What companies do you know & love?
03-21-2019, 03:24 AM
#11
Wegmans is a grocery store Patty.
They are great but i like the NY stores better than the local ones.
The local ones seemed jammed full and less spacious.
I wish I had a closer relationship with berkshire hathaway.
They are great but i like the NY stores better than the local ones.
The local ones seemed jammed full and less spacious.
I wish I had a closer relationship with berkshire hathaway.
03-21-2019, 04:31 AM
#12
Thread Starter
I find this type of list to be useless. For example, I read one last week with the company Intuit was somewhere around #20. Intuit isn't on this list at all. Microsoft is number 9 on this list but was much lower on other lists I've seen. I'm a big fan of Microsoft, but I doubt that it should be number 9.
I don't find these lists worth much.
I don't find these lists worth much.
03-21-2019, 04:37 AM
#13
I don’t know if it’s me turning into a cranky old man or the state of businesses today but I can name more businesses that I don’t like than I do.
I will however say that my local supermarket price chopper in Manchester is great. The employees are always extremely helpful and upbeat and I’m pretty sure they don’t make a whole lot of money. Also the company itself tracks what items I buy and I get a book of coupons every month with about 90% of the items being the stuff I buy every week.
I will however say that my local supermarket price chopper in Manchester is great. The employees are always extremely helpful and upbeat and I’m pretty sure they don’t make a whole lot of money. Also the company itself tracks what items I buy and I get a book of coupons every month with about 90% of the items being the stuff I buy every week.
03-21-2019, 05:25 AM
#14
I like Hogy Lures. He is a small company of a couple employees and he makes good fishing lures and then blows out his inventory every so often with 40-50% off sales.
Wegmans has a sizeable store in Westwood, MA. We go there from time to time. It has a different feel to it. It reminds me a bit of Whole Foods, if that helps.
Wegmans has a sizeable store in Westwood, MA. We go there from time to time. It has a different feel to it. It reminds me a bit of Whole Foods, if that helps.
03-21-2019, 05:43 AM
#15
I can't really think of a company I love...
I do very little shopping these days. Food shopping is mostly at the commissary. It is a great commissary, and cheap compared to regular grocery stores. So I guess I love that! We do have Whole Foods nearby and another organic grocery called MOM's. The Safeway up the street has been awful for years, but they are making some major upgrades to the store and it is much better. I do almost all my other shopping on Amazon. Not working definitely cuts down on costs like clothing/eating out. We do have a Target up the street, too, which does a booming business. It's a smaller one, designed for the customers who live/work around here. So more of a niche store that Target is building these days. It has a good variety of stuff. Convenience means more to me than almost anything else. Living where we can walk/Metro to most places is the key to my happiness. 
https://momsorganicmarket.com/
I do very little shopping these days. Food shopping is mostly at the commissary. It is a great commissary, and cheap compared to regular grocery stores. So I guess I love that! We do have Whole Foods nearby and another organic grocery called MOM's. The Safeway up the street has been awful for years, but they are making some major upgrades to the store and it is much better. I do almost all my other shopping on Amazon. Not working definitely cuts down on costs like clothing/eating out. We do have a Target up the street, too, which does a booming business. It's a smaller one, designed for the customers who live/work around here. So more of a niche store that Target is building these days. It has a good variety of stuff. Convenience means more to me than almost anything else. Living where we can walk/Metro to most places is the key to my happiness. https://momsorganicmarket.com/
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03-21-2019, 08:11 AM
#16
Patty, as mentioned above, it is a north eastern chain so none out your way. But it is a widely admired company and not just for things like efficiency or gross margins. Freakonomics featured the chain in an interesting podcast that explains how a grocery store that has more workers per sq. ft. and pays them more, still manages to turn a nice profit. Here is a short blog that sums it up.
Why It Pays to Pay Employees More - Freakonomics Freakonomics
Very interesting business model and one I wish would be more widely adopted. Apparently, Wegman is widely used as a study case in a lot of business schools, so maybe the idea will spread. One can only hope.
Why It Pays to Pay Employees More - Freakonomics Freakonomics
Very interesting business model and one I wish would be more widely adopted. Apparently, Wegman is widely used as a study case in a lot of business schools, so maybe the idea will spread. One can only hope.
03-21-2019, 09:57 AM
#17
My perspective on Wegman's is perhaps different than most. Maybe it's geographic, maybe not.
I went to college in Buffalo. Going to Wegman's near campus was a huge change from the small Foodtown or A&P, and even the much larger Pathmark's in Central NJ. There was a wine shop, cheese section, bakery. There was a bulk aisle where you took food from barrels, weighed it, and paid for what you wanted. They had their own brand as well for some products. The store was probably 30 aisles!
Soon after a Super Tops went in across the street. This was the mid/late 80's and maybe the start of the super grocery store trend.
