I found this on the finance page.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Making...49967.html?x=0
Any comments?
I found this on the finance page.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Making...49967.html?x=0
Any comments?
I don't think this person knows Detroit very well. There are some myths in here. What, you couldn't get food before Whole Foods and chains came to save us? Not so. A housing shortage in Detroit that makes us look to the issuance of building permits as our savior? Ummmm ...
Original article:
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/20...troits-future/
What are the other two grocery chains?
"I don't want an emergency financial manager to be called in," Mr. Bing said. "However, it is an option."
Here we go.......
Chatham's! hahaha
There was still a Farmer Jack at Model T Plaza in, like, 2000, right?
You could argue that Lafayette Foods, while independently owned, is part of the Spartan chain.
Aldis? for one.
Yes.
Farmer Jack stores were all over the city in 2000.
*Harper & Gratiot
*Chene & Lafayette
*St. Antoine & Warren
*8 Mile and Van Dyke [[may have closed around 1999, not 100% sure)
*7 Mile & Livernois
*7 Mile & Telegraph
*Southfield & Outer Drive
At least those are the first ones that come to mind, then the Hamtramck/Highland Park locations.
Most of those locations closed in 2003-2005-ish when they went through their original restructuring, and were briefly converted to Food Basics.
Last edited by 313WX; September-23-11 at 08:34 PM.
I liked Food Basics for the hot minute they were open. I had a stint teaching at WSU's former Detroit Center near Southfield and Outer Drive, and when I took over my childhood home in the old 'hood, I'd often shop there for staples. They were clean, well-lit, and reminded me of a larger Aldi or Save-a-Lot. It's too bad they failed.
Part of the reason Food Basics failed was because of the hoopla over the hoards of rats that were discovered in the Hamtramck store.
What about Glory?
My cousin worked there in the early 90s when he was going to Wayne State. I used to ride my bike up there and then play hours of Mortal Kombat. The place eventually got rough, and groups of thugs would roll in, grab as much beer as the can, and then just run out of the store without paying.
The Finney high area has changed a lot in 15 years.
It started going downhill once Engler removed the policemen/firemen suburban residential ban back in the 90s. That area was a beautiful "copper canyon" middle class area of Detroit. The houses are still relatively nice... but you can tell that a lot of home are now rental properties [[or empty) with a slow lack of maintenance and groundskeeping.My cousin worked there in the early 90s when he was going to Wayne State. I used to ride my bike up there and then play hours of Mortal Kombat. The place eventually got rough, and groups of thugs would roll in, grab as much beer as the can, and then just run out of the store without paying.
The Finney high area has changed a lot in 15 years.
The "empty lot" syndrome that has plagued much of Detroit has not yet hit this area too badly... but just wait a few years for more deferred maintenance to take its' toll....
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