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Originally Posted by Dirigo

People, people, people...

If you only knew what goes into deciding where to build a store you'd realize that customer's pleadings have no influence on that decision.

I work in a job that gave me access to the study that Hannaford supermarket a.k.a. "Sweet Bay" did prior to building a new store in Maine.

The reasearch regarding market share, demographics, traffic volume, competition, and forecasts for business decades in the future fills volumes of three ring binders with technical data and spreadsheets.

If the reasearch shows they can make their profit margin in a location there is almost no power or reasonable expense that would prevent them from building there. Likewise, if the reseach shows they cannot make their profit margin, nothing will convince them to build there.

Writing emails to TG to make your desire for a local store known may make you feel better, but it most likely have no influence on whether TG will locate a store here.

I'm just sayin'...

If customer request have no bearing on their decision to consider an area why would they put an option on their website that asks for suggestions for location in the contact us section?
I too tooted the horn of the Villages and stated why I felt it would be a good match in my contact submission. I would love to see them come here. There is planty of room down by 466A to be away from an Aldis.