 |
Business Directory |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Coupons |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
Classifieds |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
| | Author | Messages | |
rule11
Posts:344
 | | 07/12/2007 8:17 PM |
 Alert | they should place a Food City south of the track  KIDDING!!!
imo, i don't like food city, i know their price is cheap and all, but i don't like it. the name always make me associate it with "ghetto-ness". isn't FC owned by Bashas, in a since we already have a FC, just a bit more expensive  | |
i don't like people who uses "signature" on their profile. TAKE IT OFF!!! | |
|
| | vytor
Posts:45
| | 07/13/2007 7:25 PM |
Alert | Guadalupe, does not actually go all the way up to preist but from the freeway to the left, up to the curved road and to the right the same curved road... And yes I didn't see the 1 mile away, but when your city is like .8 miles sq, anything within a mile of the whole city is at most 2 miles from you. Hell most of us are like 2 miles just from the Circle K.
But Yes if Food City comes near the houses out here, bad things to follow.
I feel the same about a walmart though. I would like to see a Super Target, or something other then FC or WM. | | | |
|
| | AzSandSlinger
Posts:523
| | 07/13/2007 9:31 PM |
Alert | Guadalupe, does not actually go all the way up to preist but from the freeway to the left, up to the curved road and to the right the same curved road...
What are you talking about??
Guad is from I-10 to the CANAL (not the "curved road"...lol..), which is past Priest a block below Baseline.. it also extends from the southern side of Baseline to Carmen Ave (which is 2 blocks south of Guadalupe Rd)
... and yes, Christie's is still in Guadalupe..lol..
-Shane | |
-------------------------------------------------------------
Ultra Super Member
Posts: eleventy-billion
Joined: 10 Nov 1775
-------------------------------------------------------------
"There are only two kinds of people that understand Marines: Marines and the enemy. Everyone else has a second-hand opinion."
Gen. William Thornson, U.S. Army | |
|
| | sjtrim
Posts:388
| | 07/14/2007 1:07 AM |
Alert | | I can't stand Food City. They are gross and disgusting, IMHO. My husband and I went into one when I was pregnant years ago and walked around for about 5min. The smell in there grossed me out so bad that I needed to hurl bad! I ran around looking for a bathroom but I couldn't find one at all so I ran in the back thinking it was the bathroom, but of course it wasn't and, I'm sorry this is gross, I just threw up back in the back where the employees hang out. Right there on the floor. The smell of the throw up of course was making me sick to so I got the heck out of there fast. Tried finding an employee nearby to let them know but no one was around so we just made our way out of there. I was really embarrassed, but honestly, I will never forget that smell. Makes me sick to think about it even. Gross! If one comes near my house, I'm putting my house up for sale. I live in Tortosa and have heard rumors that one is going up. Gees, I hope not cause I really don't want this area to be trashy. I love my house and I don't want to move. | |
Member
Joined: Apr 2007
"A day without laughter is a day wasted." Charlie Chaplin | |
|
| | caveman
Posts:1020
| | 07/14/2007 11:26 AM |
Alert | | I feel the same way. Food City is ghetto. What a great way to lower your property value! | | | |
|
| | rattle2
Posts:131
| | 07/14/2007 12:08 PM |
Alert | Hmmm.......rule11 is correct I believe......Bashas owns Food City. Trader Joe's would be good. Food City doesn't have the best rep. They have been caught selling out of date baby food and who knows what else. I've been in a couple Food City stores and I was not impressed with their sanitation.
Costco with a gas station would be good. Wal-Mart I'm not crazy about. | |
Sometimes we just make life to difficult.
| |
|
|  | NY2Copa
Posts:124
| | 07/15/2007 7:32 AM |
Alert | | I'd love to see Maricopa turn into the next Scottsdale, Ahwatukee, Gilbert, (nice) part of Chandler ... we have all the ingredients to make a nice, upscale area here ... especially since our boundaries are so cut and dry .... we don't blend into other cities ... we could be, dare I say ... exclusive one day? I don't know anything about FC .. but after reading this ... I'm thinking there are lots of other better ways for Copa to go. Bring 'em on! Oh ... and as for the population (some of the threads mentioned that these big stores need a certain population to open up here to be able to sustain) ... I've got my 2 sisters and a childhood friend to move here from back East .... c'mon people ... bring your families and friends here and fill up those empty houses and increase our population <img src='http://www.85239.com/desktopmodules/ntforums/images/emoticons/wink.gif' height='20' width='20' border='0' title='Wink' align='absmiddle'> Plus you know you'll like your neighbors!!! lol | | | |
|
| | Devil Dog
Posts:408
| | 07/15/2007 10:48 AM |
Alert | sjtrim, so you were pregnant at the time when you went in to Food City and got sick because of the smell. Anything smell when your pregnant can make you sick - bad or good. You said, you threw-up on the floor and didn't clean it - Well that makes you just as bad and even worse than the employees working at Food City. Now that smell.
