Interesting analysis of market share trends in Mid-Atlantic

[retailisking]

When you walk into a few stores in a supermarket chain you develop a sixth sense about how a chain is doing by how much traffic the store gets, the stores' condition, and the demographic the stores seem to attract among other factors.  Then there are the actual numbers.  Jeff Metzger documents the rise and fall of various chains - and the dominance of Wawa in the convenience store sector.  A great read as always...
http://best-met.com/column/taking-stock-market-studies-2011/

[shore72]

A very good, very interesting read-thanks for the link! We are in between the discussed areas and so have a mix of these stores. The analysis of Acme, Food Lion & Wawa are especially accurate.