyway so they won't lose anything. That is, assuming they don't get a Stewart's backlash (after they closed a small store in a town without much else and the folks in that town organized a boycott of the chain, even going out of the way to go to other stores).
Quote from: BillyGr on January 13, 2017, 06:41:08 PM
the PC is the only store left there, in that area that once had three markets.
Reading the comments, I get the impression that the area is downmarket and the store subject to high shrink. Given that, perhaps Golub thought the store didn't have much potential to be turned into its Market 32 format.
Market 32 is coming to a new shopping center planned for Maynard, Massachusetts.
https://cre.nerej.com/colliers-international-secures-68000-sf-market-32-price-chopper/
Lots of insights in this two-pager, including sliding market share and disappointing revenues from Market 32 conversions. Looks like the Golubs are between a rock and a hard place.
http://best-met.com/news/albertsons-reportedly-ends-effort-purchase-golubs-price-chopper/
Interesting. The UPS Store inside the Southington Price Chopper is moving out. They're taking over the former Carry-out Pizza Hut which is in the old Hollywood Video. It's next to the Friendly's.
Quote from: giantsfan2016 on March 10, 2017, 05:50:42 PM
Interesting. The UPS Store inside the Southington Price Chopper is moving out. They're taking over the former Carry-out Pizza Hut which is in the old Hollywood Video. It's next to the Friendly's.
Can't say I'm surprised. Seems like leased departments, including bank branches, are becoming passé.
Three pharmacies have closed at Price Choppers in Keene, NH as well as West Carthage and Oswego, NY. Not sure if that means those stores will close, but it can't be a good sign. Curiously, they're all 24-hour stores.
Quote from: retailisking on April 15, 2017, 05:18:45 AM
Three pharmacies have closed at Price Choppers in Keene, NH as well as West Carthage and Oswego, NY. Not sure if that means those stores will close, but it can't be a good sign. Curiously, they're all 24-hour stores.
Not sure - are these smaller (overall) sized stores? Could it be that they just don't do enough pharmacy business, and could use that space in the stores for more "regular" merchandise?
Only since the articles with these stories that I saw elsewhere mentioned both the benefits of consolidating customers in the pharmacy (which they are doing with whatever other pharmacy store chain takes over each location's business) and that they would use the space for other items (perhaps indicating that they need more room for the rest of the store)?
After all, there are other Price Chopper locations (including a couple larger ones) that never had a pharmacy to begin with...
Price Chopper has put two more stores on the, erm, chopping block...click on the pix for links to stories about the closures.
Lee, MA
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Glens Falls, NY
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Is the one in Glens Falls the one where Rachael Ray got her start doing cooking demos or is it the one down the street in "Queensbury", which some people also call Glens Falls?
Quote from: retailisking on August 04, 2017, 02:19:39 AM
Price Chopper has put two more stores on the, erm, chopping block...
Lee, MA
(http://nenimedia.creativecirclemedia.com/uploads/original/20170711-203040-PRICECHOPPER-2-T5r_88307.jpg) (http://www.berkshireeagle.com/stories/lee-price-chopper-seeks-employment-for-its-workers-before-it-closes,514705)
Glens Falls, NY
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The Glens Falls one got picked up locally, but apparently Lee is a bit outside the market (though all the stations cover some Berkshire stories).
Glens Falls does have that "other" store nearby as hinted in the last post, so that may be one reason for not keeping it.
The Lee one, on the other hand, is not that close to their other stores but is definitely on the small side and perhaps either the new Big Y (just off Exit 2 of the Pike) has been hurting sales or they just can't find a good spot to build a larger store (since there isn't a lot of space where it is to enlarge)?
Of course, they did the same thing in North Adams a year or so ago (closing a smaller store with no space to enlarge and not looking for a new site) as well, but then they have kept (and already re-done) a couple of the smaller stores right in Albany, so they aren't completely getting out of the older locations.
Kind of hard to figure out the overall plans with the MA locations, this would leave just 3 remaining stores on the Berkshire side (2 around Pittsfield, both of which are newer or already remodeled) and one in Great Barrington (older but still fairly good sized).
Is this the usual haggling, or could Hannaford be waiting in the wings to swoop in? Their closest store is some twenty-odd miles away in Bennington, and the only in-town competition is Shaw's.
