Showing posts with label independent grocery stores. Show all posts
Showing posts with label independent grocery stores. Show all posts
Thursday, February 26, 2009

Independent Grocer Memo: New York's 7,000 Bodega (Small Grocery) Store Owners Say 'No' to Proposed 18% Tax Hike On Juice Drinks and Soda Pop

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Sweet Grocery, pictured above, is a classic, old school Latino family-owned New York City bodega. The name bodega came from these classic st...
Sunday, February 22, 2009

Independent Grocer Memo: Northern California Independent Ben Lomond Market Creates Job For 90-Year Old Man Scammed Out of $738,000 By Bernie Maddoff

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From near-millionaire to $10 an hour, 30 hour per-week grocery store greeter: Ian Thiermann, who's motto is "You do what you have t...
Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Independent Grocer Memo: Tradition, Local Focus, Customer Service and More Keeps Central Oregon USA's Erickson's Thriftway in the Game

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All in the family: Erickson's Thriftway managing partner Doug Schmidt (center) towers over two veteran employees at the Bend, Oregon fl...
Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Independent Grocer Memo: Eight-Store Michigan USA Independent Hiller's Markets Demonstrates Why Independents Survive and Thrive in the U.S.

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Independent Food and Grocery Retailing USA Michigan USA independent grocer Jim Hiller embodies many of the qualities that make the independe...

Independent Grocer Memo: National Grocers' Association Asks President-Elect Obama to Look Out For Independent Grocers When He takes Office in January

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Independent Food & Grocery Retailing USA The National Grocers Association (NGA), the trade association for America's independent gr...
Thursday, November 20, 2008

Independent Grocer Memo: Specialty Supermarket Hubbell & Hudson in Houston Texas' The Woodlands Defies Current Economic Recession

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The Hubbell & Hudson upscale, specialty supermarket in the wealthy The Woodlands communtiy in Texas. [Photo credit: Gary Fountain for t...
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Independent Grocer Memo: Going Where A Chain Store Used to Be; Texas Independent City Market Welcomes the Opportunity

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Neighborhood Food Retailing USA The Minyard supermarket chain may have given up on its store in the Westcliff Shopping Center at 3511 West B...
Sunday, October 26, 2008

Independent Grocer Memo: The Battle of the Brooklyn Independents Need Not Be a Battle; It's All About Finding and Exploiting the Niches

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Neighborhood Food Retailing USA America's neighborhood independent grocers are often faced with competition from the "big guys...
Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Independent Grocer Memo: Despite Two Tesco Fresh & Easy Stores and A New Wal-Mart Marketside Store, Gilbert, AZ USA Grocer is Ready to Rock Downtown

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The Phoenix, Arizona suburb of Gilbert has recently been ground zero for new retail food and grocry store openings. On October 4 , mega-reta...
Monday, September 29, 2008

Independent Grocer Memo: Same Store, New Name, Same Harold

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Guest Memo By Kristina Jarvis The Prince Albert Daily Herald - Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada September 29, 2008 Harold Guy (pictured a...
Thursday, August 21, 2008

Independent Grocer Memo: Birmingham, Alabama USA's Western Supermarkets Goes its Own Way Against the Big Chains With Service and A Local Focus

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From the Natural~Specialty Foods Memo Editor's Desk: The Birmingham, Alabama USA food and grocery sales market has become considerably ...
Monday, July 14, 2008

Independent Grocer Memo: Wolfe's Market; A Case Study On Why Independent Grocers Continue to Survive and Even Thrive in the U.S. Despite Tough Odds

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As we write often about independent grocers in the United States, this food and grocery retailing segment continues to survive and even thri...
Monday, June 2, 2008

Independent Grocer Memo: Four Oregon Independent Grocers Are Symbolic of the Success of the Independent Food Retailing Sector in the United States

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Cary Lowe, owner of The Produce Patch in Bend, Oregon USA helps customer Suzanne Johannsen with her groceries Wednesday afternoon. Lowe rece...
Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Independent Grocer Memo: Utah's 75 Year Old Harmons Combats the Big Chains With Low-Prices; Gets Ready For Whole Foods' By Going Upscale & Natural

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Inside the new, 70,000 square foot Harmons' supermarket in Draper, Utah this morning. The store features tons of specialty, natural and...
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