Ocean State Job Lot: Meredith

[Pontoon Goon]

This is going to be another case where the small retailer is going to take a serious hit. J & R just down the road on 104 which has always provided a lot of the same merchandise at VERY reasonable prices will suffer due to another big box. Always accommodating and a pleasure to do business with they will continue to be my first stop.

[Acrossamerica]

Originally Posted by Pontoon Goon

This is going to be another case where the small retailer is going to take a serious hit. J & R just down the road on 104 which has always provided a lot of the same merchandise at VERY reasonable prices will suffer due to another big box. Always accommodating and a pleasure to do business with they will continue to be my first stop.

Glad that you try to buy local. Do you still get your gas from the Jenny station with the old fashioned pumps?

Sadly while we all wish that life could be frozen in whatever time we are most comfortable in, it does not work that way. I loved NH before the Interstates began making it easy for all the tourists to come for the day instead of the dedicated who made the trip for a week or more but -- so we have to allow for progress. Good tax ratable for the town.

[Pontoon Goon]

Funny you mention a Jenny station as my family owed one back in the day in Wakefield Ma. But getting back to your quasi snarky remark. It is simply more of a human feeling than a "I am stuck in time feeling". I stated that I feel bad for a small guy who has his livelihood about to be jeopardized. But thanks for the lesson in progression, I had no idea.

[Marauder]

Originally Posted by Pontoon Goon

Funny you mention a Jenny station as my family owed one back in the day in Wakefield Ma. But getting back to your quasi snarky remark. It is simply more of a human feeling than a "I am stuck in time feeling". I stated that I feel bad for a small guy who has his livelihood about to be jeopardized. But thanks for the lesson in progression, I had no idea.

I grew up in Wakefield, MA! Nice town.

[Newbiesaukee]

We had never been to an Ocean State before, but we needed to visit the shipping place in the strip mall and walked into Ocean. We were very impressed, good quality merchandise,very large selection and excellent prices/value.

By the way, the shipping store, Lakeside Shipping, just moved into,the 104 Strip and we are long time very pleased customers of this local store.

[Pine Island Guy]

"progress" is an interesting thing... for better or worse - bigger, better, faster, cheaper is what has fueled the American dream and economy forever!

It was only 60 years ago that "Walton's 5&10" was a single Mom & Pop store in Bentonville AR... now it is one of the largest and some might say one of the most hated companies around when you think about "buying local"...

it is sad indeed when local merchants that have put their lives into their shops feel the pain or go out of business because a big-box/chain comes into town... Hopefully they can find their niche (often times with better knowledge, superior service, or specialty products) that will differentiate them and propel them forward!

as the big fish said to the little fish... "eat or be eaten"... and buy local!!

-PIG

[longislander]

"Ya, but I feel bad.
This is going to be another case where the small retailer is going to take a serious hit. J & R just down the road on 104 which has always provided a lot of the same merchandise at VERY reasonable prices will suffer due to another big box. Always accommodating and a pleasure to do business with they will continue to be my first stop. "


J&R has good "hardware stuff". Job Lot doesn't, but has lots of other good stuff. They complement each other.

The wife and I stopped in to "check it out," and it cost me $60.

Meredith Family Store might be nervous though!

[Acrossamerica]

Originally Posted by longislander

"Ya, but I feel bad.



J&R has good "hardware stuff". Job Lot doesn't, but has lots of other good stuff. They complement each other.
!

The best thing a mom and pop can do is not try to go toe to toe with the big boxes. Look at Brock's Lumber in Rochester. Woke up one morning and a Home Depot was basically in the same parking lot. Instead of trying to compete with low end lumber and stuff, brock's kicked it up a couple of notches and has won almost all of the quality building material sales in the area. Find a better niche and you can beat anyone.

[tis]

Originally Posted by Acrossamerica

The best thing a mom and pop can do is not try to go toe to toe with the big boxes. Look at Brock's Lumber in Rochester. Woke up one morning and a Home Depot was basically in the same parking lot. Instead of trying to compete with low end lumber and stuff, brock's kicked it up a couple of notches and has won almost all of the quality building material sales in the area. Find a better niche and you can beat anyone.

Funny you posted that. i had that same thought of Brock's. Perfect example. Still the others are right, it does hurt a lot of businesses when a chain goes in.

[fatlazyless]

At JR's Discount, close to Exit-23, you can buy a single 7/64 twist drill bit for about 85-cents, plus the State of NH is constructing a new, large liquor store nearby so's you can get drilled at either store.

