Have you noticed what Hannaford, temporarily at least, as done to the business at the other nearby grocery stores? I was trying to track down a special ingredient for an Asian dish last weekend. I started my search at Heath's because it's the closest, although I doubted they had what I was looking for. As suspected, they didn't have it, but I was amazed at how empty the place was a 5:00 on a Saturday. I then went on to Hannaford and the place was jam packed with people waiting to pay in every one the checkout lines. They didn't have what I was looking for either so I went on to Star. Strike three. Again, though, the place was dead, maybe 4 or 5 customers in the whole place. The workers were hanging around in groups just talking to each other. The contrast was amazing. If this keeps up I can't imagine the others will be in business for very much longer.
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