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trappedspirit		2012-02-15 10:52:17 AM

Freaky? Subby disturbed by all these horseless carriages too?

Another Government Employee		2012-02-15 11:01:07 AM

Harry Freakstorm: As long as I don't get trapped in a narrow aisle by a diva in size 30 Baby Phat jeans who can't decide which bottle of sugar water to pour down her gullet while her spawn run through the store screaming "I want this! I want this!". Then getting stuck behind this family as the diva screams at the cashier "There is too $200 on that Link card! What the hell are you trying to do? Take food from my babies? I called DCFS and you can check with them. Also, I'm medically addicted to cigarettes so they said I can put them on the card too!"

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Now, translate that into Spanish and you have the Kroger down the street.

Lucky for me, there is a MUCH nicer one three miles in the other direction.

Aar1012		2012-02-15 11:22:43 AM

Lsherm: ranak: But will they still be as ghetto?

Kroger finally made it to the east coast and they've opened a "superstore" near me. It's by far the nicest Kroger I've ever been to and it's also one of the nicest grocery stores around. They have a cheese section that rivals Whole Foods but that isn't nearly as expensive.

I don't know what they've been doing, but they're improving.

I miss Kroger. I wish they would make it up to the New England area

noit		2012-02-15 11:31:33 AM

We've reached 1956. Are we officially going backwards?

Cerebral Knievel		2012-02-15 11:47:35 AM

Lsherm: ranak: But will they still be as ghetto?

Kroger finally made it to the east coast and they've opened a "superstore" near me. It's by far the nicest Kroger I've ever been to and it's also one of the nicest grocery stores around. They have a cheese section that rivals Whole Foods but that isn't nearly as expensive.

I don't know what they've been doing, but they're improving.

Yep, I was gonna say, all the Krogers aound me are really nice, they got the best selection and the best prices. I go out of my way to shop the krogar Carytown here.
The recently tore down a dead mall to put in the largest Krogar supercenter on the east coast.

BuckeyeDEJ		2012-02-15 11:52:14 AM

Huh. My brother went to Ohio Northern, so I'm getting a kick out of these responses.

Pontious Pilates		2012-02-15 11:53:35 AM

I am OK with this because my local Kroger is a total shiathole. Which I don't get, because there's a very nice Harris Teeter across the street. Even the Food Lion nearby is way better.

/I miss Wegmans. :(

hatelabs		2012-02-15 11:54:24 AM

LOOK,..
You people are missing out on the single biggest question here...
images.wikia.com

Does it sell used panties?!

The My Little Pony Killer		2012-02-15 12:02:04 PM

FTFA: Imagine a grocery store without checkout lanes, cashiers, or shopping carts.

Yes, just one single, long line as everyone who wants to get shopping done that day has to wait for every person ahead of them to scroll through each individual item in there.

No thanks.

The Bestest		2012-02-15 12:05:30 PM

ranak: But will they still be as ghetto?

Rapmaster2000: So now I'll shop at the Murder Kroger Machine instead of good ol' Murder Kroger?

I'll echo other sentiments in the thread: the quality of the Kroger is directly proportional to the quality of its neighborhood.

For example, there are two near me: one by DeKalb Medical, which is pretty average, and one in Tucker, which is all ladeeda/hoitytoity. Greeter, full in-store Starbucks, huge organic SWAS, absurd cheese selection, etc. My uncle tells of one in his Dallas suburb where all the employees wear vests and ties.

Conversely, you go to the one on Candler Rd in Decatur, it looks like it hasn't been renovated (or mopped) since the 60s.

QuesoDelicioso		2012-02-15 12:08:46 PM

Earthen: ...and federal supplemental nutrition-assistance program cards.

We just can't call em food stamps anymore, can we?

Well, is it a card, or is it a stamp? If it's not a stamp anymore, why would we call it that?

Matthew Keene		2012-02-15 12:17:01 PM

cgraves67: At least you don't have to make small talk with an old lady cashier and borderline-retarded bagboy.

Bagboys are not borderline retarded. They ARE retarded.

GeekTheMighty		2012-02-15 12:20:56 PM

The Bestest: ranak: But will they still be as ghetto?

Rapmaster2000: So now I'll shop at the Murder Kroger Machine instead of good ol' Murder Kroger?

I'll echo other sentiments in the thread: the quality of the Kroger is directly proportional to the quality of its neighborhood.

For example, there are two near me: one by DeKalb Medical, which is pretty average, and one in Tucker, which is all ladeeda/hoitytoity. Greeter, full in-store Starbucks, huge organic SWAS, absurd cheese selection, etc. My uncle tells of one in his Dallas suburb where all the employees wear vests and ties.

Conversely, you go to the one on Candler Rd in Decatur, it looks like it hasn't been renovated (or mopped) since the 60s.

