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Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
Sat Aug 17, 2019, 08:22 PM Aug 2019

Editorial from Joplin, MO on something many of us take for granted. A full service supermarket.

Wally Kennedy: Joplin needs a full-service supermarket

Frequent readers of this column know that I visit family near Boulder, Colorado, at this time of year. Boulder, as you might know, has been named the happiest city in America. Every time I go there, I am struck by the vibrancy of the city. It is a happy place.

But I have never been envious until now. Boulder has something that Joplin used to have — a full-service supermarket. This is a supermarket with a bakery, a delicatessen, a seafood department, a floral department, dine-in and carryout food service, wine and spirits, a pharmacy and a coffee kiosk.

While in Boulder, I visited a Safeway supermarket. I picked up a handheld basket because I did not think I would be buying that much. Just a few things, the basics. When I walked into the produce department, I stopped to look around. This prompted a store employee to walk up and ask me: “Can I help you find something?”

“No,” I said. “I’m just marveling.”

https://www.joplinglobe.com/news/local_news/wally-kennedy-joplin-needs-a-full-service-supermarket/article_4badccb5-a335-5ad8-9756-d274baefd7e0.html

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Editorial from Joplin, MO on something many of us take for granted. A full service supermarket. (Original Post) Sherman A1 Aug 2019 OP
I do the same marveling when I visit all the great supermarkets in sinkingfeeling Aug 2019 #1
Bloomington, IL Sherman A1 Aug 2019 #6
We just had a new ShopRite open, even though we didn't need it. but, it's where I do most... TreasonousBastard Aug 2019 #2
There are full-service supermarkets in my locale Cirque du So-What Aug 2019 #3
I'd love to have a Wegmans in the Denver area. beveeheart Aug 2019 #4
No kidding. JDC Aug 2019 #5

sinkingfeeling

(51,279 posts)
1. I do the same marveling when I visit all the great supermarkets in
Sat Aug 17, 2019, 08:41 PM
Aug 2019

Bloomington, IL. We are basically stuck with every variation of Walmart and a single mid-sized grocery.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
6. Bloomington, IL
Sun Aug 18, 2019, 05:34 AM
Aug 2019

A favorite of mine from years ago. Used to do some side consulting work with a company there.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
2. We just had a new ShopRite open, even though we didn't need it. but, it's where I do most...
Sat Aug 17, 2019, 08:54 PM
Aug 2019

of my shopping because the selection is great, prices are better, and there is that nook with the tables and chairs for the salad bars, hot soup tureens, and hot food buffets.

There's a Stop&Shop across the street and a WalMart down the road, but they just don't cut it. BJ's and Costco are in town, but they don't have the selection or the ambiance.

What? You don't want ambiance with your food shopping?

Cirque du So-What

(25,812 posts)
3. There are full-service supermarkets in my locale
Sat Aug 17, 2019, 08:57 PM
Aug 2019

but I still marvel at a chain located to the east: Wegmans. I have actually rearranged my schedule so I could visit one of their stores.

beveeheart

(1,364 posts)
4. I'd love to have a Wegmans in the Denver area.
Sat Aug 17, 2019, 10:17 PM
Aug 2019

Was in one near DC in Virginia. I was amazed at all it had to offer, especially the food court.

JDC

(10,084 posts)
5. No kidding.
Sat Aug 17, 2019, 11:28 PM
Aug 2019

I used to cover all of western/upstate NY and New England for work. I would go to Wegman's all the time while traveling. Not particularly inexpensive, but a broad offering and the ready made food section(s) was fantastic.

I'd settle for a Whole Foods in Parker. We've got nothing. Old Kingsoopers and a run down Safeway and that's it.

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