I heard another rumer that a new Harris Teeter is going to open up on New York Ave (I belive they mean right next to the new-ish Five Guys). Does anyone know anything about that?
Harris Teeter will be at 1st & M NE, in the base of the residential portion of Constitution Square, steps from the NY Ave Metro. Opening late 2010 or early 2011.
to the second anonymous commenter: not sure where you've received your information from, but harris teeter's prices are not exorbitant. i've shopped at the location in adams morgan since it opened, and i've found that their prices on comparable items is more or less equal to giant or safeway.
So imgoph, nothing about the Giant and Safeway being ghetto? Oh well.
I also wouldn't mind a supermarket closer to the Metro, but I've been underwhelemed with the Harris Teeters I've been to. The prices aren't more expensive either. I can't say based on my expeirences that I would stop shopping at Giant once the HT opens.
8th and el: i don't know what you mean by that. did you expect me to use that term? i find the throwing of that term around highly offensive, actually, so you'd never catch me making any kind of offhand comment referring to a retail establishment like that.
But back to the OP: a international supermarket where National Wholesale liquidators would probably be universally banned, but I think that would be a cool space for something like this to happen in our neighborhood.
Imgoph, HT is absolutely overpriced.have you ever been to a food lion/bloom or aldo grocery store?! Last time I went to a HT I paid $6 for a bottle of jerk seasoning. And as for giant and safeway beinf ghetto - I walked into safeway a few weeks ago and litterally every piece of green vegetable in there was wilted and/or brown. There are people trying to sell you golfish in plastic baggies as you take your groceries to your car.I know it may hurt your pc heart to admit; but let's call a spade a spade -giant and safeway are ghetto. -sincerely, anon 9:30
anon: (could you at least try to use a pseudonym? it's so hard to talk to people who don't identify themselves. it's the internet, you can just make something up, no one will care.)
anyway, anon, i still contend you're wrong about harris teeter generally. i'm sure i could find a very expensive item at safeway as well. as far as basics (milk, bread, orange juice, eggs, vegetables, fruits, canned goods) i see no difference in prices between harris teeter and the other mainstream stores in DC.
now, you ask me if i've been to a food lion, a bloom, or an aldi. yes, i have, and they're all in places outside of DC. there are none of these stores in the city, so making a comparison to them isn't really applicable or fair. i could compare safeway to publix if i wanted, but i don't know that you can find a publix north of brunswick, georgia.
as far as your use of the term "ghetto," i think it's misplaced. some of these stores or poorly managed, sure, but you know as well as i do that the insinuation behind that term has a lot to do with race, which i find patently offensive. there are very nice safeways and giants in this city, in both upper- and lower-income areas. there are terribly run ones as well, but they are slowly being replaced.
when people say "giant and safeway" in greater h street area convos, i always assume they mean the giant and safeway most convenient to h street, i.e. hechinger mall safeway and rhode island ave giant
hechinger mall safeway is atrocious. always terribly long lines no matter what time of day. my experience with the "service desk", when it actually is staffed, has generally been poor. the store needs a bit of help on the cleanliness side too. i loved the re-design though. just wish they worked on the upkeep. sale prices are generally fair, non-sale prices are on the high side IMO
my main problem with the rhode island giant is sale price tags are never placed near the actual sale items. so, i often see the sales tag and have to hunt around a bit to locate the actual item on sale. LOL.
The only Bloom I've been to was in suburban Virginia. It was basically a shitty grocery store (nasty produce, bad deli, generic product selection, dirty, etc...)
It did have some nice branding, though. So probably appeals to folks who are extremely susceptible to marketing.
Oh, and my beef with urban Safeway and Giant is that they basically crapped on their customers for 20 some-odd years because they had a monopoly. The second that competing chains like Harris Teeter and Whole Foods decided to move into the market, you saw this mad dash to renovate the stores, and start offering decent produce.
I can't for the life of me understand why some folks in the neighborhood still have some residual loyalty to either of those companies.
oboe, we definitely have lowered expectations here in dc. or, at least, many of us do. people from here sometimes just don't know what else is possible.
you travel a bit and see that norm is much more heightened than here.
but then you become snooty in the eyes of your neighbors. : )
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I heard another rumer that a new Harris Teeter is going to open up on New York Ave (I belive they mean right next to the new-ish Five Guys). Does anyone know anything about that?
Harris Teeter will be at 1st & M NE, in the base of the residential portion of Constitution Square, steps from the NY Ave Metro. Opening late 2010 or early 2011.
Can't wait till Harris Teeter opens. I love that place!