Krogers is pretty smart. They aim each store at the local, rather then having a one-size-fits-none approach. The new krogers they built just south of OSU campus to replace Kroghetto has a big deli counter, a big ready-to-eat section, and smaller versions of most other sections. It also has twice the number of self-checkouts as other Krogers and only about 5 regular checkout lines.

The one near me is an Uber-Kroger in German Village. It has a massive fresh foods section, a very nice fresh bakery, and they just added a mini state store for liquer. It's quite nice, really.

/ ahh, Kroghetto
// nothing says fun like a white boy shopping at 10pm on a Saturday night
/// in bicycle shorts

XplodedSynapses		2012-02-15 12:37:13 PM

Evidently, we Ohioans eat a LOT of crackers.

kumanoki		2012-02-15 12:37:50 PM

poot_rootbeer: kumanoki: Those are called automats.

Automats are (*sigh*...were) coin-operated restaurants, not coin-operated supermarkets.

Iceberg/Goldberg

Gig103		2012-02-15 12:53:31 PM

Shadow Blasko: They could hardly do worse than the current batch of checkout folks.

Your Kroger has checkout folks? Ours has one staffed line, and 10 of those "self checkout" things.

Lsherm		2012-02-15 12:54:51 PM

Cerebral Knievel: Lsherm: ranak: But will they still be as ghetto?

Kroger finally made it to the east coast and they've opened a "superstore" near me. It's by far the nicest Kroger I've ever been to and it's also one of the nicest grocery stores around. They have a cheese section that rivals Whole Foods but that isn't nearly as expensive.

I don't know what they've been doing, but they're improving.

Yep, I was gonna say, all the Krogers aound me are really nice, they got the best selection and the best prices. I go out of my way to shop the krogar Carytown here.
The recently tore down a dead mall to put in the largest Krogar supercenter on the east coast.

I hit the one on Rt 301 just near Atlee Road. It's by far the nicest grocery store in the area.

fanbladesaresharp		2012-02-15 12:55:09 PM

mekkab:
FTFA
purchased the 10-by-13-foot kiosk from Shop24 Global, a Columbus firm that makes grocery vending machines used widely in Europe.

so... this is happening already all over the world, and in Korea Tesco has subway ads with QR codes and an app where people can buy things and get it delivered to their apartment.

And this is considered 22nd century? Oh OHIO!

I guess. But the robotic assembly line technology is 40 years old. Just maybe a new application..ok so they added a swipe card connection to your bank account. Anything that has needed to be filled 2000 at a time has been using this stuff for years. Right here in 'murrica.

Cerebral Knievel		2012-02-15 01:07:41 PM

Lsherm: Cerebral Knievel: Lsherm: ranak: But will they still be as ghetto?

Kroger finally made it to the east coast and they've opened a "superstore" near me. It's by far the nicest Kroger I've ever been to and it's also one of the nicest grocery stores around. They have a cheese section that rivals Whole Foods but that isn't nearly as expensive.

I don't know what they've been doing, but they're improving.

Yep, I was gonna say, all the Krogers aound me are really nice, they got the best selection and the best prices. I go out of my way to shop the krogar Carytown here.
The recently tore down a dead mall to put in the largest Krogar supercenter on the east coast.

I hit the one on Rt 301 just near Atlee Road. It's by far the nicest grocery store in the area.

That's a nice one too! They even are redoing the one at willow lawn, but I still don't think its going to be as nice as carytown.
I live in lakeside, so atlee is still to far of a stretch, and having to deal with virginia center commons area makes me kinda itch.

TheGogmagog		2012-02-15 01:13:13 PM

Lsherm: Cerebral Knievel: Lsherm: ranak: But will they still be as ghetto?

Kroger finally made it to the east coast and they've opened a "superstore" near me. It's by far the nicest Kroger I've ever been to and it's also one of the nicest grocery stores around. They have a cheese section that rivals Whole Foods but that isn't nearly as expensive.

I don't know what they've been doing, but they're improving.

Yep, I was gonna say, all the Krogers aound me are really nice, they got the best selection and the best prices. I go out of my way to shop the krogar Carytown here.
The recently tore down a dead mall to put in the largest Krogar supercenter on the east coast.

I hit the one on Rt 301 just near Atlee Road. It's by far the nicest grocery store in the area.

The ones that chase the urban sprawl are new and nice. The ones that have been in the same place 10 years are pretty nasty since they don't get remodeled.

Ed Willy		2012-02-15 01:20:41 PM

All you need is to legalize beer and liquor vending machines and this technology could take out the convenience store industry.

RIP QuickStop and RST Video

farm3.staticflickr.com

Cerebral Knievel		2012-02-15 02:57:39 PM

TheGogmagog: Lsherm: Cerebral Knievel: Lsherm: ranak: But will they still be as ghetto?

