Food Lion closing near our house, while shopping overheard an emplyee say where were

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Gramps said:
Several older people went there for lunch or early dinner. It was a gathering place for them.

The Ryans and Food Lion both closing is around 75-100 jobs lost.

I don't know of any chains closing these large of numbers since 1985-1995.
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Circuit city closed a 100 plus stores a few years ago to stave off death, then proceeded to die shortly after.
 
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Yankee_Vol said:
Food Lion Sucks
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I went to a food lion while at the beach a few years back to get food. I went to the deli to get some sammich meat. I said, "give me a half pound of that turkey". She said, "you don't want that" and shook her head. I then asked for the roast beef and she said I didn't want that either.
I actually asked her if I was on candid camera.
 
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allvol123 said:
Circuit city closed a 100 plus stores a few years ago to stave off death, then proceeded to die shortly after.
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Yes, I had forgot about them. They had just opened a new store in East Knoxville and closed it shortly after opening. I thought that was an odd move by a corporation.
 
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Gramps said:
Several older people went there for lunch or early dinner. It was a gathering place for them.

The Ryans and Food Lion both closing is around 75-100 jobs lost.

I don't know of any chains closing these large of numbers since 1985-1995.
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Kmart, Sears, Circuit City
 
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we're overrun with FL's around here. They've tried to remodel them and make them a bit more upscale but it still doesn't really work. Not terrible but they're so close we use them for quick trips
 
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I've got 2 Publix stores and 3 Krogers within 10 minutes of my house. I'm thinking of suing Planning and Zoning over my obesity.
 
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GAVol said:
Kmart, Sears, Circuit City
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Sears and Kmart was just announced a few months ago.
What I was meaning by my post is there has not been these types of closing since the 90's. Another sign of a bad economy
 
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GAVol said:
I've got 2 Publix stores and 3 Krogers within 10 minutes of my house. I'm thinking of suing Planning and Zoning over my obesity.
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Dang! Are you serious??? Now that the Food Lion is closing, closest to me is minimum of 15 minutes away. Next one is at least 25-30.
 
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Gramps said:
Sears and Kmart was just announced a few months ago.
What I was meaning by my post is there has not been these types of closing since the 90's. Another sign of a bad economy
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No doubt about it. I'm on the road all the time and I constantly marvel at the amount of vacant commercial space. Inventory is so high that it will be years before the construction industry to recovers.
 
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vollygirl said:
Dang! Are you serious??? Now that the Food Lion is closing, closest to me is minimum of 15 minutes away. Next one is at least 25-30.
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In Chattanooga? Where do you live? The bottom of Ruby Falls?
 
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GAVol said:
I've got 2 Publix stores and 3 Krogers within 10 minutes of my house. I'm thinking of suing Planning and Zoning over my obesity.
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Yep. I have 2 publix, 2 kroger and a walmart grocery only (i think) within 2 miles of my house. They are in 2 different counties and I'm right in the middle of them.
 
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We've got HyVee, Safeway, and Shnucks here. All are thriving surrounded by several Walmarts and Target SuperCenters. HyVee is amazing. I have 2 within 5 minutes of me and a Walmart 3 minutes away. I never go to Walmart. I go to Target every once in a while for their pre-made deli sandwiches. I'm going to miss the convenience when I move to the middle of nowhere for school.
 
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I can't believe how quickly y'all can get to a grocery store. There is a fresh produce place that is AWESOME on my way home from work. If I had a meat market, I'd be in heaven.
 
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VOLatile said:
We've got HyVee, Safeway, and Shnucks here. All are thriving surrounded by several Walmarts and Target SuperCenters. HyVee is amazing. I have 2 within 5 minutes of me and a Walmart 3 minutes away. I never go to Walmart. I go to Target every once in a while for their pre-made deli sandwiches. I'm going to miss the convenience when I move to the middle of nowhere for school.
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I loved hyvee when I lived in missouri. I wish I had one of those. Im a minister and one of the girls that was in our youth is at etsu and lost her job in this deal. We have a small local owned grocery and I like it a lot. The closest chain is a food lion and its 25the mins away.
 
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Schnucks(owned by Alberton's I think) just closed their stores here in Memphis a couple months ago. I heard Publix wanted to by them, but Kroger beat them to it. No other major grocery chain in Memphis other than Kroger.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
Did Shoney's close down a bunch of stores, also?
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I don't know that they have closed any recently. They may still be closing some stores. Shoney's has gone through some tough times for a long time.
They use to be Shoney's Big Boy. IIRC, they split up in the 80's or 90's that resulted in some closings or name change.
I believe they bankrupted and been sold a couple of times which resulted in more closings.
 
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They have Kroger here, but they are called Fred Meyer. Quite a bit higher then Walmart
 
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