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New Kroger store
draws crowds
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[NOV. 1, 2003]
During
Thursday morning's ribbon cut Kroger manager Pat Kent recognized her
co-manager, Rick Ellis, and zone manager, Tracy Blancher, thanking them
for their efforts in getting the store together so quickly. Amazingly it took only 30 days to transform the store.
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Shoppers are met with
a visual sense of ease created through wide strokes of subdued
colors and uncluttered spaces. The store is organized in a seemingly
familiar pattern common to most food stores, working from produce to
deli, meats, dairy and frozen foods on the perimeter. The inner
aisles are wide and easy to navigate. Kent said, "I like how bright
and spacious the new store is."
Kent said she likes
the new section at the back of the produce department, “Nature's
Market.” It has many fine products good for health. You will also
find an eight-foot section of organic produce in that area.
Brochures detail the store layout and where to find the products you
are looking for, but shoppers can easily see up and down aisles, and
the categories are well-marked.
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The new location is the site of the old Eagle food store located in
the Wal-Mart shopping plaza on the west end of town, on Route 10 at
1475 Woodlawn Road. Being the highest bidder, The Kroger Company
acquired the local Eagle store through bankruptcy proceedings in
September.
Kroger has hired 41 new employees while moving into the new, bigger store.
Nine Eagle employees were hired. The new store now employs 120 staff
and management.
Cashier Jan Brown is one of the past Eagle employees that Kroger
hired. Brown was behind her register checking the first customers
out in the opening hour. She said she is glad to have her job. “I
like the clean appearance and openness in the new store,” Brown
said.
Friday afternoon shoppers packed the new store.
[Jan
Youngquist] |
