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Food for Thought

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Food for Thought

Published: Tue, 10 Nov 2009

Description: On the Job Hunt: Discount food retailer expanding during recession

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" Economic crunch -- driving many Americans a discount food retailers that top retailers in 2009 turned out to be Wal-Mart Kroger is Costco and Supervalu. Three are discount chains. -- discount retailer all the also making the list -- number 25 while many companies scaled back during the recession all these actually expanding. Opening any more stores across the country already this year create the --"

" Good morning Siebel omni is basically very -- patient this store chain no pen and do more with less and less space. Less employees less inventory if you look around there's about 1400 different I didn't that this store persons if you go to a large -- about 40000 items. At those kind of sort Albertson Dominic that sort of -- managers say that a lot of new customers. Aren't taking a chance on all of the during its economy even though they've never even those who've never been seen this before and they have done very very well."

" During this recession -- I saw how many jobs are we talking about and creating a -- opening stores."

" Well they're spending isn't bad news though there's eighty store that opened this year but really. A store like this only needs about ten to fifteen employees to operate some stores in fact they'll. They only -- five employees to operate so that's kind of the bad news across the country that equals about a thousand jobs when it still jogs in right. And felt it's all about efficiency basically what you're going to -- here -- most all these stores if you wanna -- you have to -- quarter. To get this card it -- here and then when you take it back it gives you the quarterback. I felt that -- cart regulars right -- boys and girls that you see across America basically going around. And this is their only job when you go down the -- you can see that things are set at very differently. It's not nice pretty packaging. I didn't I left in its original stock cases and so that saves time as well in -- they don't have to stop things on nice and pretty. And lastly you have to buy at your own back it's all about efficiency -- half to bite -- grocery bags and then you also have to bag here on broad street again. Saving time and money fell."

" That's curator and giving my quarterback Chad thanks Purina. By the way she's -- a quiet -- the urban part of Chicago bear all the usually opens up the rural areas so this is exception the rule to end. Bob vessel to them thanks for him."

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