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http://www.benningtonbanner.com/stories/price-chopper-manchester-store-replacement-on-hold,519063
Here's the 86,000 Square Foot Bristol, Connecticut location in The Bristol Commons Plaza. It opened in January 2004 in space that started as WT Grants then Caldor then very briefly Big KMART. The landlord didn't allow them to make a lot of changes to the exterior of the building hence why from the outside it doesn't look like the Southington Price Chopper or the Watebury ShopRite (which had been Price Chopper til 2008).
They gave a parcel of land next their now-closed North Adams, MA store to the city
http://www.berkshireeagle.com/stories/price-chopper-gives-fort-massachusetts-parcel-to-north-adams,525341
And they put up cement barriers preventing a pass-through of their vacant Lee, MA store's parking lot
http://www.berkshireeagle.com/stories/price-chopper-cuts-off-cut-through-route-in-former-lee-grocery-stores-parking-lot,525056
A few days ago, Price Chopper's Instagram story was at their Newburgh, NY location which had been recently converted to a Market 32.
Given their low presence in the Mid-Hudson Valley (Vails Gate, Poughkeepsie, and Saugerties are the only other locations), I wonder what the odds of converting all three to Market 32 would be. There really is no "higher-end" option and it allow them to stand up against their five competitors in that region (ShopRite, Stop & Shop, Hannaford, and to a lesser degree Acme and Tops) doing the same basic thing.
Quote from: Scrabbleship on January 09, 2018, 08:23:13 AM
A few days ago, Price Chopper's Instagram story was at their Newburgh, NY location which had been recently converted to a Market 32.
Given their low presence in the Mid-Hudson Valley (Vails Gate, Poughkeepsie, and Saugerties are the only other locations), I wonder what the odds of converting all three to Market 32 would be. There really is no "higher-end" option and it allow them to stand up against their five competitors in that region (ShopRite, Stop & Shop, Hannaford, and to a lesser degree Acme and Tops) doing the same basic thing.
They could probably do so. Unlike the other three, Saugerties has no competition (one has to go to Kingston for other supermarkets) but that hasn't stopped them from converting other stores to Market 32.
Quote from: BillyGr on January 10, 2018, 04:21:50 PM
Quote from: Scrabbleship on January 09, 2018, 08:23:13 AM
A few days ago, Price Chopper's Instagram story was at their Newburgh, NY location which had been recently converted to a Market 32.
Given their low presence in the Mid-Hudson Valley (Vails Gate, Poughkeepsie, and Saugerties are the only other locations), I wonder what the odds of converting all three to Market 32 would be. There really is no "higher-end" option and it allow them to stand up against their five competitors in that region (ShopRite, Stop & Shop, Hannaford, and to a lesser degree Acme and Tops) doing the same basic thing.
They could probably do so. Unlike the other three, Saugerties has no competition (one has to go to Kingston for other supermarkets) but that hasn't stopped them from converting other stores to Market 32.
They wouldn't have much to lose. I would think that much of Saugerties goes down to Kingston (Hannaford x2, ShopRite, Walmart Supercenter, Adams Fairacre Farms) to grocery shop as it is. A hypothetical Saugerties Market 32 would also get a clientele from elsewhere which would not touch the store otherwise.
Two other locations that would be good for conversions would be Great Barrington, MA (nearest location: Lenox) and Keene, NH (nearest location: Brattleboro, VT). Both would have a lot to gain from converting and are bits of islands in the company, Keene more than Great Barrington.
According to a source of mine at Price Chopper the next two conversions to Market 32 in Connecticut will be Middletown and Bristol. Middletown will probably be first because according to my source they are having "landlord issues" in Bristol.
The Price Chopper in Hudson (Greenport, actually) NY closed in mid September.
They have not done well since the neighboring WalMart moved up the road to build a superstore - the building is now partially occupied by small stores (but not ones that draw a large amount of people regularly) but much is used as a non-retail warehouse.
The ShopRite in town will be moving from its current space (built sort of "behind" the Fairview Plaza in the mid 1990's to replace an older Quonset style ShopRite in the plaza) to the now closed Price Chopper (and also taking over the small space between it and the former Walmart that was originally a Fashion Bug).
ShopRite will also keep the Price Chopper Pharmacy (as they don't have one now) and will open in the new spot by the end of the year.
