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Skriven 2014-06-01 07:36:49 av Dave Drum (1:18/200)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
Ärende: HY-VEE was: ALDI @ China-Mart
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-=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DD> I am waiting to see where (Wednesday or Sunday) that the new Hy-Vee
 DD> flyers get published. The one for their We're Open! Ain't We Great?
 DD> was in a Sunday paper. Humphrey's (an important market to me) has a

 DD> The latest Wednesday paper had a biggish advert selection from the new
 DD> Hy-Vee. So, that's answered.

 RH> But will they continue with advertising that much as they settle into
 RH> the area or is it just a ploy to get customers? Lots of "deals" in it,
 RH> I presume?

Dunno. The self-congratulatory and "Welcome to Town" stuff will evaporate. For 
the rest .... They only just opened on May 15. Working next door north 
(literally) I often curse the traffic that they have generated when I want to 
pull out of our parking lot. And their parking lot is *ALWAYS* full during the 
usual hours .... and pretty full as late as 11 pee em (it's a 24 hour store) 
and as early as 5 ayem.

I haven't been inside the store yet - but, I did buy gas for the company truck 
at their attached gasoline facility - it was 15c/gal less than even the 
El-Cheapos in town - the pay-at-the-pump part is available 25 hours also.

I heard some people whinging about some of Hy-Vee's prices being high on some 
things. I commented to one group of those whiners "Didn't your Mommies teach 
you how to SHOP? No one is pulling a gun on you to make you buy everything in 
one store."

 RH> We get Aldi's, Harris Teeter, Lowe's and Food Lion on Wednesdays, the
 RH> others on Sundays. Aldi's built their store within eye shot of W-M and
 RH> for a while, took a lot of their business. I think that's slacked off
 RH> now since folks can't do the one store for everything at Aldi's.

See my comment above about buying it all in one place.
 
 DD> That's the new business model for ALDI - apparently their bean
 DD> counters think it's working for them. Me, I'd rather they left the
 DD> stores closer to the centre city. Especially as I don't shop
 DD> China-Mart on principle.

 RH> I know, but some things we can't get elsewhere or have more of a
 RH> distance to go to get them.

See my comment above about buying it all in one place. Of course one has to 
balance the time and transport cost against the savings of shopping around. 
But, a smart shopper knows where the prices are best and works out a 
route/schedule for getting in on those bargains.
 
 RH> Got to go where they can get the space too.

 DD> But, the ALDI stores here were in well established locations and going
 DD> a pretty good business (nearly always a two or more person line at the

 RH> Raleigh has a couple of Aldi's but it's 20 miles away. One's in a semi
 RH> residential area, the other is on a major road in a plaza with a number
 RH> of other stores. Not sure if either of them are on a bus line.

 DD> On the other hand Nieman's County Market opened a 24 hour smaller
 DD> pattern stupormarkup close to downtown and within a short trudge of a
 DD> lot of low-income and public housing ... not to mention the medical
 DD> district. They are picking up some of the slack left by ALDI running
 DD> off to the countryside - and making a good profit whilst they are at
 DD> it.

 RH> Somebody will move in and make money. Up where my folks live, the
 RH> Dollar General started selling a lot more groceries after Irene took
 RH> out the only grocery store in town. Not the best location as it's not
 RH> really walkable by the infirm but it was back up and running long
 RH> before the grocery store was. I"m not sure if they are still carrying a
 RH> lot on the grocery line or if they cut back after the grocery store
 RH> reopened.

It's a "shelf-space" battle. If they got some people habituated to buying 
grocery items from them and the merch continues to turn over at a decent clip 
they will probably continue to stock it. Especially as $$ General can likely 
offer better pricing than an independent grocer - due to their bulk buying 
power.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Dollar Cocktail Buns
 Categories: Breads
      Yield: 48 Buns
 
      1 pk Active dry yeast
      1 c  Warm water-110-115øF/43-46øC
      3 tb Sugar
      1 ts Salt
      3 tb Shortening; melted
      1 lg Egg; beaten (reserve one tb
           - for brushing)
      3 c  (to 3 1/4 c) flour
           Poppy, sesame or caraway
           - seeds
 
  For serving large groups, double the recipe. Rolls may be
  frozen until party time.
  
  Soften yeast in warm water in mixing bowl. Stir in sugar,
  salt, shortening and egg. Gradually add flour to make a
  stiff dough. (Use mixer on low speed until dough starts
  to climb beater. Stir in remaining flour with a spoon.)
  Cover; store in refrigerator at least 1 hour or longer.
  
  Make buns the size of a silver dollar. Place on greased
  baking sheet; brush with reserved egg mixed with a
  teaspoon water. Sprinkle with poppy, sesame or caraway
  seeds. Cover; let rise in warm place until double, about
  30 minutes.
  
  Bake at 400øF/205øC for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden
  brown.
  
  Split and fill with slice of ham, cheese, dab of mustard
  and horseradish.
  
  Makes about 4 dozen
  
  Source: Recipe booklet: Collector's Bake Book, Occident/
  King Midas Flour, Peavey Company Flour Mills, (1960's)
  
  From: http://www.recipelink.com
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
MMMMM

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