Dan Minette wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 11:21 PM
> Subject: Re: B!in: some thoughts and quotes.
>
> > Dan Minette wrote:
> >
> >
> > A number of the smaller chains in New Englnad were in trouble before I
> > ever set eyes on a Wal-Mart.
>
> These were some good size chains, with at least scores of stores. I
> remember reading about this around '91 or so.
Zayre was going down and was bought by Ames at some point, and then Ames
was in trouble.
Rich's ran into trouble, sold a bunch of the properties they owned and
closed the stores on those properties, which meant the one 3 miles from
our house was gone. (I think that fully half the shirts I owned in
junior high and high school were bought at that particular store.)
I can't remember just when various things happened, but I think the
Zayre being absorbed by Ames happened before 1991. I could be wrong,
though -- hazy on which trip it was that I found out that X had happened
for a lot of X. (After I graduated high school, I wasn't thoroughly on
top of every shift and every opening or closing of a business on Rt.
101A in Nashua.... But, come to think of it, I remember buying
something at a Zayre store in August 1989, very specifically that month,
so that puts a time restriction on the Zayre/Ames deal.)
> > I don't know about unionization where I am, but I believe that
> > Albertson's isn't unionized, I'd guess that the Randall's here aren't,
> > and I don't think HEB is. FWIW, Randall's is the most expensive of the
> > three here -- how does it compare with Krogers? (If what you're after
> > is at HEB, there's a very, very good chance that that's the cheapest
> > place of the three for that item.)
>
> I agree with your comment on HEB, who also pays a bit better than Randalls
> and Kroegers. Kroegers is a touch cheaper than Randall's, but not nearly
> as good a value as HEB. But, Kroegers is the corner store for me, so I'll
> ride my bike over to pick up a couple of things.
The employees at HEB seem, on average, more enthusiastic, as well.
The nearest one to me is an Albertson's, but there's so much that I buy
regularly that they don't carry that HEB does, that I don't buy very
much there.
The next two nearest grocery stores are HEBs. I do most of my shopping
at the one in Round Rock, because they carry more of what I want to buy
than any other store. (I also go to Whole Foods, which is an entirely
different kettle of fish. More organic, for one thing -- no
preservatives in those fish.)
> > I'm hoping we don't have too much of that in our neighborhood when my
> > kids reach that age, because *they* sure as heck aren't getting a BMW
> > convertible. (They're probably getting POS used Chevys.) Having had to
> > deal with such individuals, I don't want to raise any of my children to
> > be like that.
>
> If you live and teach your values well, it should turn out OK. Our kids
> were happy driving "the tank" as they progressively became the kid at home
> with a driver's license. "The tank" is an old conversion van that's been
> getting shabbier as it ages, but does just fine for the trip to school.
What's important is that the vehicle runs reliably and is safe. :)
Julia
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