Comments on: Kroger closing Manhattan location will be blow to neighborhood…

By: Tina

Tina — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:51:47 +0000

Robin Says:
The cash for clunkers is a good idea on paper, but it doesn’t seem to work well in reality. Although, it seems it is wildly popular. Have any Glass City Jungle readers taken advantage of it? I myself, don’t have enough money for car payments and insurance on a brand new car
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I have not taken advantage of this but thought about it. After 10 minutes of thinking, I thought , NO. I too don’t want a car payment plus I found out my cars did not qualtify. LOL. (That really may be a blessing in desguise, GOD telling me to appreciate what I already have). I work at a insurance comapany and a lot of our policy holders have(taken advantage of this or were they the ones being taken advanage of).Very few called to ask what it would be to take an older car with liabilty off their policy and to add a 2009 new car with full coverage. There are unhappy ppl that now are paying insurance that is the same amount as their car payment. I know of someone who took advantage of this program and did not get the price the sales person told them. There are going to be lots of law suits filed.

By: Robin

Robin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:40:28 +0000

I think it sucks that the Manhattan Kroger is closing, but hopefully Kroger will build a new store at another location in that area soon.

The cash for clunkers is a good idea on paper, but it doesn’t seem to work well in reality. Although, it seems it is wildly popular. Have any Glass City Jungle readers taken advantage of it? I myself, don’t have enough money for car payments and insurance on a brand new car. It really sucks that this program will make it harder for me to shop for a used car if I were shopping for cars. I’m hoping that my current car will last me a bit longer. I also heard that this program will/has drive/driven up the cost of used parts.

By: glasscitypatriot

glasscitypatriot — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:21:32 +0000

Lisa,

You’re correct about cash for clunkers. It is a program that does hurt the poor. There were a couple great blog posts about that here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA8IM550tTU

The Unintended Consequences of Cash for Clunkers:
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=23134

By: meghan

meghan — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:44:04 +0000

I prefer walmart, I’m sure they would be more than happy to build a store in that part of the city. They have everything you need all in one location, its great!

By: michael l. friedman

michael l. friedman — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:04:30 +0000

KEEP SHOPPING KROGER GREAT STORES AND THEY ARE UNION….UFCW LOCAL 75

By: Tina

Tina — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 21:21:48 +0000

Rockets Man Says:
Didn’t Kroger wanted to expand at the Manhattan Plaza but the owners wouldn’t allow it?
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That is the reason and I don’t get it. There is enough room for expansion. I use to work at an office in Miracle Mile and saw the expansion they did with the Kroger store there. I love it. I can buy flowers and my fav Red Door perfume at Kroger. If you bank with 5th 3rd and need gas and groceries it’s a one stop shopping for many. Most of my family and friends have moved from the North End to the “burbs” I purchased my home almost 7 years ago and although the makret is great to purchase a $200,000 home for far less I don’t want the headache to rent my home out and be a landlord. I love the lay out of my house and if I could pick it up and move it somewhere else I would. But I would also miss some of my neighbors. We need to keep Korger here. Not everyone has tranportation but also want “quality” food. We are not just a commumity or ppl living where we do but we are “family”. The media makes it seem as though the North End is all bad, it’s not. My family and friends who moved to the “burbs” still remember where they came from and still love to shop at Kmart Plaza which includeds “our Kroger” store. It’s not like they are tearing down the whole plaza to make condos or a new highway. Keep Kroger where it is and imporve it. Most ppl have a problem with change(I know I do), what happend to “choice”? Did we the ppl get a chance to decide if the store expanded or just leaves altogether? Nope!

By: Rockets Man

Rockets Man — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:34:05 +0000

Let’s stick to the topic, shall we?

Didn’t Kroger wanted to expand at the Manhattan Plaza but the owners wouldn’t allow it? If you haven’t noticed, Kroger is getting out of leasing their stores and building new ones on their own properties which would lower the costs of operating; however, if a leased property allows them to expand then they will invest (i.e. Miracle Mile, Southland, Navarre in Oregon). Based on my research, Kroger owns their own properties at Detroit/Glendale, Suder Avenue, Sylvania, Holland-Sylvania/Bancroft, etc; but it’s unfortunate that their business model calls for an expansion but if it’s not granted then they will close.

To replace the soon-to-be closed Kroger on Manhattan, I’m sure they can find ample of lands to buy and build their own store because there is ample of population to support it. My suggestion: look at Manhattan/I-280 area, Detroit/Central, Lagrange/Greenbelt Parkway or Chrysler/Stickney. It is truly needed since I’ve heard that Kroger was going to buy the Swayne Field Shopping Center but nothing’s come out of it.

I do my shopping at Kroger but I prefer going to a location that has the fueling station because it’s convenient.

By: jenny

jenny — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:45:05 +0000

Skip wrote:

Sure beats who’s currently in charge of health care. Do you like dropped coverage, preexisting conditions and skyrocketing premiums, deductibles and co-pays,

You must be kidding. Talk to someone on government run medicaid, medicare or health care for military families. They can tell you about dropped coverage, denied claims, increasing copays, limited choices of providers, etc.

By: Skip

Skip — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 05:47:54 +0000

jenny wrote:

These are the people that some of you want to put in charge of health care?!!!

Sure beats who’s currently in charge of health care. Do you like dropped coverage, preexisting conditions and skyrocketing premiums, deductibles and co-pays, 40 million uninsured, and the most expensive per capita health care system in the world? Didn’t think so.

Just trust your local kind-hearted corporation for health care delivery. Thanks but no thanks, Jen.

By: LisaRenee

LisaRenee — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 02:46:22 +0000

I wrote:

Transportation is a huge issue in many parts of this City, which makes it impossible for me not to mention that I think the destruction of cars in the whole “Cash for Clunker’s” deal is an outrage. While those cars may have been “clunkers” to those who could afford to trade them in for new models they would have been dream cars for many of those who have cars in much worse shape or those that have no cars at all…