Shaw's and Star Market

[Marc82]

Sometime between the time my mom brought me to work this morning (930AM) and the time she brought me home (3:20PM) they took the sign down at the Southington Shaw's leaving a huge label scare. Also they reversed the Shaw's sign on the sign by the street.

[d_fife]

how many square feet was teh store?

[Marc82]

60,000 (give or take). As far as Shaw's goes it was small.

[XISMZERO]

A shot today of the painted over label scar of the now closed Southington, CT store along Queen Street. This store was a Finast, then Edwards, and then Shaw's when both collapsed. Our board member, Marc82, worked here for a while.

[XISMZERO]

The former Southington, Connecticut Shaw's-Bernie's plaza road pilon. Personally, I never liked this store after it became Shaw's.

[Marc82]

You beat me to it. I was going to post a message, but no picture. Since my family and I live in back of Shaw's whenever my mom or dad bring me home from Price Chopper we cut through the Shaw's Plaza all the time.  I didn't get a chance to post a message cuz as soon as we got home I only had time to change my clothes before we went out again.

[Marc82]

On Friday on the way to work at Price Chopper my mom and I cut through the Southington Parkade (more commonly known as Shaw's Plaza) and we were shocked to discover part of the store is falling down!!!!!

XISMZERO came to town today so we both could get pictures of the damage. (My camera unfortuantely is dead, so I don't have any pics). He will be posting the pictures later this week.

[TRU7536]

What u mean falling down? They tearing it down to make something new ot is it in real bad shape that's its starting to crumble? Bc I was in that area two weeks ago and it seemed fine.

[XISMZERO]

Files won't attach. Let's try again later...

[Marc82]

Originally posted by TRU7536
What u mean falling down? They tearing it down to make something new ot is it in real bad shape that's its starting to crumble? Bc I was in that area two weeks ago and it seemed fine.

I guess it's in such bad shape that it just started to crumble. (The building's about 47 years old after all). I noticed it for the first time on Friday (the 23rd) and the girl at the CVS next door said yesterday that it started falling down about 4 days earlier. Both of us (XISMZERO) and I wonder if it has something to do with the snow.

[XISMZERO]

Sorry, folks! Again, the site won't accept my images (too large)?! I've rarely had this problem as of late... I'll try and get them up soon.

[Marc82]

Update, the building is no longer collapsing. They ripped off the facade where it was all cracked and ripped the covering off the support collums. And that's they way it sits now.

[AmesNewington]

Sadly, there are rumors (just rumors) that the Newington Shaw's is closing. I sure hope they aren't. When we can't get up to Southington to shop at Price Chopper, we shop in town at Shaw's, the only decent full-scale supermarket in Newington.

[TRU7536]

Hey amesnewingtonan where did u hear that rumor about shaws closing down??? I hope its true. Shaws has gottin killed since price chopper and stews opened up. I do want them to close bc can u think of the many possibilites of other stores moving in. I really want the christmas tree shop to move in their, its the perfect size. If its a rumor its probally true, bc their business their has been bad. I wonder if anyone on hear has inside connections to shaws.

[AmesNewington]

Well I like Shaw's, but you have your opinions and I respect that. It had been said that Christmas Tree Shops wasn't coming to Newington. I think there's a post about that on this board.

If only Shaw's can try something to attract customers to the store like a re-model or something, then it wouldn't be so bad. I just hate to see Shaw's go. It wasn't even there that long. 11 years may seem long, but July 1996 seems like yesterday. I have many memories there like sitting and eating in the food court, shopping there weekly, so that's why I feel that way.

[Marc82]

Just got word Friday night from a friend who works at the Waterbury Shaw's that they'll be closing their doors on September 1st. This will make the 5th Shaw's in CT that has closed since last October.  The others being (Southington, New Britain, Glastonbury, and Bridgeport). No word yet on whether other stores will close.

[frameguy2704]

2 Shaws in RI are also closing Sept 1st. Providence, and Pawtucket.

[Marc82]

Okay. So that brings it up to 10 that will have closed since last October because  Worcester, Mashpee, and New Bedford, Mass closed too.

