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According to Tribune Reporter Kathy Steele, the Albertson's at 22nd and Hillsbough is closing.
Too bad. I liked having choices, even though 99.99% of the time I shopped at our little Publix.
Over the years I have seen more Albertson's come and go. What is it with that store?
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6/10/2006 03:25:00 PM
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I've only been in 3 of them, but they were all dirty.
The Seminole Heights Albertsons is just one of many closing across the country.
They're closing in San Francisco too.
" With its purchase by a group of investment firms completed June 2, the newly formed Albertsons LLC announced Tuesday it would shed 37 stores described as "under-performing" in Northern California."
I want to know how someone can call this a Seminole Heights store?
It's not at Seminole Heights store but people get confused about the borders all the time, including the newspapers.
I want to know how people give such a rats ass about if its in Seminole Heights or not. Get a life.
Let me be the first to invite you to go outside and play a nice lively version of "go screw yourself"
Heh you want to argue on the internet and yet you claim to know what "outside" is? Seriously man a Anonymous comment on the internet telling me to go screw myself. Wow. Cuts deep.
Do you? Why jump in even thinking it had anything to do with you? Had you posted in this at all? Had all my " neighbors" No, you hadn't. Maybe YOU should get YOUR head out of YOUR ass. You think you know who is posting what? How do you even know if this is the same person or even if it was ALL done by the same person? You clearly have no life and want to continue an argument you weren't even a part of so bring it on. I am going to actually do something with my day so you might have to do it with someone else. Is that okay "dude"?
Great. Now none of us get ice cream.
But MOM he started it!! NO FAIR
I know its a little out of the way but have you ever tried the Kash and Karry on Hills and Armenia? Its pretty nice and I think they are turning it into a Sweetbay.
Great wine selection.
I went to the Kash n Karry for the first time last night. I thought it was a little dingy and the selection was poor. This might be because they are renovating. However, the customer service was good and the other customers were friendly.
Wild Oats at 275 and Dale Mabry..a fantastic, if a little pricey, grocery store!
I think Natures Harvest on MacDill has better prices and selection and the staff is very helpful. To me Wild Oats is too commercial.
for produce, go to the mexican vendors on hillsboro ave....best in town and cheapest.
for meat, sweet bay is better than publix.
for anything else, its worth a trip to a super walmart.
so there!
Nature's Harvest gets my vote...it's home owned & operated. Wild Oats is a corporate franchise.
As a former employee of Publix and still a stockholder there's only one choice for me. I did notice how the Kash and Karry on Florida and Fletcher is now a Sweetbay. I'll check it out once but I'm betting the customer service still blows.
I went to the neighborhood Walmart at Busch and Florida tonight. Thier selection was awful, the produce over ripe, the employees were all over the aisles making it impossible to shop. They were totally out of bread (second time) the floors were sticky and dirty, they only had 4 lanes open. I WILL NEVER GO THERE AGAIN! (But Albertsons was always just as bad.)
walmat is not the place for produce. go to the vendors on hillsboro. walmart has the cheapest prices, but no one claimed their employees were perfect. as for 'customer service' at publix vs k&k, what does that mean? the ability to ring up yr order w/o a mistake? otherwise ,i can find my own mustard, thanks.
I think it is more the total indifference of the employees at KnK that might be the issue.
All of the KnK will either be turned into SweetBay or be closed - KnK is gone forever - the one at Neb & MLK is scheduled to be converted in October.
The Publix on Nebraska in SH was the site of one of the original stores of this successful chain. They sought to close the store in the 80s but the neighborhood appealed to them to build a smaller store with less parking than they hoped for. Not only that but they kept the Art Deco sign when asked. They always support neighborhood events and provide food.
Because of the size, it can't offer everything, but I like the compact nature of the store. I hate shopping in warehouses. Their support of the neighborhood is worth the loyalty that the neighborhood gives them.
sorry, but im shopping wherever its cheapest and that aint publix. as for the albertsons closing, hard to fathom how its not profitable. it looks very busy most of the time. in a state that grows so much produce, catches so much fish and raises so many farm animals, its hard to fathom how come food quality in the supermarkets here sucks so bad.
I like clean.
Call me a cleanomaniac but Publix seems to be the cleanest out of all of them.
The food tastes a lot better too.
I used to work at that albertsons, and it was pretty stressful. All the efforts we made to satisfy the customers were just thrown in our faces time and time again. Some people are never satisfied, no matter how hard you try, and corporate didn't help us, they hurt us. Because of that store's location, it was treated like "not a publix" instead of reputable grocer with great sales and dedicated employees. Corporate didn't want to provide the labor necessary for "extraordinary" service, the store manager was just a corporate "puppet", and the supervisors were indifferent in all aspects of running the store. I have also worked at Publix, and Publix spends a hell of a lot of money insuring great customer service. They just give away overtime and do what ever it takes. They are also very strict about who becomes a manager there. I liked both stores. Publix has earned it's respect, very carefully, taking no risks. Albertson's provided better benefits, and opportunities for advancement. Maybe if they had focused on pleasing the customers rather than the investors, the company may be doing better. It's a mystery to me how a grocery store in the middle of town with "no" local competition, and too many customers to handle could close down? I think the problem is Larry Johnston's (the ceo)terrible management skills. Now that he has "down sized" to benefit the company, what will be his excuse when the remaining stores continue under performing?
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