Demolition crews take down an addition to the former Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home in Kitchener on Thursday. The main historic building is being preserved and will be part of the Station Park mixed-use development at King and Wellington streets. (Photo)
Transforming a King Street landmark
(12-19-2019, 11:37 AM)panamaniac Wrote: [ -> ] (12-18-2019, 11:37 PM)Momo26 Wrote: [ -> ]I think - speculated of course - Whole Foods or something comparable. If nothing else I would expect a 'Sobeys Urban' type
I'd take a Farm Boy over Whole Paycheque any day of the week! 
Whole Foods wouldn't be my first choice, either. An Urban Fresh would be just awesome.
Farm Boy all the way !!!! And it is a Canadian company which means a lot to me
(12-20-2019, 03:02 PM)MidTowner Wrote: [ -> ] (12-19-2019, 11:37 AM)panamaniac Wrote: [ -> ]I'd take a Farm Boy over Whole Paycheque any day of the week!
Whole Foods wouldn't be my first choice, either. An Urban Fresh would be just awesome.
Is Sobey's still opening new Urban Fresh locations? I thought they were being converted to Farm Boys.
Oh did Farm Boy buy Sobeys Urban Fresh division or something?
(12-20-2019, 06:52 PM)Momo26 Wrote: [ -> ]Oh did Farm Boy buy Sobeys Urban Fresh division or something?
Sobeys bought Farm Boy last year.
(12-20-2019, 05:01 PM)panamaniac Wrote: [ -> ] (12-20-2019, 03:02 PM)MidTowner Wrote: [ -> ]Whole Foods wouldn't be my first choice, either. An Urban Fresh would be just awesome.
Is Sobey's still opening new Urban Fresh locations? I thought they were being converted to Farm Boys.
I'm not sure; I thought it was just the Ottawa location that was being converted, and I thought it was because Farm Boy was based there. I hadn't heard that they were abandoning the format.
To be honest, I've never been in a Farm Boy, and thought they were full-sized supermarkets. Perusing some of their newest stores now, I see that some of them are rather small for grocery stores and in very urban neighbourhoods, so I guess they would be a candidate for a space here.
Yes I know But isn't Sobeys Canadian too !!! Wholefoods isn't
(12-20-2019, 09:03 PM)MidTowner Wrote: [ -> ] (12-20-2019, 05:01 PM)panamaniac Wrote: [ -> ]Is Sobey's still opening new Urban Fresh locations? I thought they were being converted to Farm Boys.
I'm not sure; I thought it was just the Ottawa location that was being converted, and I thought it was because Farm Boy was based there. I hadn't heard that they were abandoning the format.
To be honest, I've never been in a Farm Boy, and thought they were full-sized supermarkets. Perusing some of their newest stores now, I see that some of them are rather small for grocery stores and in very urban neighbourhoods, so I guess they would be a candidate for a space here.
Farm Boy's largest store, the new TrainYards flagship, will be 38,000 sq ft, so not huge by supermarket standards. Their newest urban format, in Rideau Centre, would be under half that size, I believe. I haven't really heard much about what their expansion plans are - there are two new stores coming in Ottawa and they were looking at opening urban formats in the GTA, but beyond that I haven't heard anything. I think they should be looking at opening a full store in Waterloo, although I don't know where I'd put it.
(12-20-2019, 09:26 PM)panamaniac Wrote: [ -> ] (12-20-2019, 09:03 PM)MidTowner Wrote: [ -> ]I'm not sure; I thought it was just the Ottawa location that was being converted, and I thought it was because Farm Boy was based there. I hadn't heard that they were abandoning the format.
To be honest, I've never been in a Farm Boy, and thought they were full-sized supermarkets. Perusing some of their newest stores now, I see that some of them are rather small for grocery stores and in very urban neighbourhoods, so I guess they would be a candidate for a space here.
Farm Boy's largest store, the new TrainYards flagship, will be 38,000 sq ft, so not huge by supermarket standards. Their newest urban format, in Rideau Centre, would be under half that size, I believe. I haven't really heard much about what their expansion plans are - there are two new stores coming in Ottawa and they were looking at opening urban formats in the GTA, but beyond that I haven't heard anything. I think they should be looking at opening a full store in Waterloo, although I don't know where I'd put it.
Certainly not huge, no. Urban Fresh locations are less than 20,000 square feet, and it looks like several of Farm Boy's latest stores are in that range, too, one as small as 12,000 square feet.
Latest press release about expansion lists seven new stores in the GTA over the next two to three years, and one in St. Catharines.
(12-20-2019, 09:38 PM)MidTowner Wrote: [ -> ] (12-20-2019, 09:26 PM)panamaniac Wrote: [ -> ]Farm Boy's largest store, the new TrainYards flagship, will be 38,000 sq ft, so not huge by supermarket standards. Their newest urban format, in Rideau Centre, would be under half that size, I believe. I haven't really heard much about what their expansion plans are - there are two new stores coming in Ottawa and they were looking at opening urban formats in the GTA, but beyond that I haven't heard anything. I think they should be looking at opening a full store in Waterloo, although I don't know where I'd put it.
Certainly not huge, no. Urban Fresh locations are less than 20,000 square feet, and it looks like several of Farm Boy's latest stores are in that range, too, one as small as 12,000 square feet.
Latest press release about expansion lists seven new stores in the GTA over the next two to three years, and one in St. Catharines.
That might be the new Rideau Centre location. It is a true "urban format", heavy on the prepared foods and, from what I've seen, wildly successful.
This is what I recieved yesterday.
What's that word that is cut off by the phones arrow? Right before rink?
It is "Find a Rink" if is a link to outdoor rinks in Kitchener.