2 of those came true, but the Potbelly went out of business. In N Out seems to be thriving though...

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Ashley Hodge said:

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Ashley Hodge said:

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Waco should get a Whole Foods Market. Seems like they are popping up in a lot of college towns in recent years. And if Shreveport can get one... Waco should get one.

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Not sure "Whole Paycheck" would be financially viable in Waco

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with Amazon merger prices have been dropping. I bet it would be viable.

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No HEBs in Shreveport.

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No HEB's outside of Texas anymore.....

BTW if you are in a Whole Foods and have Amazon Prime you can scan it at checkout for HUGE discounts on a large number of items including meat/produce.....

Wineguy89 said:

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BarleyMcDougal said:

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Ashley Hodge said:

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alphaneedle said:

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Ashley Hodge said:

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Waco should get a Whole Foods Market. Seems like they are popping up in a lot of college towns in recent years. And if Shreveport can get one... Waco should get one.

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Not sure "Whole Paycheck" would be financially viable in Waco

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with Amazon merger prices have been dropping. I bet it would be viable.

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No HEBs in Shreveport.

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No HEB's outside of Texas anymore....

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Almost unsurprising...

The grocery store business is strange. It's hard to get a foothold for newcomers to a market. Whole Foods would never work in Waco because the demand simply doesn't exist. There isn't enough affluence to offset the HEB factor.

I doubt there are many places where a grocery store (HEB) not only competes with, but often beats Walmart in sales. Maybe it would work in Woodway, but people are loyal to HEB in Texas. My opinion is that it wouldn't be open for long.

We need a thread titled, "What would work in Waco?" I'm not sure the list would be that long. Top Golf would...absolutely, but if I was going to build a TG, I'd put it in Temple/Belton.

I said this many moons ago, even before A&M stole my idea...Baylor should partner with someone in building a hotel near the stadium. Bring in someone to manage/teach students in the hospitality industry.

Ashley Hodge said:

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Waco should get a Whole Foods Market. Seems like they are popping up in a lot of college towns in recent years. And if Shreveport can get one... Waco should get one.

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I'm not sure Waco is big enough for Whole Foods. Instead, I hear Waco is getting a store called Half Foods.

Ashley Hodge said:

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Stranger said:

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Ashley Hodge said:

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Waco should get a Whole Foods Market. Seems like they are popping up in a lot of college towns in recent years. And if Shreveport can get one... Waco should get one.

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I'm not sure Waco is big enough for Whole Foods. Instead, I hear Waco is getting a store called Half Foods.

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if you include McLennan county (and Whole Foods would definitely pull from that area), you have over 250,000 people.

Shreveport has a WF and that county has 246,000

There is a nice new WF in Tallahassee, FL. That county is under 300,000.

If those stores are doing well, I bet it is only a matter of time before Waco gets one.

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Lafayette, La Parish is under 250K and has a WF. I'm surprised it has made it down there, because that's a serious foodie area with tons of unique specialty grocers with things never seen in a WF.

WF is built for the pretend BS Austin type crowd that doesn't mind lower quality as long as it has some PC blessing and some aromatherapy associated with it. WF sells an image, not substance. (Only caveat is that they will cut up cow femur bones for me to serve bone marrow, but now I've found some other sources and don't have to go there just for that.)

Central Market may not be perfect, but it's >>>>>> WF.

Ashley Hodge said:

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Stranger said:

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Ashley Hodge said:

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Waco should get a Whole Foods Market. Seems like they are popping up in a lot of college towns in recent years. And if Shreveport can get one... Waco should get one.

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I'm not sure Waco is big enough for Whole Foods. Instead, I hear Waco is getting a store called Half Foods.

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if you include McLennan county (and Whole Foods would definitely pull from that area), you have over 250,000 people.

Shreveport has a WF and that county has 246,000

There is a nice new WF in Tallahassee, FL. That county is under 300,000.

If those stores are doing well, I bet it is only a matter of time before Waco gets one.

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All my dad's family is from the Shreveport area. I know what you're saying, but there's more to it than population. Two things: 1. Brookshire's (albeit a very nice Brookshire's) and Kroger are the competition for WF in that market. They don't have nearly the stronghold of HEB. 2. Bossier City, where the money now resides in the area, is 10 minutes away. That's easy driving for the affluent of that area.

