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18604
... even ... as ... like ... Kelloggs ... inside ... I wonder if there was a sign posted in front of the store mentioning that the food and other products...
tobyradloff
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Oct 1, 2007
12:47 pm
18605
I don't remember if this place had a sign that said that the items on sale were "collectables" and not for eating and drinking. One interesting thing about...
Kyle B. Miller
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Oct 1, 2007
3:01 pm
18606
... Dang! Why did this place have to close? I would have loved to see it, too! If there was really any confusion as to what it was, they weren't marketing it...
jpmnewyork
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Oct 1, 2007
5:00 pm
18607
... I have seen grocery bags from strange areas as well...some of the produce and food vendors at the West Side Market often use grocery bags from out of state...
tobyradloff
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Oct 2, 2007
12:23 am
18608
... There is also the "Bi-Rite" supermarket chain in Ohio, which, I assume, is not just for bi-sexuals. There are at least a few other businesses that use the...
tobyradloff
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Oct 2, 2007
12:36 am
18609
Here're a couple: * A store at the Mackinaw Crossings mall in Mackinaw City, Michigan sells nothing but popcorn in all sorts of flavors. (Actually, this whole...
wachovia_138
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Oct 2, 2007
2:53 am
18610
Funny you should mention it. I was in a store yesterday that is just jam-packed with old grocery items, but it is definitely an antique store. It's housed in...
davidmcgrann
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Oct 2, 2007
8:21 pm
18611
Value City to close up to 24 stores Wednesday, October 3, 2007 4:40 PM By Amy Saunders THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Retail Ventures Inc. is selling up to 24 Value...
groceryjunkie666
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Oct 4, 2007
12:20 am
18612
Thursday, September 13, 2007 Parisian stores only in Metro Nathan Hurst / The Detroit News LIVONIA -- Metro Detroit quietly gained a piece of regional retail ...
groceryjunkie666
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Oct 4, 2007
12:24 am
18613
As such, Parisian falls into the category of a chain that no longer operates in the city in which it originated. In this case, it's migrated from Birmingham to...
Ken Dillard
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Oct 4, 2007
1:46 am
18614
The future doesn't look too positive for this chain as a whole. Burlington Coat will of course convert them to their own formats, and it's hard to tell yet if...
Matt
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Oct 4, 2007
3:25 am
18615
... Haven't seen a list of the Value City stores that are being sold yet; however, if Burlington Coat Factory were to take over the Value City on Miles Avenue...
tobyradloff
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Oct 4, 2007
1:23 pm
18616
... Also, to me, Value City sort of reminds me of a clone of Big Lots and TJ Maxx. They are a good place to buy name brand shoes at a reasonable price, and...
tobyradloff
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Oct 4, 2007
1:32 pm
18617
There are two competing proposals in Solon for mixed use developments ala Crocker Park.? Both include proposed department stores.? I could see Macy's coming to...
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Oct 4, 2007
1:52 pm
18618
... and ... reasonable ... clothing ... The ... you'd ... the "old- ... Uncle ... and ... of ... UFCW ... There are a couple of things hampering Value City, in...
groceryjunkie666
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Oct 4, 2007
1:59 pm
18621
Here's a thought. Why not convert the better locations to Filene's Basement? In the Baltimore area, Filene's just opened in Columbia. They have a location...
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Oct 4, 2007
5:12 pm
18622
Of the two stores they announced in Columbus, one is in a center owned by the Schottenstein family, in a new center but a sleepy "B+" location, near Kmart &...
groceryjunkie666
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Oct 4, 2007
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18623
Just about every Value City store I've seen has been kind of junky looking. They're nice stores, sure (I come from a family of penny pinchers), but it seems...
wachovia_138
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Oct 4, 2007
6:49 pm
18624
So Value City is concentrated in the mid-west, mid-Atlantic and southeast. Filene's is much the same, except northeast instead of southeast-except with an...
southjerseyhere
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Oct 4, 2007
7:52 pm
18625
My two cents on this whole thing, I can remember living in Ohio and for some odd reason my parents never would walk into Value City. I think it was because...
Edina Nikovic
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Oct 4, 2007
8:25 pm
18626
I don't have a problem with the name, but I never was a big fan of theirs, either. IMO Schottensteins/Value City has always been basically a ghetto store. A...
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Oct 4, 2007
8:50 pm
18627
... You have to watch overexpanding ... there are only so many seconds to go around. Overstoring yourself means you have to put a lot of filler in the mix and...
groceryjunkie666
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Oct 4, 2007
8:51 pm
18628
Yea, I think that is what I was getting at. There isn't much value going just cheap crap. Maybe my parents were right all along. My parents live in an Orthodox...
Edina Nikovic
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Oct 4, 2007
9:14 pm
18629
... up ... a ... this ... sabbath ... they ... of ... the ... Jewish ... provide ... I also remember that when Jerome Schottenstein passed away last August,...
tobyradloff
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Oct 4, 2007
9:33 pm
18630
... The Schottenstein stores, which are usually open on Sundays, closed on one Sunday in August because of Jerome Schottenstein's passing. I was in Columbus...
tobyradloff
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Oct 4, 2007
9:38 pm
18631
... while ... store ... became ... Jerome died several years ago, and the arena complex at Ohio State is named for him. The arena itself is called Value City...
groceryjunkie666
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Oct 4, 2007
9:52 pm
18632
http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/40/40414.html Schottenstein Stores Corporation Company Profile Schottenstein Stores is where the Schottenstein family keeps its retail...
groceryjunkie666
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Oct 4, 2007
10:34 pm
18633
I may be the only person here that actually LIKES Value City. Not as much as I used to, but still, it's kind of fun. I've bought some really cool stuff...
Steven Swain
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Oct 5, 2007
3:22 am
18634
... I agree with you fully. Last time I was at a Marshalls/TJ Maxx/Ross it seems all woman focused. Men's clothing anyway is sparse and most of the stores are...
Matt
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Oct 6, 2007
2:49 am
18635
I was in southern Ohio again today on business. The geek in me wanted to try out my new cell phone camera to see if I could sneak some retail shots. I chose...
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