Consumers Beginning to Consider Malls as Grocery Destinations

With food retailers increasingly looking to differentiate their shopping experience by opening stores within indoor shopping malls, including Wegmans’ recent debut of what it called a “unique” multilevel location within a mall in Natick, Mass., it seems that consumers are increasingly warming to the idea of being able to shop at a supermarket along with such mall staples as Auntie Anne’s and Yankee Candle...

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RSK Maybe Sears needs to get in the grocery business as an option. They certainly have the locations...or better yet partner with a grocer.

Ken Notes: If I had empty mall space I would be begging for a Trader Joes or other great destination grocer to fill my space...Remember the old downtown with a butcher, baker, produce market, hardware, clothing, notions, cafe, office supplies, electronics, soda counter, and drug store... This is what a mall should be... It is by the way the model Walmart uses in thinking about their stores and Amazon is the e-version...