Star Market Closing

[Mickomally]

Originally Posted by michael c

HI,
First,lets get a few things straight: I have worked for Stop & shop for 13 years and after a bit of a rest, I worked for M B for 11 years .
The store you are talking about is NOT related to Star Market . PERIOD !!!!!!!!! NOWHERE IN IT"S NAME DOES IT SAY THAT ..READ IT CAREFULLY
It is owned by a family in Ma.
They still own 2 stores in Ma.
I have been told that M.B. has bought the entire complex...I will check ,with a phone call or two , this week to verify.
If Arthur D has not bought the Jackson /complex...then it is only a matter of a month or so..He is drooling to get into that location...
The first thing he will do is tell the town council or selectmen that he wants to repave the entire lot. They will say okay..He will then rip out every one of those mini islands and pave the entire place..then he will put back 10 -14 trees but only 1-2 islands ..the town of Meredith will be pi$$ed but he will get away with it ...He is coming ...you can take that to the bank
Arthur Demoulas is worth in excess of 800 million dollars...pays cash for every site he has except the few in southern N.H. and north east mass. they are not for sale.
Hannaford took a chance and won ,,,they have a great location...hard to pull into and out of,,,,but a good location ,none the less..
they will do okay even though the prices are higher in the Meredith store than any other store in that same geographical area ,they will do fine..they run a really GREAT operation...very clean.... the cleanest i have seen in almost 28 years in the business.

Let me tell you : M.B. and Arthur D is coming ...and if anyone can prove to me that M.B. is not coming in ,I will sign a multi year lease for the Jackson site .... That is a promise.I will take all 30,000 sq.ft. and i will sign it this month..$7.50 NNN .but Artie already has his tallons on it.
Did you know ??? or Perhaps Artie D,,,did you know??? that in the business, you have a nick name ..."The Falcon"
Now perhaps we should look at the bigger picture: there are so many " BOX STORES " coming to the Meredith area that it will make your head spin. Sure ,in this economy they will move a bit slowly ,but once the economy has bottomed out in the VERY end of 2010 or the spring of 2011 .,
they will be in line ...The town Fathers in Meredith would be wise to ,if they haven't already, set up an area for Commercial development area ,because it will come ,,,kinda like the old sayin ,"if you build it ,they will come.

Huge plans for meredith and even the outer edge on 104 ,just outside the boundaries of Meredith ...Home depot and Lowes are right this minute,fighting for space to accomodate the towns people of Meredith ...lots "o money in Meredith!
I look forward to comments to this post....could be interesting

M

My sources have agreed with you EVERY post you've had that you've made predictions, we'll see if the same is true here. At first I thought the Market Basket rumor was wishul thinking but you have made me a believer.

[fatlazyless]

There's plenty unemployed guys in Meredith so turning Meredith into a big-box retail Mecca would not be a bad thing. In the month of February 2009, the United States employment scene will have, for the first time ever, more woman than men, being employed. Recent terminations in construction and manufactoring have eliminated more men, than women, and women employed is hovering at 50% and rising. Men, employed, is hovering at 50%, and going down!

".....hello....will that be paper, or plastic?"......ok.....gotta practice that line a few more times.........!

[phoenix]

you have made my day Michael. I do hope MB comes to town. The jackson space seems a little small unless they take over adjoining space

[sa meredith]

Although I'm sure progress can't be stopped, our exit off 93 is #23, and I would hate if one day we get off and it looks like exit #20.
Although there is an awful lot of open land still there.
It's just that getting off the highway, and seeing a Home Depot/Best Buy/99 etc.,...somehow wouldn't have that "get away" feeling. It would seem like everyday life.
Maybe I'm stretching a bit here?

[robmac]

I would have to agree with SA,I to use exit 23 to get to the lake and don't want to see it turn into the same appearance as #20. They say that is progress but for over 30 yrs of going to the big lake it doesn't IMHO look like progress. I do hope MB does come in I use them at home and love the selction and prices.

[topwater]

Does everyone feel, we should wait until the Town of New Hampton approves all of the changes you DO NOT want to see, and then complain about it to everyone that cannot make a difference (after the Fact ), like the person in the Laconia Sun who complained about why there is no seat belts in school buses, This should have been addressed BEFORE the accident, not AFTER! You are in the same position but you can call or e-mail the TOWN OF NEW HAMPTON, and express your feelings before the FACT, not AFTER! If you do not want to see Exit 23 turn in something like Exit 20 did, NOW IS THE TIME TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. I am a Taxpayer in New Hampton, and I vote againest large growth every chance I get. Speak up now !!

[M/V_Bear_II]

Originally Posted by fatlazyless

There's plenty unemployed guys in Meredith so turning Meredith into a big-box retail Mecca would not be a bad thing. In the month of February 2009, the United States employment scene will have, for the first time ever, more woman than men, being employed. Recent terminations in construction and manufactoring have eliminated more men, than women, and women employed is hovering at 50% and rising. Men, employed, is hovering at 50%, and going down!

".....hello....will that be paper, or plastic?"......ok.....gotta practice that line a few more times.........!

There are more women than men in the US, so having more women employed isn't the tragedy you make it out to be.

The unemployment rate for women is equal to that of men. And rising.

And there have been more women in the workforce for some time.

[callmeD]

Originally Posted by M/V_Bear_II

There are more women than men in the US, so having more women employed isn't the tragedy you make it out to be.

The unemployment rate for women is equal to that of men. And rising.

And there have been more women in the workforce for some time.

Now all we have to do is get equal pay for the same jobs

[fatlazyless]

This year, 2009, will be the first year ever in US history where women will make up the majority, more than 50%, of the work force. That is an amazing statistic, and should not be discounted. In 1965, it was men 70%, women 30%, and the change started to accelerate in the 1980s to present. Women tend to have more jobs in health care and education, which have not seen the downturn of male oriented construction and manufactoring.

Locally, the Freudenburg-NOK auto parts maker with 130 employees, on the Gilford-Laconia line will probably close up soon. Mostly, men work there.
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Fronting Route 104 in New Hampton, within one mile of the Meredith line, there's two parcels of land for sale. Priced low: 6 acres/$70,000, and ten acres/$100,000. That seems pretty low for commercial land.

[jmen24]

MichealC, You have hammered my point about the JS location to the tee. MB only moves in if they can own it all and it would not suprise me to see that store go in. My thought on that original post was to give all the fans of MB around the lake as to how they operate. MB's real estate value far exceeds the value of the retail chain. I would be surprised to see them select that site just for how far off the path it is for the north country, seeing that Tilton has not bloomed as they had planned upon opening and that was one of the target areas for that location, it is getting there but it is taking a while. Micheal what store are you in, or.... are you supervision.