EMILY:..IT HAS BEEN A LONG
LAMENTED ISSUE IN TOWNS BIG
AND SMALL...THE BIG BOX STORES
MOVE IN.THE SMALL, HOME TOWN
STORES JUST CAN'T COMPETE.
THAT WAS THE CASE FOR ONE
LOCAL GROCER IN GREENVILLE
SEVERAL YEARS AGO.BUT NOW THEY
ARE TRYING TO BUCK THAT TREND.
24 HOUR NEWS 8'S JOE LAFURGEY
HAS OUR STORY, NEW AT SEVEN.
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((JOE LAFURGEY, GREENVILLE/AS
YOU AN SEE THERE'S STILL A LOT
OF WORK TO BE DONE HERE AT THE
WASHINGTON STREET LOCATION,
BUT IN A SHORT TIME,
JORGENSEN'S WILL BE BACK IN
BUSINESS HERE. ))
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((BRETT MEILLEUR,
JORGESENS/WE'RE GOING TO HAVE,
I BELIEVE, A 36 FOOT PRODUCE
CASE...)) WHEN ALL IS SAID AND
DONE... JORGENSENS'S WILL HAVE
INVESTED OVER $1.1 MILLION IN
THE SOUTH GREENVILLE
LOCATION...A STORE THEY MOVED
OUT OF IN 2010...THE STORE WAS
A LOSING PROPOSITION SEVEN
YEARS AGO. THEY WERE STILL
RUNNING IT AS A FULL SIZE
GROCERY STORE... BUT THE
BUSINESS JUST WASN'T THERE TO
SUPPORT THE OPERATION.THE NEW
NEIGHBORS TO THE WEST...
WALMART AND MEIJER HAD A LOT
TO DO WITH THE DROP IN
BUSINESS.
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((BRETT MEILLEUR,
JORGESENS/YEAH, THEM COMING IN
DEFINITELY HURT. AND THEY
DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO ADJUST. YOU
HAVE TO ADJUST QUICK.)) BUT
THE TWO BIG BOX COMPETITORS
ALSO HAVE A SOMETHING TO DO
WITH JORGENSEN'S PLANNED
REOPENING. MILL-E-AIR SAYS
THEY'VE HEARD FROM CUSTOMERS
WHO.... NOW THEY'VE SHOPPED AT
THE BIG BOXES... WANT A LITTLE
MORE.((BRETT MEILLEUR,
JORGESENS/WE'RE REALLY SEEING
A RESURGENCE IN PEOPLE WANTING
SPARTAN BRAND PRODUCTS AND
SPARTAN TYPE FORMAT )) THE
REVAMPED JORGENSENS WILL HAVE
COMPETATIVE PRICES, ALONG WITH
SERVICES LIKE A DELI, BAKERY
AND FRESH MEAT COUNTER. BUT
YOU WON'T BE SCANNING OR
BAGGING YOUR SCANNING OR BUT
YOU WON'T BE MEAT COUNTER.
BAKERY AND FRESH LIKE A DELI,
WITH SERVICES LIKE A DELI,
BAKERY AND FRESH MEAT COUNTER.
BUT YOU WON'T BE SCANNING OR
BAGGING YOUR GROCERIES. NO
SELF CHECK OUTS. AND THEY'LL
ALSO HAVE BAGGERS THAT CAN
HELP TOTE YOUR GROCERIES TO
THE CAR AS WELL.
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((BRETT MEILLEUR, JORGESENS/I
THINK WALMART AND MEIJER HAVE
SHOWN WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE
IN GREENVILLE AND THEY'VE GOT
A PLACE HERE, BUT THERE'S
DEFINATELY A NEED FOR A SMALL
TOWN GROCERY STORE TOO. ))
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((JOE LAFURGEY,
GREENVILLE/NOTHING SET IN
STONE BUT THEY HOPE TO REOPEN
THE STORE SOMETIME IN JULY.
WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED. IN
GREENVILLE, JOE LAFURGEY, 24
HOUR NEWS 8.))
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