[Zayre88]

Originally posted by Marc82
Okay. So that brings it up to 10 that will have closed since last October because  Worcester, Mashpee, and New Bedford, Mass closed too.

What's wrong with Shaw's, is it the locations that were too small / old?  Is it more competition (Stop & Shop)?

[AmesNewington]

To my knowledge, that was a nice brand new store. This doesn't seem right at all. I thought when looking at the title of your post that Newington was closing. But at the moment, they have a big sign in front of the store that says that Osco Pharmacy is accepting Brook's customers. I'm confused.

As far as Newington is concerned, some customers of Price Chopper in Newington complain about the meat in that store and say they will go to Shaw's in Newington for meat instead. That should say something for this Shaw's. I like Price Chopper, especially the Southington store, but in no way would I think that PC is putting Shaw's out of business. I know Waterbury has PC as well. Neither is Stew Leonards. That is a whole different kind of store. We also have Super Foodmart and Stop and Shop in town. The thing is that we get Hartford people over to Wal Mart in Newington, so they must be grocery shopping on the turnpike as well. Shaw's has been here for 11 years, they are liked by many people in Newington. And as for Waterbury, that's a big town and I can't understand why it is not doing well.

Yeah, I agree, what is wrong with Shaw's? Are they financially unstable at the moment?

[AmesNewington]

Oh, this article doesn't make much sense. The RI store explanations are reasonable, but they just want to close Waterbury for investments for the company, not based on how many people shop there and are happy with the store. They have goals...what goals? I hope they are going to take their investments and put something in to their older stores that need an update.

And what is it with Bristol? It still does well while it still sits next to Price Chopper. Wow. I guess there is hope then. It depends on how customers take to a certain location. That was the only logical thing I got from the article. I can't see how they can keep transferring employees to other stores. They just did that last year, and from what I have heard while shopping at Shaw's is that employees from other stores such as New Britain, hardly have enough hours. Transferring within the Union other employees to Stop and Shop makes sense.

Well, these past few weeks, with my mom's business, as a family, we have been spending over $300 at Shaw's for groceries per week, plus we have been going there for miscellaneous holiday needs. I'm still hoping that Newington doesn't close. As for now, if the company backs off on more closings, hopefully this Shaw's will be spared from closing for at least a year. I'll take it.

[AmesNewington]

I wanted to share this with everyone about my last few visits to Shaw's in Newington. If by chance anyone shops there or at other Shaw's, you should be aware that they make many mistakes, some not for your benefit. This happened to my mom just recently.

I go with my mom grocery shopping at the Newington Shaw's every Saturday morning at 7AM, so my mom isn't fully awake and tries to get through the shopping rather quickly. Anyway, two weeks ago, we did our shopping, and checked out. We happened to have a $10 off $150 purchase coupon and we cashed in on the Labor Day promotion ($20 off total order) to give us a total savings of $30.00 that week. We also had other manufacturer coupons. We usually spend $250 a week, so we expected a big discount. The bill ended up being $310, and we didn't buy anything extra. When we got out to the car, I looked at the receipt, and noticed the Meat dept. subtotal was $111.00. We usually spend $30 on meat so that wasn't right. It just so happens someone in the meat dept. put the wrong label on the ham we purchased. They charged us $79 for it!:o So, luckily the lady at the service desk was nice and even laughed about the mistake. The bill went down! :bouncing:

So, next week comes along, and we had another $10 off coupon with us. Again, we bought the same as last week. The bill ended up being $260. That seemed reasonable, but a bit odd as we had the $10 coupon and other coupons. So when we got home I looked at the receipt as I do every week anyway. This time they put the wrong label on a pound of chicken breast from the deli with a labek for proscuitto(?) and we were charged $13.00 for the chicken breast as opposed to the $5.99 l/b we should have paid.

This time my dad went in the evening Saturday, and he (supposedly) got the $7.00 back. He also bought two items and some of the money from the deli meat was to be used to pay for the two items which totaled $6.54. Oddly, the girl at the desk said he owed $3.00. He too didn't think twice and paid the money. He looked at the receipt and realized, he was cheated out of almost $3.00. He really wasn't concerned about the $3.00, but the carelessness and incompetent associates at the store.