Quote from: Brammy on January 17, 2017, 07:47:59 PM
Market 32 is coming to a new shopping center planned for Maynard, Massachusetts.
https://cre.nerej.com/colliers-international-secures-68000-sf-market-32-price-chopper/
This is a bit late of a bump, but this past spring Market 32 pulled out of the Maynard development (http://"http://maynard.wickedlocal.com/news/20180511/work-continues-at-maynard-crossing-at-129-parker-st"). They are still looking for a grocery store to take that spot as Maynard still has no grocery store to call their own.
At the same time, perhaps to compensate, the Mountain Street Price Chopper in Worcester https://pricechopperblog.com/a-new-must-see-market-32-arrives-at-mountain-street-in-worcester/ Earlier this year, Vermont gained its first two Market 32 locations via conversions in Brattleboro and South Burlington.
The slow and patchwork rollout makes me wonder if this was all a good move for Price Chopper in the long run.
Edit: Brammy fixed the link.
Am I the only one that feels this chain is on its last legs? At least in CT, I can eventually see them liquidating and going the way of Shaw’s. I don’t think Ahold wants anything to do with them, but if the price was right, and they could sit on some leases, hey, you never know.
Shoprite would do itself good if they pick up some locations of Price Chopper, Windsor, Putnam, Middletown, Torrington and Oxford come to mind.
I always thought it was strange, Big Y bought the old A&P in Middletown, and decided to do nothing with it. However, now I think Big Y would do much better in Chopper’s current building, which is barely 9 years old. It’s a much larger, modern facility. Aside from Rocky Hill, what’s the closest Big Y? Would be a good acquisition. That store anyway.
Quote from: Joeg on December 30, 2018, 08:08:00 AM
Shoprite would do itself good if they pick up some locations of Price Chopper, Windsor, Putnam, Middletown, Torrington and Oxford come to mind.
ShopRite is opening in Cromwell next year, so I doubt they would be interested in the Middletown PC. I believe they were in that lot years ago. I could see Windsor PC being a ShopRite and perhaps even Torrington. What about Newington, Bristol and Southington? I believe these three locations would be better off as some other retailer. I want a ShopRite in the Newington area, but not taking the place of the PC. Always will think of that location as an Ames.
Shoprite has locations in Bristol and Southington, so they would not pick up the PC Locations. However Newington would be a good fit because they would have a store in Cromwell and one in East Hartford.
Quote from: Joeg on December 30, 2018, 01:50:37 PM
Shoprite has locations in Bristol and Southington, so they would not pick up the PC Locations. However Newington would be a good fit because they would have a store in Cromwell and one in East Hartford.
I didn't mean Southington and Bristol PCs become ShopRite (I have shopped at both SRs to know they are in those towns), rather other retailer would go in them if PC closed?
Big Y in Southington would be good, but I don't think they would go into Bristol.
Quote from: Bdubs on December 29, 2018, 10:32:23 PM
Am I the only one that feels this chain is on its last legs? At least in CT, I can eventually see them liquidating and going the way of Shaw’s. I don’t think Ahold wants anything to do with them, but if the price was right, and they could sit on some leases, hey, you never know.
I can't figure out why they ever entered CT to begin with, especially given the non-compete with Big Y that keeps Price Chopper out of the Pioneer Valley. It isn't like they've made any waves in CT and their plan to convert all of their locations to Market 32 has stalled.
Their brand is worth something in New York and to some degree Vermont and Central Massachusetts. Otherwise, the fringe areas of the chain could be done away with quite easily.
I agree, I do not know why they enter CT. Did not know about the non compete clause about the Valley. Time will tell.
Quote from: Scrabbleship on December 30, 2018, 09:35:02 PM
Quote from: Bdubs on December 29, 2018, 10:32:23 PM
Am I the only one that feels this chain is on its last legs? At least in CT, I can eventually see them liquidating and going the way of Shaw’s. I don’t think Ahold wants anything to do with them, but if the price was right, and they could sit on some leases, hey, you never know.
I can't figure out why they ever entered CT to begin with, especially given the non-compete with Big Y that keeps Price Chopper out of the Pioneer Valley. It isn't like they've made any waves in CT and their plan to convert all of their locations to Market 32 has stalled.
Their brand is worth something in New York and to some degree Vermont and Central Massachusetts. Otherwise, the fringe areas of the chain could be done away with quite easily.
