The Dallas Morning News reports that Kroger is doing well in D-FW area. My own experience has shown Kroger to be much stronger here, but these hard numbers show Kroger is up 3.5% since 2004.
Kroger, the No. 2 U.S. grocer after Wal-Mart, seems to have figured out best how to live with the new reality.
Besides Wal-Mart and SuperTarget, Kroger was the only chain to gain market share in D-FW among the big six operators last year, according to data compiled by Market Scope, a publication of ACNielsen Trade Dimensions.
“Kroger is the only Wal-Mart rival thats had continuity, and its held up very well and continues to gain market share,” said Ed Fox, a marketing professor at Southern Methodist University who has studied the local grocery market for several years. “Tom Thumbs ability to compete was damaged by the change in ownership to Safeway, who tried to make all the stores homogenous. They’ve stabilized and are looking good relative to Albertsons.”
I keep waiting for Albertsons to pull out of this market entirely. The Albertsons at Custer and McDermott in Allen is one awful store.
DallasNews.com: Lakewood Minyard to be Whole Foods
Whole Foods is moving into Lakewood, and Minyard is moving out.
Whole Foods Market Inc. will announce today that it has bought the Lakewood Minyard Food Store and will tear it down to make way for a 50,000-square-foot Whole Foods. The new store will replace the chain’s original Dallas location on Lower Greenville Avenue.
I wonder if Whole Foods will put a spa in the new Lakewood store?
DallasNews.com: Grocers hope to pass taste tests
Two of the most closely watched U.S. specialty food chains – both with roots deep in the heart of Texas – are putting their faith in Dallas-area residents to help them define their next steps in food retailing.
Competitors known for their innovations, Whole Foods Market Inc. and H.E. Butt Grocery Co.’s Central Market swear it’s just a coincidence that they’re each opening their chain’s next-generation stores in D-FW today. In Southlake, shoppers will help Central Market decide if it’s landed on the right suburban concept to make the leap outside of Texas.
In Dallas, the new Whole Foods at Preston Road and Forest Lane will help the Austin-based chain decide if it’s going to become a major spa operator.
It is very interesting to watch the grocery business go increasingly upscale as the battle the Wal-Mart juggernaut.
From DallasNews.com:
A West Texas supermarket chain is venturing into affluent Dallas suburbs with a two-story 72,000-square-foot food pavilion called Market Street. It’s slogan: “Where everyday meets gourmet.”
Market Street opens today in Colleyville.
Lewisville-based Fleming filed for bankruptcy this morning. Guess that what happens when you grow dependent on one customer (Kmart).
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