Whole Foods wouldn't make it in Waco long.

BarleyMcDougal said:

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Ashley Hodge said:

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Stranger said:

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Ashley Hodge said:

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Waco should get a Whole Foods Market. Seems like they are popping up in a lot of college towns in recent years. And if Shreveport can get one... Waco should get one.

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I'm not sure Waco is big enough for Whole Foods. Instead, I hear Waco is getting a store called Half Foods.

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if you include McLennan county (and Whole Foods would definitely pull from that area), you have over 250,000 people.

Shreveport has a WF and that county has 246,000

There is a nice new WF in Tallahassee, FL. That county is under 300,000.

If those stores are doing well, I bet it is only a matter of time before Waco gets one.

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Bossier City, where the money now resides in the area, is 10 minutes away. That's easy driving for the affluent of that area.

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Whoa. When did this happen? I always thought Bossier was like the West Memphis or Shreveport.

BarleyMcDougal said:

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Ashley Hodge said:

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Stranger said:

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Ashley Hodge said:

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Waco should get a Whole Foods Market. Seems like they are popping up in a lot of college towns in recent years. And if Shreveport can get one... Waco should get one.

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I'm not sure Waco is big enough for Whole Foods. Instead, I hear Waco is getting a store called Half Foods.

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if you include McLennan county (and Whole Foods would definitely pull from that area), you have over 250,000 people.

Shreveport has a WF and that county has 246,000

There is a nice new WF in Tallahassee, FL. That county is under 300,000.

If those stores are doing well, I bet it is only a matter of time before Waco gets one.

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All my dad's family is from the Shreveport area. I know what you're saying, but there's more to it than population. Two things: 1. Brookshire's (albeit a very nice Brookshire's) and Kroger are the competition for WF in that market. They don't have nearly the stronghold of HEB. 2. Bossier City, where the money now resides in the area, is 10 minutes away. That's easy driving for the affluent of that area.

Whole Foods wouldn't make it in Waco long.

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Ahhh the Gucci Brookshires!!! Directly across from Maxwell's.

Wineguy89 said:

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BarleyMcDougal said:

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Ashley Hodge said:

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alphaneedle said:

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Ashley Hodge said:

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Waco should get a Whole Foods Market. Seems like they are popping up in a lot of college towns in recent years. And if Shreveport can get one... Waco should get one.

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Not sure "Whole Paycheck" would be financially viable in Waco

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with Amazon merger prices have been dropping. I bet it would be viable.

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No HEBs in Shreveport.

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No HEB's outside of Texas anymore.....

BTW if you are in a Whole Foods and have Amazon Prime you can scan it at checkout for HUGE discounts on a large number of items including meat/produce.....

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There are...in Mexico

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/news/2018/09/14/h-e-b-looking-to-add-gasoline-sales-at-stores-in.html

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BarleyMcDougal said:

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Ashley Hodge said:

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Stranger said:

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Ashley Hodge said:

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Waco should get a Whole Foods Market. Seems like they are popping up in a lot of college towns in recent years. And if Shreveport can get one... Waco should get one.

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I'm not sure Waco is big enough for Whole Foods. Instead, I hear Waco is getting a store called Half Foods.

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if you include McLennan county (and Whole Foods would definitely pull from that area), you have over 250,000 people.

Shreveport has a WF and that county has 246,000

There is a nice new WF in Tallahassee, FL. That county is under 300,000.

If those stores are doing well, I bet it is only a matter of time before Waco gets one.

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Bossier City, where the money now resides in the area, is 10 minutes away. That's easy driving for the affluent of that area.

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Whoa. When did this happen? I always thought Bossier was like the West Memphis or Shreveport.

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It's been going on for a while. It's the burbs out there.

I like that hospitality idea.

BarleyMcDougal said:

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CammoTX said:

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BarleyMcDougal said:

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Ashley Hodge said:

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Stranger said:

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Ashley Hodge said:

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Waco should get a Whole Foods Market. Seems like they are popping up in a lot of college towns in recent years. And if Shreveport can get one... Waco should get one.

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I'm not sure Waco is big enough for Whole Foods. Instead, I hear Waco is getting a store called Half Foods.