When I was a vendor calling on a couple Price Choppers, there were murmurs of a buyout. But, once the company looked further into their finances the sale fell through. I’m not sure what company that was, but that’s a scary thing, especially if you’re an employee of said company.
Quote from: Bdubs on December 31, 2018, 06:46:15 PM
Quote from: Scrabbleship on December 30, 2018, 09:35:02 PM
Quote from: Bdubs on December 29, 2018, 10:32:23 PM
Am I the only one that feels this chain is on its last legs? At least in CT, I can eventually see them liquidating and going the way of Shaw’s. I don’t think Ahold wants anything to do with them, but if the price was right, and they could sit on some leases, hey, you never know.
I can't figure out why they ever entered CT to begin with, especially given the non-compete with Big Y that keeps Price Chopper out of the Pioneer Valley. It isn't like they've made any waves in CT and their plan to convert all of their locations to Market 32 has stalled.
Their brand is worth something in New York and to some degree Vermont and Central Massachusetts. Otherwise, the fringe areas of the chain could be done away with quite easily.
When I was a vendor calling on a couple Price Choppers, there were murmurs of a buyout. But, once the company looked further into their finances the sale fell through. I’m not sure what company that was, but that’s a scary thing, especially if you’re an employee of said company.
Albertson's was the company that kicked the tires of Price Chopper then pulled out of wanting to make an actual deal. The scary thing was that had it gone through there was a fear that a lot of positions would be eliminated at the corporate level which would possibly do some harm to the Capital Region economy.
As explained when this was news, it would have had interesting repercussions in Vermont and Central Massachusetts to name two areas and there probably would be a ton of nameplate-shifting in certain areas too.
I think the Stop and Shop strike is having an affect. I haven't been to PC in Southington on a Sunday in a long time, but they seemed very busy when we went today. I don't remember the last time I've seen them that busy. They didn't have any full size carts left. 2 employees brought in a row of 8 and they went very quickly. They also had 7 registers plus the self checkout open.
The Newington store was so busy that managers from other regions were helping to stock shelves and help the employees with the higher volumes. As slow as their stores are normally, maybe this will show PC that they should remodel their CT stores and try and retain some of this business.
Quote from: Jstar1994 on April 15, 2019, 07:38:34 PM
The Newington store was so busy that managers from other regions were helping to stock shelves and help the employees with the higher volumes. As slow as their stores are normally, maybe this will show PC that they should remodel their CT stores and try and retain some of this business.
The last few times I went to the Newington PC, it was understocked and dirty inside. It usually is somewhat clean, but its hard to tell especially in the produce dept with that tile floor which is the original floor from 14 years ago. Also, there were fewer displays on the sales floor than usual. They seem to have given up.
Quote from: Jstar1994 on April 15, 2019, 07:38:34 PM
The Newington store was so busy that managers from other regions were helping to stock shelves and help the employees with the higher volumes. As slow as their stores are normally, maybe this will show PC that they should remodel their CT stores and try and retain some of this business.
I thought the plan was that they were going to convert all of their CT stores to Market 32 but that plan has seriously stalled. Judging pictures of Newington from Google, if they have kept that decor package (their 90's package with the pastels, but less neon) for this long, it means something must be up. I mean, the nearest full service supermarket to there is Stew Leonard's, the bar is pretty high.
It's like their entry into the market came with guns abalazing - when I lived in Albany I remember seeing WFSB and the Clear Channel/iHeart stations as sponsors for their ski pass - but those guns soon went dead.
Quote from: Scrabbleship on April 17, 2019, 07:24:47 AM
Quote from: Jstar1994 on April 15, 2019, 07:38:34 PM
The Newington store was so busy that managers from other regions were helping to stock shelves and help the employees with the higher volumes. As slow as their stores are normally, maybe this will show PC that they should remodel their CT stores and try and retain some of this business.
I thought the plan was that they were going to convert all of their CT stores to Market 32 but that plan has seriously stalled. Judging pictures of Newington from Google, if they have kept that decor package (their 90's package with the pastels, but less neon) for this long, it means something must be up. I mean, the nearest full service supermarket to there is Stew Leonard's, the bar is pretty high.
It's like their entry into the market came with guns abalazing - when I lived in Albany I remember seeing WFSB and the Clear Channel/iHeart stations as sponsors for their ski pass - but those guns soon went dead.
