Is The Villages too small?

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Old 08-19-2018, 08:51 PM
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....we will finally get a Costco! And a ___________ <fill the in the blank>

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The only thing too small in the villages are size of masses lots and villa garages. We can't have ever store from all 50 states and then some.
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Trader Joes = Aldi. Owned by the same family members. They divided up the US. One will never come to TV. I have read that they use similar sourcing for their products.

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Sorry, but it's just not true that Aldi's & Trader Joe"s don't locate in the same area. Here in Birmingham we have a TJ's & an Aldi's within 3 miles of each other.....and both are brand new within the last three years. I believe they operate mostly independent of one another.
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Just to look at things from another angle:

When people question why their favorite store/restaurant is not here the answer is often that the community is not sufficiently large to support it.

So when The Villages, Wildwood, Fruitland Park and Leesburg eventually become one...
I think we need to temper our ambitions for more big stores in The Villages, or for that matter anywhere. The internet may limit more big box stores. I still feel that restaurants will prosper and perhaps supermarkets. But , many other stores are being phased out, ala Sears.

We have friends that live in NYC who get most things delivered. We are evolving.
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This weekend trip to TJs. Out the door for $28. Lactose free milk, 4 boxes of protein bars, pancetta, dozen eggs, 6 avocados, bag of pretzel filled with peanut butter, 2 boxes peanut butter crackers, cottage cheese.. Plus they had Mānuka Honey. Up north our drive to any of the 3 TJs is 40 minutes.

While TJs and Aldi are owned by brothers, they have separate business plans, each business is completely separated
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This weekend trip to TJs. Out the door for $28.
We can't believe how little we spend at Aldi's for our weekly fruit & veg shop - a trolley load for around $30, and good quality produce as long as you choose carefully.
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I would like a Trader Joe's. I must be the only human who has never been IN a Trader Joe's, but people I admire and take seriously rave about them. They must be terrific. When I ask what makes them so special they sort of can't tell me. Only thing they bring up is cheap wine and amazing things you can't get everywhere else.
Call them a Whole Food for working folks. Great products but at a fraction of Whole Foods.
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I would like to see a Trader Joe's.

It could be just a matter of time as TV keeps getting bigger.and no one knows what the developers plans are.

I remember when there were a lot of people asking for a "Home Goods" store and that happened.

Who knows?
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