04-01-2015, 07:01 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-01-2015, 07:09 PM by panamaniac.)
(04-01-2015, 06:46 PM)mpd618 Wrote:(04-01-2015, 01:07 PM)schooner77 Wrote: I'm surprised that traffic to Central Fresh Market is down so severely. Food tends to be emotional and people tend to develop loyalty to certain stores, Vincenzo's being an extreme example of that. I would have thought its' core customers would get there no matter what.
Few businesses, I'd think, are sustained primarily by their "core customers". Most people are fickle, have no strong loyalty to many/most of the businesses they patronize, and are easily swayed by convenience.
Vincenzo's is fantastic. But I went there a lot more often when I lived a 5 minute walk away and it was on my commute home.
Once upon a time, when Zehrs and Dutch Boy dominated among local supermarkets (pace HiWay Market), K-W was all about customer loyalty. Things have changed tremendously in recent years, however, and I doubt there's much of that old loyalty left.
By the way, I discovered that there is, in fact, a back way out of Central - they've put up signs that direct you out the parking lot and over to Braun St and then Moore.