I agree with what you said. Back in 2004-2005 when Price Chopper expanded in CT beyond their Torrington store, they came in as an innovative "colorful" competitor of its kind. Then, the major competition in the area was Stop and Shop, Shaw's, and to some degree, Big Y. Also, A&P/Foodmart and smaller IGA stores were prevalent at the time. Price Chopper came in to Newington before Stew Leonard's by two years. So all we had was Shaw's down the street, A&P/Foodmart in the center of town, and Stop and Shop on the other side of town with a brand new S&S in Berlin and the one farther down in Wethersfield. PC's draw was their fancy décor, Artisan Breads, Donuts/Bagels, Café and Buffet/Salad Bar, Fried Fish, etc. that perhaps their competitors didn't have. The Southington store even had a bank, UPS Store and Payless within the building for one stop shopping. They even had a cooking station and other add-ons that all gradually disappeared. So much so that they are now just as plain as their competitors were when they opened, but also now, we have more options like Stews and Aldi, Walmart and Target went in to groceries and fresh food since then, and competitors like ShopRite and Big Y have expanded and managed to offer a number of services PC used to offer. Price Chopper seems to be lost in the crowd at this point. Especially locations like Newington that haven't seen a touch of remodeling since they opened. They do have some good sales and pricing on certain items, but they lag behind in store appearance, selection, and identity. They are stuck between Price Chopper and Market 32. I'm not sure the latter would fit with towns like Newington, Bristol and Southington. Even Middletown. It's a decent place to go if you need to, but I feel they just can't keep up with the current market. It's a shame. Newington is in a prime location.
Quote from: Scrabbleship on April 17, 2019, 07:24:47 AM
I thought the plan was that they were going to convert all of their CT stores to Market 32 but that plan has seriously stalled. Judging pictures of Newington from Google, if they have kept that decor package (their 90's package with the pastels, but less neon) for this long, it means something must be up. I mean, the nearest full service supermarket to there is Stew Leonard's, the bar is pretty high.
It's like their entry into the market came with guns abalazing - when I lived in Albany I remember seeing WFSB and the Clear Channel/iHeart stations as sponsors for their ski pass - but those guns soon went dead.
The plan is to convert all the stores (not just in CT, but in all the states they operate in) to the Market 32 concept, but even when first planned it was supposed to take several years to do so (8 to 10, if I remember correctly).
They haven't even done all the stores in their home areas here in NY yet, so it's still likely it will happen (other than getting rid of stores that wouldn't work, like a couple in MA that were far smaller than average), just hasn't been completed yet.
Also - not related to the conversion, but the chain - Jane Golub just passed away (wife of Neal, one of the main ones in the company for years) after becoming ill while travelling to California. They haven't been "officially" involved as much in recent years, but were still well known and often seen at events.
Quote from: BillyGr on April 17, 2019, 06:47:25 PM
The plan is to convert all the stores (not just in CT, but in all the states they operate in) to the Market 32 concept, but even when first planned it was supposed to take several years to do so (8 to 10, if I remember correctly).
They haven't even done all the stores in their home areas here in NY yet, so it's still likely it will happen (other than getting rid of stores that wouldn't work, like a couple in MA that were far smaller than average), just hasn't been completed yet.
Also - not related to the conversion, but the chain - Jane Golub just passed away (wife of Neal, one of the main ones in the company for years) after becoming ill while travelling to California. They haven't been "officially" involved as much in recent years, but were still well known and often seen at events.
They are looking for an outside investor to fund the conversion, because frankly they don't have the resources to pull it off themselves. Re: Jane Golub, her daughter Mona is the company's spokesperson.
Current "Price Chopper" supermarket in Vernon, CT that hasn't even received the remodeled on the inside yet!
Opened in December 2004, has had seldom changes since then.
Quote from: Everything Community on April 28, 2019, 08:11:56 PM
Current "Price Chopper" supermarket in Vernon, CT that hasn't even received the remodeled on the inside yet!
Opened in December 2004, has had seldom changes since then.
Here's a very quick sight of
Price Chopper in
Southington, CT! Now that they have pulled their plug on their store in Vernon, CT, this leaves the supermarket chain with
8 remaining Price Chopper/Market 32 stores in the state. I believe this store seems to be performing well in terms of rating.
