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Old 02-03-2009, 12:00 AM   #23
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Originally Posted by secondcurve View Post
Donna:

Have you ever considered the possibility that this small supermarket had to charge higher prices to stay in business? Food retailing is a business that operates on razor thin margins. It is likely that Jackson Star didn't have access to the same purchase prices as its larger competitors. Otherwise, when the competition moved into town they would have cut their prices to the level of Hannaford's and stayed in business.
Star Market is a big concern. This was no mom & pop store. Jackson Star had another store in Gilford that had the same high prices. That's the business model this owner chose to use. He put the screws to people in the Gilford area for years until Hannaford came in and ran hin out like they just ran him out of Meredith.
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