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From: afscian@violet.waterloo.edu (Anthony Scian)
Newsgroups: ont.general
Subject: Re: Supermarket shakeup?
Message-ID: <17642@watdragon.waterloo.edu>
Date: 29 Oct 89 16:12:55 GMT
References: <1989Oct28.204533.16975@telly.on.ca> <1989Oct29.050306.1134@xenitec.on.ca>
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In article <1989Oct29.050306.1134@xenitec.on.ca> edhew@xenitec.UUCP (Ed Hew) writes:
>In Kitchener, the major national chains never were able to make any
>inroads on the local "giants".  The two main chains in KW are Zehrs
>and DutchBoy.  Their competition is Knectels (Village Markets), plus
>some independents.  After Zehrs and Dutchboy prevented Lablaws from
>coming in and chased Dominion out of town, they sold out to them.
>
>So, the old addage still holds:  "If you can't beat them, buy them".
>
>Of interest:  SuperCentre here lasted about 1/2 a year.  It's a Zehrs now.
>A&P's current incarnation (SuperFresh) has just changed marketing strategy
>again.  I wonder how long they're going to last this time.
They get my business. Their overall low prices and 24 hour operation
were the main selling points. The "new" strategy means less missed
sales for me and a CIBC instant teller inside seals the issue.

Anthony
//// Anthony Scian afscian@violet.uwaterloo.ca afscian@violet.waterloo.edu ////
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