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259 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined 19 Oct
That does not ring true for any of the places I've lived.
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142 sats \ 4 replies \ @Scoresby OP 20 Oct
I don't know how they counted (percent of population near store? Total store count? Gross revenue per state?), but I think cities distort things. By way of example: I lived in Seattle and couldn't find a Safeway anywhere. Grew up in a different NW town that had no Safeway, yet I suspect they are right. It's a big state.
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100 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined 20 Oct
I wonder if they aggregate up to parent company. Carrs is very popular in the PNW and it's owned by Safeway. Same might go for some of the others.
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144 sats \ 2 replies \ @optimism 20 Oct
If they do that, it's not done consistently, as many of these are subsidiary brands of larger corporations:
Albertsons = Safeway = ACME = Jewel-Osco
Kroger = Fry's = King Soopers = Dillons = Harris Teeter
(Ahold Delhaize) = Giant = Food Lion = Stop & Shop = Hannaford
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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 20 Oct
OK, I think what happened though, in the case of Safeway in particular, is that it bought out the most popular chain of stores and eventually changed the name.
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102 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 20 Oct
Yeah, most of these have been "centralized" through M&A.
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202 sats \ 2 replies \ @BlokchainB 19 Oct
My goodness 49 other states are missing out on the greatness of Wegmans. Sprouts is pretty solid as well but Safeway and Kroger are blah!
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120 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 20 Oct
Wegmans is fab!
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52 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scoresby OP 20 Oct
Never been to a Wegmans, bit sprouts never impressed me. I agree with your assessment of Safeway and Kroger.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Sandman 19 Oct
One here called "SPAR" in CR
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 20 Oct
That's a Dutch co-op
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