Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!xenitec!edhew
From: edhew@xenitec.on.ca (Ed Hew)
Newsgroups: ont.general
Subject: Re: Supermarket shakeup?
Summary: is 24 hour operation the key to survival?
Message-ID: <1989Nov2.050658.20130@xenitec.on.ca>
Date: 2 Nov 89 05:06:58 GMT
References: <1989Oct28.204533.16975@telly.on.ca> <1989Oct29.050306.1134@xenitec.on.ca> <17642@watdragon.waterloo.edu>
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Organization: XeniTec Consulting Services, Kitchener, ON
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In article <17642@watdragon.waterloo.edu> afscian@violet.waterloo.edu (Anthony Scian) writes:
>In article <1989Oct29.050306.1134@xenitec.on.ca> edhew@xenitec.UUCP (Ed Hew) writes:
>>
>>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.

I used to patronize Miracle Mart for the same reason a few years back.
Do you see any Miracle Mart stores still in operation in Kitchener?

The problem is that strategies which are consumer-oriented and consumer-
advantageous don't seem to keep grocery stores in business in KW.  I
wonder if this is true elsewhere.

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

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