In The News Fresh & Easy Opens Next to TJ's in Manhatten

derketchup · #1 (**permalink**) 07-02-2008, 06:02 AM

Fresh & Easy sets up shop a few paces from rival Trader Joe's - Los Angeles Times

derketchup · #2 (**permalink**) 07-05-2008, 06:50 PM

correction on the LA times article

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Specialty grocers: An article in the Business section on Wednesday about competition between grocery chains Fresh & Easy and Trader Joe's said they do not accept product coupons. Trader Joe's does accept them.

For the record - Los Angeles Times

jujubee · #3 (**permalink**) 07-05-2008, 07:02 PM

I've never heard of Fresh & Easy before. Why don't any of these cool places want to come to Kentucky??

derketchup · #4 (**permalink**) 07-05-2008, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by jujubee

I've never heard of Fresh & Easy before. Why don't any of these cool places want to come to Kentucky??

Stereotype marketing?

jujubee · #5 (**permalink**) 07-05-2008, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by derketchup

Stereotype marketing?

Right. Don't get me started. I'll just drag my hillbilly shoeless butt to WF and be glad for that. I hear they have a new line of organic moonshine.

derketchup · #6 (**permalink**) 07-05-2008, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by jujubee

Right. Don't get me started. I'll just drag my hillbilly shoeless butt to WF and be glad for that. I hear they have a new line of organic moonshine.

Don't get you started? Boy oh boy... supposedly these "west coast" people have a superior education system when compared to Arkansas.

Ha! I was in a class last week and someone actually asked, "who is Gandhi?"

WHO IS GANDHI? Uhhh, did you graduate high school???

"Yes, I was an honor student."

PinkElephant · #7 (**permalink**) 07-05-2008, 11:10 PM

This is the one that is closish to my house. We went on grand opening day and it was a zoo, but they made it clear they are going to LISTEN to what customers like.

There is a parking lot between the two stores, and I'll bet they are now going to enforce the "customer parking only" in the Fresh & Easy side.

All we got was their grill packs (chicken legs thighs, sausage, and burgers) ready to put on the BBQ. And some strawberries that were very sweet!

I still <3 TJ'S though.

PinkElephant · #8 (**permalink**) 07-11-2008, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by jujubee

I've never heard of Fresh & Easy before. Why don't any of these cool places want to come to Kentucky??

Let them know KY is interested!

Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market™