More info on the NOMA location here:
http://www.nomabid.org/index.cfm?objectid=ADBE988B-1D09-317F-BB3C0222ED24DF04
I cant wait for Harris Teeter to come too! I'll pay their exorbitant prices so that I dont have to deal with the ghetto Safeway and Giant.
to the second anonymous commenter: not sure where you've received your information from, but harris teeter's prices are not exorbitant. i've shopped at the location in adams morgan since it opened, and i've found that their prices on comparable items is more or less equal to giant or safeway.
So imgoph, nothing about the Giant and Safeway being ghetto? Oh well.
I also wouldn't mind a supermarket closer to the Metro, but I've been underwhelemed with the Harris Teeters I've been to. The prices aren't more expensive either. I can't say based on my expeirences that I would stop shopping at Giant once the HT opens.
8th and el: i don't know what you mean by that. did you expect me to use that term? i find the throwing of that term around highly offensive, actually, so you'd never catch me making any kind of offhand comment referring to a retail establishment like that.
But back to the OP: a international supermarket where National Wholesale liquidators would probably be universally banned, but I think that would be a cool space for something like this to happen in our neighborhood.
Naw, I was hoping for a good ol' fashioned bashing on the anon. I've seen your posts on here and other blogs. Stand up dude IMO
8th and el: ah, gotcha. if i had more time, i probably would have gone off on him/her. oh well, i guess i'm getting soft! :)
Imgoph, HT is absolutely overpriced.have you ever been to a food lion/bloom or aldo grocery store?! Last time I went to a HT I paid $6 for a bottle of jerk seasoning. And as for giant and safeway beinf ghetto - I walked into safeway a few weeks ago and litterally every piece of green vegetable in there was wilted and/or brown. There are people trying to sell you golfish in plastic baggies as you take your groceries to your car.I know it may hurt your pc heart to admit; but let's call a spade a spade -giant and safeway are ghetto. -sincerely, anon 9:30
anon: (could you at least try to use a pseudonym? it's so hard to talk to people who don't identify themselves. it's the internet, you can just make something up, no one will care.)
anyway, anon, i still contend you're wrong about harris teeter generally. i'm sure i could find a very expensive item at safeway as well. as far as basics (milk, bread, orange juice, eggs, vegetables, fruits, canned goods) i see no difference in prices between harris teeter and the other mainstream stores in DC.
now, you ask me if i've been to a food lion, a bloom, or an aldi. yes, i have, and they're all in places outside of DC. there are none of these stores in the city, so making a comparison to them isn't really applicable or fair. i could compare safeway to publix if i wanted, but i don't know that you can find a publix north of brunswick, georgia.
as far as your use of the term "ghetto," i think it's misplaced. some of these stores or poorly managed, sure, but you know as well as i do that the insinuation behind that term has a lot to do with race, which i find patently offensive. there are very nice safeways and giants in this city, in both upper- and lower-income areas. there are terribly run ones as well, but they are slowly being replaced.
when people say "giant and safeway" in greater h street area convos, i always assume they mean the giant and safeway most convenient to h street, i.e. hechinger mall safeway and rhode island ave giant
hechinger mall safeway is atrocious. always terribly long lines no matter what time of day. my experience with the "service desk", when it actually is staffed, has generally been poor. the store needs a bit of help on the cleanliness side too. i loved the re-design though. just wish they worked on the upkeep. sale prices are generally fair, non-sale prices are on the high side IMO
my main problem with the rhode island giant is sale price tags are never placed near the actual sale items. so, i often see the sales tag and have to hunt around a bit to locate the actual item on sale. LOL.
Oh, just wanted to add my two cents:
The only Bloom I've been to was in suburban Virginia. It was basically a shitty grocery store (nasty produce, bad deli, generic product selection, dirty, etc...)
It did have some nice branding, though. So probably appeals to folks who are extremely susceptible to marketing.
Oh, and my beef with urban Safeway and Giant is that they basically crapped on their customers for 20 some-odd years because they had a monopoly. The second that competing chains like Harris Teeter and Whole Foods decided to move into the market, you saw this mad dash to renovate the stores, and start offering decent produce.
I can't for the life of me understand why some folks in the neighborhood still have some residual loyalty to either of those companies.
Some variant of Stockholm Syndrome no doubt.
The safeway is atrocious not because it's poorly managed but because of the quality of customers that shop there.
Who remembers the facelift the Safeway got a year or so ago? That didn't last too long. Don't tell me it was poor management.
oboe,
we definitely have lowered expectations here in dc.
or, at least, many of us do.
people from here sometimes just don't know what else is possible.
you travel a bit and see that norm is much more heightened than here.
but then you become snooty in the eyes of your neighbors. : )
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