Quote from: Everything Community on June 29, 2019, 09:33:09 PM
Quote from: Everything Community on April 28, 2019, 08:11:56 PM
Current "Price Chopper" supermarket in Vernon, CT that hasn't even received the remodeled on the inside yet!
Opened in December 2004, has had seldom changes since then.
Here's a very quick sight of Price Chopper in Southington, CT! Now that they have pulled their plug on their store in Vernon, CT, this leaves the supermarket chain with 8 remaining Price Chopper/Market 32 stores in the state. I believe this store seems to be performing well in terms of rating.
This was our favorite location when they opened. I recently went there a few months ago. The atmosphere of the store was completely different. A huge store with plenty of empty space. It's so unbelievably huge for no reason. The front center aisle area where they used to have the Central Market Florist is now just small aisles filled with store brand merchandise. They struggled to keep the store looking full. It was much darker and run down than it had been since I was last there 12 years ago. It was however neat and clean and well stocked. Southington is benefiting right now from the current absence of Tops IGA which had the fire that destroyed the store. They had a huge following in town and that coupled with the Stop and Shop April/Easter strike has probably kept them going. Southington also had ShopRite as an option during the strike with Aldi and BJs as non traditional options. It's also important to note that there isn't a whole lot of options for grocery stores outside of the Southington area. There is Gnazzos and Big Y in Plainville, however, the towns of Berlin, Meriden and New Britain have only Stop and Shop, so residents most likely travel to Queen Street in Southington to shop. Newington, on the other hand, is lucky to be so central to everything, Price Chopper is one in a big crowd.
Quote from: AmesNewington on June 30, 2019, 08:28:15 AM
This was our favorite location when they opened. I recently went there a few months ago. The atmosphere of the store was completely different. A huge store with plenty of empty space. It's so unbelievably huge for no reason.
Guess they just didn't want to subdivide the building when they took it over from Kmart (which would explain why it's larger than most of their stores).
Probably just never figured out a good way to fill the extra space, as they'd either have to spend a fair amount to make it into a store like their Market Bistro in Latham (NY) with a lot of extra departments (their try at a store like Wegmans has, which if they could succeed might work in an area that chain hasn't yet made it to), or get extra items that would only be stocked for one store to have a large enough variety of "regular" items to fill all the available spaces.
Here's a Price Chopper in Putnam, Connecticut! If you walk inside, it shows a retro supermarket upbeat that still appear in today's standards at many of their unrenovated stores.
It's almost exactly like a now shuttered Vernon, CT store but includes additional "unheard-of" supermarket decor that we never found when we had Price Chopper in our area + a local bank for a one-stop "money-saving" trip. Located near downtown!
Many of their stores are still open 24/7 year-round. In this case, Putnam is so lucky to have a supermarket that is open all day.
BTW, All pics of this store were taken on July 6, 2019 (proof!).
Exterior of the Eastern Parkway Price Chopper under the Market32 label.
Went to the Price Chopper in Bristol, CT today. The store was definitely busier than the one in Southington is. For the most part it seemed better maintained, though the men's room was trash. It also reminded me what a pit Bristol is as there was a thing on the wall in the men's room to deposit used needles. >:(
The green Rehrigs at the Westgate location got outfitted with new wheel locks. Better than seeing boring ass Unarco M90ZXs I guess.
Quote from: Everything Community on July 17, 2019, 08:52:32 PM
Here's a Price Chopper in Putnam, Connecticut! If you walk inside, it shows a retro supermarket upbeat that still appear in today's standards at many of their unrenovated stores.
It's almost exactly like a now shuttered Vernon, CT store but includes additional "unheard-of" supermarket decor that we never found when we had Price Chopper in our area + a local bank for a one-stop "money-saving" trip. Located near downtown!
My current place of employment! If you ever end up going back there I work in the meat department, my name is Brandon.
The Limited-concept store at Railroad Place in Saratoga Springs is closing on April 16th.
https://www.news10.com/news/price-chopper-in-saratoga-springs-closing/ (https://www.news10.com/news/price-chopper-in-saratoga-springs-closing/)
Oh boy, Johnstown's carts just got the Rocateq wheels. Pushout theft must really be bad here for them to have these on the carts like Eastern Parkway and Westgate.
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Malta #184 (an ex-Grand Union heavily remodeled in 2007) is in the process of becoming Market 32.