What does DTK need?

[neonjoe]

I doubt there are many chains that could open DTK locations without cannibalizing their existing location's sales... all the big chains have grocery stores close to downtown. I don't think the Sobeys on Highland would survive with an urban Sobeys downtown. I also wonder how the whole "retail apocalypse" is going to affect things, along with all the financial uncertainty these days.

There's a few chains that are doing okay, Dollarama is busy. Crabby joe's seemed to have survived the pandemic, though I've never been. I'm surprised Giant Tiger hasn't opened up downtown, but then again the Margaret ave location isn't very far. The old McDonald's in market square always seemed busy when it was open. I'm sure they could open the one near google and do decent business? I dunno if there's a pet store downtown anymore, but I imagine that's something a lot of people get delivered nowadays.

The Highland Sobeys seems to have the least investment of all the Sobeys stores. They should open an Urban Fresh location downtown and turn the highland location into a FreshCo. It would suit the demographic of the area much better, specifically with the amount of ethnic foods FreshCo stores have now (at least Westmount/Ottawa).