THERE IS A NEW PLAYER IN
THE GROCERY STORE.
THEY ARE OPENING TOMORROW
MORNING.
ELSEWHERE.
COMPANY IS BASED IN IOWA AND
HAS STORES IN EIGHT STATES
ACROSS THE MIDWEST.
THEY WILL IMMEDIATELY NOTICE
HOW BIG THEY ARE AND AS WCCO'S
ANGELA DAVIS SHOWS US, THEY
WILL SEE A WIDE VARIETY OF
FOODS AND SERVICES.
Reporter: YOU CAN GET A
WHOLE LOT INTO 90,000 SQUARE
FEET, AISLES FILLED WITH A HUGE
SELECTION OF GROCERIES.
THE NEW STORE HAS A STARBUCKS
COFFEE SHOP, A FLOWER SHOP,
MINI CLINIC AND A PHARMACY,
FLUS AN ABUNDANCE OF FOODS
PREPPED AND READY FOR YOU TO
COOK AT HOME.
FAMILIES STILL WANT TO
PREPARE MEALS FOR FAMILIES THAT
ARE GOOD QUALITY FOOD BUT THEY
DON'T HAVE THE TIME SO WE HAVE
THAT PROCESS IN PLACE SO THE
MOM OR THE DAD CAN COME HOME
AND BUY THE PREPARED MEAL AND
PUT IT IN THE OVEN FOR 35
MINUTES AND HAVE IT FOR THE
FAMILY.
Reporter: THAT IS IN
ADDITION TO A RESTAURANT THAT
HAS A FULL BAR.
JONATHAN IS A MARKETING
PROFESSOR AT UNIVERSITY OF ST.
THOMAS.
WHAT WILL IT MEAN FOR
COMPETITORS?
Reporter: WHEN YOU HAVE A
NEW COMPETITOR IN TOWN, NO
MATTER WHAT'S YOUR INDUSTRY IS,
EVERY POLICE DEPARTMENT DI WILL
STEP UP.
I GUARANTEE THERE WILL BE
CHANGES IN THE GROCERY
INDUSTRY.
THE TYPES OF STORES, WILL THERE
BE HOME DELIVERY?
Reporter: THERE IS AN AISLE
WITH GLUTEN FREE FOODS.
MANY ARE TO COME.
NEXT YEAR WE HAVE FOUR MORE
COMING AND THEN WE'LL ADD TO
ADDITIONAL STORES TO THAT AND
FOUR OR FIVE STORES EVERY FIVE
YEARS AFTER THAT.
Reporter: THEY OPEN AT 6:00
AND WILL BE OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY
7 DAYS A WEEK AND IN FIVE YEARS
THERE COULD BE ABOUT 20 STORES
IN THE TWIN CITIES.
AS FOR THE PRICES, THEY ARE
COMPARABLE TO CUB STORES BUT
THE SELECTION OF ITEMS WAS MORE
BROAD LIKE WHAT YOU SEE AT CA
WALL SKIS OR BY EARLIES.
A LOT OF JOBS WERE CREATED.
EACH STORE HIRED ABOUT 150 FULL-
TIME EMPLOYEES AND HUNDREDS
MORE PARTS TIME WORKERS.
THEY ARE COMING, FIVE MORE
STORES EACH YEAR.
I KNEW THEY WERE IN IOWA.
THEY LOOK LIKE BEAUTIFUL
STORES.
THEY HAVE BEEN IN SMALLER
TOWNS IN THE SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
BUT NEW TO THE TWIN CITIES.