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if you include McLennan county (and Whole Foods would definitely pull from that area), you have over 250,000 people.

Shreveport has a WF and that county has 246,000

There is a nice new WF in Tallahassee, FL. That county is under 300,000.

If those stores are doing well, I bet it is only a matter of time before Waco gets one.

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Bossier City, where the money now resides in the area, is 10 minutes away. That's easy driving for the affluent of that area.

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Whoa. When did this happen? I always thought Bossier was like the West Memphis or Shreveport.

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It's been going on for a while. It's the burbs out there.

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Casinos being on the Bossier side of the river definitely hasn't hurt either.

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I like that hospitality idea.

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UH been doing it with their Hilton on campus since the late 60s. They actually call it Hilton College and it is its' own school just like we have Arts and Sciences, Business, etc.

I agree and think that it would be a good idea. UH's school has a great job placement rate as well so it would be good for the kids that want to go that route.

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BarleyMcDougal said:

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CammoTX said:

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BarleyMcDougal said:

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Ashley Hodge said:

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Stranger said:

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Ashley Hodge said:

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Waco should get a Whole Foods Market. Seems like they are popping up in a lot of college towns in recent years. And if Shreveport can get one... Waco should get one.

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I'm not sure Waco is big enough for Whole Foods. Instead, I hear Waco is getting a store called Half Foods.

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if you include McLennan county (and Whole Foods would definitely pull from that area), you have over 250,000 people.

Shreveport has a WF and that county has 246,000

There is a nice new WF in Tallahassee, FL. That county is under 300,000.

If those stores are doing well, I bet it is only a matter of time before Waco gets one.

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Bossier City, where the money now resides in the area, is 10 minutes away. That's easy driving for the affluent of that area.

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Whoa. When did this happen? I always thought Bossier was like the West Memphis or Shreveport.

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It's been going on for a while. It's the burbs out there.

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Casinos being on the Bossier side of the river definitely hasn't hurt either.

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True. It's mostly representative of the incompetency of Shreveport leadership. You can drive through the old, beautiful neighborhoods of Shreveport and see an astounding number of for sale signs. White flight is a very real problem for that city.

Shreveport does have an amazing brewery, though. Great Raft. I've been to countless breweries and it easily makes my top 3.

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It's high quality independent eateries (and "drinkeries") that define an area. Everyone has the same chains.

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This is probably my biggest complaint about Texas in general. Our state is beholden to chains of all sorts. Of course, it's probably a statement on the country as a whole.

Great. That would be wonderful for our students. Practical Useful

BarleyMcDougal said:

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It's high quality independent eateries (and "drinkeries") that define an area. Everyone has the same chains.

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This is probably my biggest complaint about Texas in general. Our state is beholden to chains of all sorts. Of course, it's probably a statement on the country as a whole.

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It is a country wide phenomenon. Accentuated in the suburbs and mid-sized cities especially. The consistency and scale and therefore relative value is tough for unique places to compete with for the most part. Chain can plop down a restaurant anywhere and helicopter in a training staff and back office HR with a ready made menu with economical supply chains built in from Day 1.

I just want a Pluckers, is that too much to ask for?

Would think Winco before Whole Foods.

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I just want a Pluckers, is that too much to ask for?

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Wingstop is better.

Ashley Hodge said:

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Waco should get a Whole Foods Market. Seems like they are popping up in a lot of college towns in recent years. And if Shreveport can get one... Waco should get one.

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Would not last in Waco- at least, not for a while. HEB runs this town...and does a pretty good job, I must add. There simply aren't enough people in Waco that are willing to triple their grocery bill to buy locally-sourced, all-organic stuff.

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Waco needs 4-5 more Chili's. I think that would be a great start.

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I think that sounds like death by salt

southtexasbear said:

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Ashley Hodge said:

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Waco should get a Whole Foods Market. Seems like they are popping up in a lot of college towns in recent years. And if Shreveport can get one... Waco should get one.

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I'm a fan of Trader Joe's. Would love to be able to get my Two Buck Chuck locally. Last time I was in Dallas stocking up and the girl at the register asked if I was having a party. Haha

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Second. I actually wrote TJ an email and asked they come to Waco.