Close to the newly open Ocean State Job Lot, the state liquor store that was to be closed, is now to remain open, probably in anticipation of all the Ocean State customers, or something?

Betcha Ocean State does better business in Rhode Island and Massachusetts because these two states have big, dense populations, and a scarcity of Wal-Marts.

With a Lowe's, Hannaford's, T J Maxx, HomeGoods, American Cottage, Fay's Sailboat, and Wal-Mart all located on a one mile stretch in Gilford ..... Gilford has the best stores ... Viva Le Gilford!

So's, how come there's no state liquor store in this area of Gilford?

[Phantom]

Originally Posted by fatlazyless

So's, how come there's no state liquor store in this area of Gilford?

There IS ! (or at least that general area)

Next to Patrick's Pub..... and it does a GREAT business !



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[Barney Bear]

There is a state liquor store located in the shopping plaza adjacent to Patrick's Pub in Gilford.

[Greene's Basin Girl]

Originally Posted by fatlazyless

At JR's Discount, close to Exit-23, you can buy a single 7/64 twist drill bit for about 85-cents, plus the State of NH is constructing a new, large liquor store nearby so's you can get drilled at either store.

Close to the newly open Ocean State Job Lot, the state liquor store that was to be closed, is now to remain open, probably in anticipation of all the Ocean State customers, or something?

Betcha Ocean State does better business in Rhode Island and Massachusetts because these two states have big, dense populations, and a scarcity of Wal-Marts.

With a Lowe's, Hannaford's, T J Maxx, HomeGoods, American Cottage, Fay's Sailboat, and Wal-Mart all located on a one mile stretch in Gilford ..... Gilford has the best stores ... Viva Le Gilford!


So's, how come there's no state liquor store in this area of Gilford?

Ocean State often builds stores in rural areas. I have shopped at their stores in Woodsville and Ossipee several times. They always seem to be busy. It is a sure bet that the Meredith store will be successful also!

[Kamper]

Originally Posted by Acrossamerica

... Woke up one morning and a Home Depot was basically in the same parking lot. ...

I was thrilled when HD opened up a few miles from my house. The next closest was 15 or so miles away near Pheasant lane. But after the grand opening their wood was crap. I'd peel off the top layer of studs and straps and the interior had stuff that was obviously rotted before it went into the kiln.

Two years later Lowe's went in about a mile or so away in Amherst. After that HD's buyers looked a little harder at what they were buying!

This is an example of why competition is healthy for the consumer. As is the example discussed with niche merchants.

[Outdoorsman]

Originally Posted by Acrossamerica

I loved NH before the Interstates began making it easy for all the tourists to come for the day instead of the dedicated who made the trip for a week or more but

YIKES, kind of dating yourself

The first portion of Interstate 93 constructed in Massachusetts ran north 24 miles from Medford to the New Hampshire state line. Work ran from 1956 to 1963 as a cost of $47-million. Delays ensued on the three mile link southward to the Northeast Expressway (then Interstate 95) due to the relocation of residents and businesses along the corridor. It finally opened in 1973, around the same time that plans for I-95 within the Massachusetts 128 beltway (Yankee Division Highway) were dropped.6 This led to an extension of Interstate 93 southward along both the John F. Fitzgerald and Southeast Expressways to Braintree and west along the Yankee Division Highway toward Norwood and Interstate 95. AASHTO endorsed the extension south from the Boston/Somerville city limits to Massachusetts 128 in Braintree on June 17, 1975, and the extension west along Massachusetts 128 on November 15, 1975.
The Everett Turnpike portion of Interstate 93, from Manchester north to Concord in New Hampshire opened to traffic in August 1957.
1 Subsequent portions of I-93 through New Hampshire opened between Salem and Manchester and Bow and Tilton by 1963.4 The route was completed in the Granite State on June 2, 1988, when Franconia Notch Parkway was dedicated.5
Within Vermont, the 11-mile stretch of Interstate 93 leading west to St. Johnsberry opened on October 29, 1982 after delays caused by agricultural lawsuits.6 I-93 would have been longer if I-91 was built further west toward Danville as originally envisioned. The corridor for Interstate 91 shifted eastward in 1963.

http://www.interstate-guide.com/i-093.html

I find this interesting as I lived through the building of I-93 North through the Notch and the addition of the exit 25 South etc.... dating myself on this one....