TREND WATCH: SUPERMARKET CENTRAL
There is something going on at the supermarkets.
Yesterday I walked into the Ralph's at Barrington and Olympic. They are opening a branch of Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf there, next to a working branch of Wells Fargo Bank, complete with ATM. I also found one end cap devoted to a wireless store, selling phones and accessories and another was a gift card display where you could buy giftcards from retailers, restaurants, even jet blue, and Amex. They were also selling outdoor furniture. All this and food, fresh vegetables, prepared foods, bakery, deli.
It makes we wonder: is the supermarket trying to return to the old General Store. And will all these new offerings actually be good for business or just a distraction?
Yesterday I walked into the Ralph's at Barrington and Olympic. They are opening a branch of Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf there, next to a working branch of Wells Fargo Bank, complete with ATM. I also found one end cap devoted to a wireless store, selling phones and accessories and another was a gift card display where you could buy giftcards from retailers, restaurants, even jet blue, and Amex. They were also selling outdoor furniture. All this and food, fresh vegetables, prepared foods, bakery, deli.
It makes we wonder: is the supermarket trying to return to the old General Store. And will all these new offerings actually be good for business or just a distraction?
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