Now, where I live, there's a Shop-Rite. An older, small, 12 aisle one. I know where everything is. There's a Super Stop and Shop down the street and a Super Shop-Rite near where I work, and a Wegman's is in the next shopping center. I have the choice of probably 10 grocery stores within 10 minutes of work or home.
I find the Wegmans to be expensive. Their brand tends to be cheaper, and I'm not a brand snob, so that matters to me. I do like the fresh meat/fish counter, and the kosher deli counter means I can get real corned beef or pastrami. But for general, everyday/week grocery shopping, I prefer other places. For a quick run on the way home from work, I can shop by walking from my office and then get in the car, so it's convenient.
I went to college in Buffalo. Going to Wegman's near campus was a huge change from the small Foodtown or A&P, and even the much larger Pathmark's in Central NJ. There was a wine shop, cheese section, bakery. There was a bulk aisle where you took food from barrels, weighed it, and paid for what you wanted. They had their own brand as well for some products. The store was probably 30 aisles!
Soon after a Super Tops went in across the street. This was the mid/late 80's and maybe the start of the super grocery store trend.
Now, where I live, there's a Shop-Rite. An older, small, 12 aisle one. I know where everything is. There's a Super Stop and Shop down the street and a Super Shop-Rite near where I work, and a Wegman's is in the next shopping center. I have the choice of probably 10 grocery stores within 10 minutes of work or home.
I find the Wegmans to be expensive. Their brand tends to be cheaper, and I'm not a brand snob, so that matters to me. I do like the fresh meat/fish counter, and the kosher deli counter means I can get real corned beef or pastrami. But for general, everyday/week grocery shopping, I prefer other places. For a quick run on the way home from work, I can shop by walking from my office and then get in the car, so it's convenient.
03-21-2019, 11:22 AM
#18
My perspective on Wegman's is perhaps different than most. Maybe it's geographic, maybe not.
I went to college in Buffalo. Going to Wegman's near campus was a huge change from the small Foodtown or A&P, and even the much larger Pathmark's in Central NJ. There was a wine shop, cheese section, bakery. There was a bulk aisle where you took food from barrels, weighed it, and paid for what you wanted. They had their own brand as well for some products. The store was probably 30 aisles!
Soon after a Super Tops went in across the street. This was the mid/late 80's and maybe the start of the super grocery store trend.
Now, where I live, there's a Shop-Rite. An older, small, 12 aisle one. I know where everything is. There's a Super Stop and Shop down the street and a Super Shop-Rite near where I work, and a Wegman's is in the next shopping center. I have the choice of probably 10 grocery stores within 10 minutes of work or home.
I find the Wegmans to be expensive. Their brand tends to be cheaper, and I'm not a brand snob, so that matters to me. I do like the fresh meat/fish counter, and the kosher deli counter means I can get real corned beef or pastrami. But for general, everyday/week grocery shopping, I prefer other places. For a quick run on the way home from work, I can shop by walking from my office and then get in the car, so it's convenient.
I went to college in Buffalo. Going to Wegman's near campus was a huge change from the small Foodtown or A&P, and even the much larger Pathmark's in Central NJ. There was a wine shop, cheese section, bakery. There was a bulk aisle where you took food from barrels, weighed it, and paid for what you wanted. They had their own brand as well for some products. The store was probably 30 aisles!
Soon after a Super Tops went in across the street. This was the mid/late 80's and maybe the start of the super grocery store trend.
Now, where I live, there's a Shop-Rite. An older, small, 12 aisle one. I know where everything is. There's a Super Stop and Shop down the street and a Super Shop-Rite near where I work, and a Wegman's is in the next shopping center. I have the choice of probably 10 grocery stores within 10 minutes of work or home.
I find the Wegmans to be expensive. Their brand tends to be cheaper, and I'm not a brand snob, so that matters to me. I do like the fresh meat/fish counter, and the kosher deli counter means I can get real corned beef or pastrami. But for general, everyday/week grocery shopping, I prefer other places. For a quick run on the way home from work, I can shop by walking from my office and then get in the car, so it's convenient.
We find the Wegmans to be a bit too big and a bit too pricey. We like the Shop-Rites better. Both have a nice front end with prepared food and various food service counters but we find that the Shop-Rite is better laid out and easier to navigate. We find the same thing with the aisles. We're very comfortable in the Shop-Rites and prefer them.
As an aside, Shop-Rite supports a number of charities in New Jersey in a very big way. I imagine that Wegmans does as well, but I don't really know.
03-21-2019, 05:49 PM
#19
Obviously I'm rather fond of Mercedes. and even much more lately, I'll elaborate more in a few weeks. 
I like danner boots, I have had one set for nearly 30 years. have four or five more now.
I like danner boots, I have had one set for nearly 30 years. have four or five more now.
I've never been disappointed in any product I've ordered from them, plus they have exemplary customer service.