Goodbye foodsource market. :(

"Andy" <q> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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I just visited foodsource for some groceries and in big letters on all the
windows and doors were signs "CLOSING: 30% OFF".

Well there goes one of the best upscale markets I've ever seen. They even
had a dry-aging beef room to drool at (never did try it).

www.afoodsource.com

They closed two other stores, another in Pennsylvania and one in Delaware.

The powers that be, from what the staff told me, felt it wasn't
profitable.
I can't deny that, since every time I shopped there, there was only one
checkout lane open and there was never any wait.

Still, they carried hard to find items. I'd call them declaring "I'm
looking for a hard to find item" and four times out of five, they had it.

They weren't a Mom & Pop market, just a small one with great "what
everyone
else doesn't carry" kind of market.

And the butcher and I were all chummy about buffalo meat.

Along with the bad news, there was the 30% discount on everything except
sushi and some other fast spoil items. I bought a giant wicker picnic
basket (I used it to shop with, as a test drive) for $10!

There's one store left in Bryn Mawr, about the same distance away but
that's besides the point, kinda/sorta.

It was a great market while it lasted. 🙁

Andy

Andy,
Foodsource was owned by Clemens and sold to Giant with the rest of the
chain. I'm surprised they kept them open this long.

I work near the one in Bryn Mawr and stop there often. Not only is it rarely
very busy, but they have tons of prepared foods on display which I assume
they have to dump every few days.

Hope they don't close the Bryn Mawr store. I like it there.

Jon

Zeppo said...

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"Andy" <q> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I just visited foodsource for some groceries and in big letters on all
the
windows and doors were signs "CLOSING: 30% OFF".

Well there goes one of the best upscale markets I've ever seen. They
even had a dry-aging beef room to drool at (never did try it).

www.afoodsource.com

They closed two other stores, another in Pennsylvania and one in
Delaware.

The powers that be, from what the staff told me, felt it wasn't
profitable.
I can't deny that, since every time I shopped there, there was only one
checkout lane open and there was never any wait.

Still, they carried hard to find items. I'd call them declaring "I'm
looking for a hard to find item" and four times out of five, they had
it.

They weren't a Mom & Pop market, just a small one with great "what
everyone
else doesn't carry" kind of market.

And the butcher and I were all chummy about buffalo meat.

Along with the bad news, there was the 30% discount on everything
except sushi and some other fast spoil items. I bought a giant wicker
picnic basket (I used it to shop with, as a test drive) for $10!

There's one store left in Bryn Mawr, about the same distance away but
that's besides the point, kinda/sorta.

It was a great market while it lasted. 🙁

Andy

Andy,
Foodsource was owned by Clemens and sold to Giant with the rest of the
chain. I'm surprised they kept them open this long.

I work near the one in Bryn Mawr and stop there often. Not only is it
rarely very busy, but they have tons of prepared foods on display which
I assume they have to dump every few days.

Hope they don't close the Bryn Mawr store. I like it there.

Jon

Jon,

I'll have to try the Bryn Mawr store, although the employees at the Brinton
Lakes store offered up "the parking sucks" advice.

Glad to hear from another foodsource fan!

Thanks,

Andy