If so, please consider clicking the above link and liking the Notes post—leave a comment or even share within your own community. Poetry lives on in the minds of hearts of writers, it breathes on the page.
Your voice can be heard among the starry illuminations, howling at the moon.
I used to live in a neighborhood where Trader Joe's was my local grocery store. My theory of its business is that it drew from two markets. First the people nearby who shop for convenience (but who couldn't support a grocery store on their own). But second a wider area of people who went there for its specialty products, three-buck Chuck and frozen meals and whatever. If it wasn't differentiated, that wider area of people would just drive to a bigger cheaper store.
"In other words, this retail concept just about went extinct in the United States, and was reintroduced much later by the German companies—which were viewed as modern and quite divergent from traditional grocery retailing in their home country. It’s an interesting story."
Is "their home country" referring to Germany or the US?
Fine writer and reader of Substack—we are starting a movement to get a poetry section added to the platform. Can I ask, are you with us?
https://substack.com/profile/10309929-david/note/c-15579327
If so, please consider clicking the above link and liking the Notes post—leave a comment or even share within your own community. Poetry lives on in the minds of hearts of writers, it breathes on the page.
Your voice can be heard among the starry illuminations, howling at the moon.
Thank you for your time and support.
Love and appreciation,
David
I used to live in a neighborhood where Trader Joe's was my local grocery store. My theory of its business is that it drew from two markets. First the people nearby who shop for convenience (but who couldn't support a grocery store on their own). But second a wider area of people who went there for its specialty products, three-buck Chuck and frozen meals and whatever. If it wasn't differentiated, that wider area of people would just drive to a bigger cheaper store.
"In other words, this retail concept just about went extinct in the United States, and was reintroduced much later by the German companies—which were viewed as modern and quite divergent from traditional grocery retailing in their home country. It’s an interesting story."
Is "their home country" referring to Germany or the US?