Lets face it people the bigger we get as a commutity the more vendor will pop-up, if we get so call getto store in town people are going to shop there and trust me they well. We can agree and de-agree until the morning light on what stores we wish to have and not to have. But, They will come to town sooner or later. | |
"Always Moving Forward" | |
|
| | sjtrim
Posts:388
| | 07/15/2007 12:24 PM |
Alert | Okay, see now that's where you don't know what you're talking about. I never got sick when I was pregnant. I think I threw up maybe twice with that pregnancy. I was able to handle all sorts of smells. I even went back to FC after I was no longer pregnant and had to walk right back out cause the smell is so overwhelming that I was afraid it would make me sick again. So you think that it was my responsibility to find a mop and clean up my own mess while I was 7 months pregnant? Whatever. I knew if I stayed I'd probably puke again. I looked for an employee and there weren't any in the general area. Like I said if I took to long in there I was going to be sick again. Trust me that smell is overwhelming and even my husband couldn't stand it. FC is ghetto and yes they are owned by Bashas. My parents went to school with Eddie Bashas and are shocked that he would open up stores as ghetto as they are. Don't go insulting my character when you don't even know me. I am better than those stores. They don't need to have their stores stink so bad, do they? I keep my home smelling nice. Never would I keep it smelling like a ghetto.
I'm all for Maricopa growing, but I would much rather see it become the next Scottsdale any day. I don't mind shopping at Walmart either. Target is great too. Basically anything that comes here is fine with me, except a trashy store like FC. I for one would choose NOT to shop there. I like giving Maricopa my business, but since I have other grocery stores to choose from here, FC wouldn't need my business any way. If we don't want this place to look like trash, then I say keep them out! IMHO. | |
Member
Joined: Apr 2007
"A day without laughter is a day wasted." Charlie Chaplin | |
|
| | demonica
Posts:850
| | 07/15/2007 12:26 PM |
Alert | | lemme see if i've got this straight...food city is bad but dollar stores are good? personally, i like to save money wherever i can. | | | |
|
| | sjtrim
Posts:388
| | 07/15/2007 12:32 PM |
Alert | | Hey- I love to save money too but I really like to be able to shop and enjoy shopping. If I have to hold my breath then that's not enjoyable. So far the dollar stores are all well kept. That's all I'm saying. I think that FC looks and smells like a ghetto but that's just my opinion. I would shop somewhere else to save money before shopping there, that's all. By the way, the first FC was a different one then the 2nd FC I went to and they were both gross. Not saying they are all like that, but after going to two of them and being nauseated by them both, I choose not to try another. Never have I been in a store since that has smelled any where near what they smell like. | |
Member
Joined: Apr 2007
"A day without laughter is a day wasted." Charlie Chaplin | |
|
| | demonica
Posts:850
| | 07/15/2007 12:42 PM |
Alert | sjtrim-
i truly believe that it is just a cultural difference, the fact that the smell bothers you so much. i know what smell you mean, but i do not find it unpleasant at all. hispanic cultures cook different foods in different ways that white cultures. i think that what you are smelling and hating is the prepared foods. of course, you have every right to dislike that smell and chose not to shop there. what bothers me are the people saying that having a food city store would turn maricopa into a ghetto and reduce property values. | | | |
|
| | sjtrim
Posts:388
| | 07/15/2007 12:50 PM |
Alert | | Okay, it may not reduce property value, but I do think that they keep the outside of their stores trashy too. They always have garbage on the ground everywhere. That to me looks more like ghetto more then anything inside the store. I'm not the only one who thinks they are trashy stores. I'm just one person and I guess I should stop speaking before I get into trouble. I just thought I'd share my experience and yes I know it wasn't the most pleasant of experiences either! I don't think it's the same smell you're thinking of. I can't explain it. I love the smell of hispanic food. I go out to eat at mexican restaurants all the time. That's not what I'm talking about at all. I'm talking about more of a trash like smell. Like I said, hard to explain, but it's not food. I won't say anymore. I think I'm in trouble for this one so I apologize in advance. | |
Member
Joined: Apr 2007
"A day without laughter is a day wasted." Charlie Chaplin | |
|
| | demonica
Posts:850
| | 07/15/2007 12:56 PM |
Alert | | you're not in any trouble with me. your opinion is perfectly valid, about the smell. i guess i get on my high horse sometimes about people putting others down. as a whole, i love maricopa and the people in it, i just sometimes get my back up over what i perceive to be a lack of tolerance on this website of those that are different than from the poster, whomever that may be. | | | |
|
| | sjtrim
Posts:388
| | 07/15/2007 1:53 PM |