I too am shocked at how this store is being ran. This Shaw's has been going through many management changes, and it is seeming to get worse.

Just remember to look at your receipt. Any store can make a mistake. However, three in a row is a bit much.

[standa]

Do any Shaw's stores still have food courts?

I remember one at the New Britain, CT store  about ten years ago.  However when Shaw's built stores in southern Connecticut a few years later food courts were not included.

[AmesNewington]

Shaw's no longer have the food courts, at least in CT. That concept was scrapped around 1999/2000. Too bad, because I liked the food courts. They replaced the food court with a bigger lobby in my town.

[Marc82]

Originally posted by AmesNewington
I wanted to share this with everyone about my last few visits to Shaw's in Newington. If by chance anyone shops there or at other Shaw's, you should be aware that they make many mistakes, some not for your benefit. This happened to my mom just recently.

I go with my mom grocery shopping at the Newington Shaw's every Saturday morning at 7AM, so my mom isn't fully awake and tries to get through the shopping rather quickly. Anyway, two weeks ago, we did our shopping, and checked out. We happened to have a $10 off $150 purchase coupon and we cashed in on the Labor Day promotion ($20 off total order) to give us a total savings of $30.00 that week. We also had other manufacturer coupons. We usually spend $250 a week, so we expected a big discount. The bill ended up being $310, and we didn't buy anything extra. When we got out to the car, I looked at the receipt, and noticed the Meat dept. subtotal was $111.00. We usually spend $30 on meat so that wasn't right. It just so happens someone in the meat dept. put the wrong label on the ham we purchased. They charged us $79 for it!:o So, luckily the lady at the service desk was nice and even laughed about the mistake. The bill went down! :bouncing:

So, next week comes along, and we had another $10 off coupon with us. Again, we bought the same as last week. The bill ended up being $260. That seemed reasonable, but a bit odd as we had the $10 coupon and other coupons. So when we got home I looked at the receipt as I do every week anyway. This time they put the wrong label on a pound of chicken breast from the deli with a labek for proscuitto(?) and we were charged $13.00 for the chicken breast as opposed to the $5.99 l/b we should have paid.

This time my dad went in the evening Saturday, and he (supposedly) got the $7.00 back. He also bought two items and some of the money from the deli meat was to be used to pay for the two items which totaled $6.54. Oddly, the girl at the desk said he owed $3.00. He too didn't think twice and paid the money. He looked at the receipt and realized, he was cheated out of almost $3.00. He really wasn't concerned about the $3.00, but the carelessness and incompetent associates at the store.

I too am shocked at how this store is being ran. This Shaw's has been going through many management changes, and it is seeming to get worse.

Just remember to look at your receipt. Any store can make a mistake. However, three in a row is a bit much.

It's not just Shaw's. Yesterday a lady at the Southington Price Chopper was charged $60/pound for Sara Lee Deli Ham!!!!!

[Marc82]

Originally posted by AmesNewington
Shaw's no longer have the food courts, at least in CT. That concept was scrapped around 1999/2000. Too bad, because I liked the food courts. They replaced the food court with a bigger lobby in my town.

While Shaw's don't have food courts anymore, they have what's known as LaCarte where you can pick up slices of pizzas, whole pizzas, grinders, rotassire chickens, and other things like that. There's just not a place to sit down and eat your food.

[Marc82]

The former Shaw's on Route 10 in Southington is now available For Rent. It appears to cost $70k/month for just over 60/k of retail space. It's a sublease through Shaw's.

http://www.fastfacility.com/ct/FactSheet.asp?22624

[XISMZERO]

Wouldn't ya know I have a picture of it from yesterday (Saturday 10-13-07).

[XISMZERO]

The new road sign for an ugly, falling apart plaza. (1,100th post, yay!)

[Zayre88]

A very old Shaw's supermarket in Portsmouth NH. One of last Shaw's around here that did not went through a renovation, expansion or relocation. It still has the old logo and is called a Super Shaw's (without Osco pharmacy).