Kroger finally made it to the east coast and they've opened a "superstore" near me. It's by far the nicest Kroger I've ever been to and it's also one of the nicest grocery stores around. They have a cheese section that rivals Whole Foods but that isn't nearly as expensive.

I don't know what they've been doing, but they're improving.

Yep, I was gonna say, all the Krogers aound me are really nice, they got the best selection and the best prices. I go out of my way to shop the krogar Carytown here.
The recently tore down a dead mall to put in the largest Krogar supercenter on the east coast.

I hit the one on Rt 301 just near Atlee Road. It's by far the nicest grocery store in the area.

The ones that chase the urban sprawl are new and nice. The ones that have been in the same place 10 years are pretty nasty since they don't get remodeled.

That is true as well, the one at the Corner Parham and Route 1. (Brooke road there) shut down recently, never to open again. and Definitely was the one we called the Ghetto Krogar. There was nothing redeeming about the place at all. It was also right next door to a super Walmart that also had its own Grocery store.

Quite frankly, I'm surprised it lasted as long as it did.

But I've always supported Kroger because, well, they have supported us. They were the first major merchant to take on the breweries beer. The other big local Grocery store chain in town didn't even sell alcohol at all! And they were overpriced and over rated as far as I was concerned anyways.

Ed Willy: All you need is to legalize beer and liquor vending machines and this technology could take out the convenience store industry.

RIP QuickStop and RST Video

[farm3.staticflickr.com image 400x225]

With the U.S's in generals alcohol laws? that's probably not going to happen any time soon. And I don't even know if Cigarette vending machines are legal at all anymore. I know they've been outlawed around here under think of the children laws.

mama2tnt		2012-02-15 02:58:27 PM

myinternetname: Woah there, college girl in the picture. Looks like your fat ass has already had enough Robot Kroger.

That's fat? You do NOT live in the midwest.
/I sound fat because I am.

Shorelinefarker		2012-02-15 03:11:28 PM

You mean Kroger is a real store, not just a house brand at Fred Meyer and QFC?

Treefingers		2012-02-15 03:36:22 PM

Why wont Obama do anything about unemployment in this country?!

Idiots.

The Bestest		2012-02-15 03:44:21 PM

Shorelinefarker: You mean Kroger is a real store, not just a house brand at Fred Meyer and QFC?

Kroger (the company) is the largest (dedicated. I think WalMart tops them overall) grocer in the US, and they own several other regional chains as well (Fred Meyer, etc). Chances are (except in the northeast) one of the major grocers in your area is owned by them. The stores that are Kroger branded though are generally only in the Ohio Valley and the south.

Subsequently, they're the second largest producer of "house brand" food (again, behind WalMart) and also own Turkey Hill (convenience stores and the ice cream).

coldones		2012-02-15 04:34:24 PM

FTA:
Kyle Wagner of Toledo, a freshman at Ohio Northern, has found the Kroger kiosk useful. "There's not really a Kroger around here," he said. "The closest is probably Lima, but this is like a minute walk from my dorm."

Come on, there has to be a closer supermarket than freaking Peru, man.

PaLarkin		2012-02-15 05:51:43 PM

hatelabs: LOOK,..
You people are missing out on the single biggest question here...
[images.wikia.com image 512x384]
Does it sell used panties?!

The one at the Tokyo Kroger will.

Ed Willy		2012-02-15 07:31:31 PM

The Bestest: Shorelinefarker: You mean Kroger is a real store, not just a house brand at Fred Meyer and QFC?

Kroger (the company) is the largest (dedicated. I think WalMart tops them overall) grocer in the US, and they own several other regional chains as well (Fred Meyer, etc). Chances are (except in the northeast) one of the major grocers in your area is owned by them. The stores that are Kroger branded though are generally only in the Ohio Valley and the south.

Subsequently, they're the second largest producer of "house brand" food (again, behind WalMart) and also own Turkey Hill (convenience stores and the ice cream).

If you're in California Ralph's is the local Kroger chain.

Fark Me To Tears		2012-02-15 07:36:55 PM

FTFA: Imagine a grocery store without checkout lanes, cashiers, or shopping carts.

It's easy if you try.

hatelabs		2012-02-15 07:59:33 PM

XplodedSynapses: Evidently, we Ohioans eat a LOT of crackers.

I lul'd a little then went back and looked and you're right! There's like 15 "cracker" products in there.

/off to make my Ohio ritz and goldfish sammiches

dugrik		2012-02-15 08:56:40 PM

Looks more like a clerkless 7-11 than a grocery store replacement.

Can it sell and redeem lottery tickets?

kayanlau		2012-02-15 09:16:34 PM

I like to know what kind of security these things have ...

What would keep a truck from ramming into the window and people looting the sh*t out of it? The worth of all the merchandise in the machine wouldn't come close to the cost of fixing this machine.

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