Alert | | I'm not putting anyone down. I didn't mean to come across that way. I'm just stating my opinion that I think FC looks and smells trashy. The areas that they are placed are also trashy. That is why I said I would hate for Maricopa to get one here and then have the area look trashy. I know this about the two that I've been in. They are placed in areas in Mesa where I used to live and at one time when I was younger were really nice areas. Now the entire area surrounding the stores are trashy. That is all I'm saying. History has shown that they are placed in areas that are a little run down. I don't want where I live to become an area like that. Then again, whos to say that all of them are like that and that we would become a run down area if one was here? Again, I'm not trying to put anyone down, just stating my opinion on the place and I choose not to shop there. | |
Member
Joined: Apr 2007
"A day without laughter is a day wasted." Charlie Chaplin | |
|
| | charann
Posts:210
| | 07/15/2007 2:56 PM |
Alert | I personally agree, FC stores are trashy. I grew up poor and truthfully, just because you have lower income than someone else, does that mean, you have to live in trash, same with a store. Just because FC does cater towards, well, lower income people or those of other cultures, does not give them the right to make those stores smelly and horrible. All people of all ethnic and financial backgrounds have the right to shop in a clean store. I know the smell SJ is talking about, the one I went to in Glendale, i don't know how to describe it, maybe along the lines of rotted meat or something. I lived near one when I moved to AZ, moved to the area sight unseen, went into FC, because all i needed was milk and didn't feel like driving to Fry's a few blocks away when FC was literally 1 block over. Walked in, horrible horrible smell, walked out. Walked home, got in my car and drove to Fry's for milk.
Here's the thing, by allowing any store, not just FC, but any store to be trashy and ghetto like, is not only a reflection of those who shop there, but also of those who work there and own the store. You can live in a rundown, ghetto neighborhood and still keep a clean store, there is no excuse why any store should be nasty, again, not just FC, but any store.
However, if FC does plan to come to Maricopa, we will be at the council meetings letting our feelings be known. Maybe it won't work, maybe it will.
| | | |
|
| | *rikimaru*
Posts:444
| | 07/15/2007 3:17 PM |
Alert | the clientele who shop at FC play a huge role in keeping the store clean along with the staff. i would wager $100 there are not enough hispanics/mexicans here to warrant a FC, not by a long shot and those are who FC's bread and butter shoppers, not whitey (i am half so dont yell racist).
the 'copa will never, ever be Scottsdale imo, 2 very different cities. i dont even think the 'copa will be equal to "Tukee either, lets face it we all moved here because of the cheaper home prices and lets face facts, almost all of us would never fit in with the Scottsdale crowd, instead most 'Copa residents are middle class. i think the copa will eventually be along the lines of Gilbert or Chandler instead of Scottsdale of Tukee.
btw Walmart doesnt always smell like Roses either. Each FC is different, i have been in some not so pleasant locations but have also been in clean FC stores, just depends on how the employees choose to keep the store, cant generalize every store as the same imo. | |
listened for, they cannot be heard;looked for, they cannot be seen; felt for, they cannot be touched: old ninja proverb | |
|
| | demonica
Posts:850
| | 07/15/2007 3:30 PM |
Alert | | why does maricopa have to be like anywhere else? isn't there a much better return in making maricopa the best maricopa it can be, rather than trying to fit it into a mold? that is how i live my life and intend to raise my child, and how i view my town. | | | |
|
| | DesertDweller
Posts:2549
| | 07/15/2007 5:33 PM |
Alert | Food City caters to a niche market. It's not important to the people who shop there that the store be nice and smell good. What's important is that it be close enough that one can take their groceries home in a shopping cart, that the prices be as low as possible, and that they carry Hispanic ethnic items. I don't shop there.
AJ's has the same owner. What's important to the people that shop there is that the eggs they buy come from chickens who were never in cages, the produce they buy was grown "organically" (whatever the hell that means), and that there be a few bottles of wine that cost $75-up per bottle and nothing in the rack that doesn't have a cork. I don't shop there either.
When you see a Food City come into your neighborhood, it means that there is a large demographic of Hispanics who don't care what the store looks like as long as the prices are as low as possible. Nothing racist about that - it's just a matter of fact.
| |
Stupid should hurt!
Desert Dweller - Senior Member - Posts: 2982 - Joined: Feb 2006 | |
|
| | *rikimaru*
Posts:444
| | 07/16/2007 8:39 AM |
Alert | | great point DD, well said. | |
listened for, they cannot be heard;looked for, they cannot be seen; felt for, they cannot be touched: old ninja proverb | |
|
| |
| | You are not authorized to post a reply. |
|
| |
ActiveForums 3.6 |
|
|
|