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 would love one! HEB is great, but it isn't everything and there currently are no other options. Just some alternatives would be nice.

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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rather have a trader joes/ central market

Brian Ethridge said:

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Central Market might work better as it is usually smaller. Waco/Baylor has the affluence to support Whole Foods, despite the relative cost increases for goods HEB doesn't carry. I spent $250 on cheese in one trip to Whole Foods once and it lasted about two weeks. I appreciated the ability to do such, despite it not being my wisest decision.

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That's why, while I love it, I can't walk in there.

I know beforehand if I walk in, I'm walking out with $600 worth of stuff which consists of 3 bags, lol.

BarleyMcDougal said:

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sahen said:

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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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And they have Herby K's. Hard to top the shrimpbuster for lunch.

redfish961 said:

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BarleyMcDougal said:

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sahen said:

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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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And they have Herby K's. Hard to top the shrimpbuster for lunch.

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Now we're talkin! Next time you go get an order of their marinated crab claws. (If you like crab claws)

I've even thought that little ghost town Herby K's sits in would make a great place for Shreveport to develop.

I actually think Trader Joes would thrive in Waco. So would Aldi.

CammoTX said:

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I actually think Trader Joes would thrive in Waco. So would Aldi.

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TJ's would work well in Waco. So would WFM. HEB doesn't tend to build CM's in non metropolitan areas though.

BarleyMcDougal said:

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redfish961 said:

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BarleyMcDougal said:

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sahen said:

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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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And they have Herby K's. Hard to top the shrimpbuster for lunch.

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Now we're talkin! Next time you go get an order of their marinated crab claws. (If you like crab claws)

I've even thought that little ghost town Herby K's sits in would make a great place for Shreveport to develop.

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Yep, I do a shrimpbuster and the marinated claws every time I go...That's really all I need.

Potbelly's went out of business because it was nearly impossible to get into their parking lot during the peak of the I-35 construction. They picked a bad time to open up. If they were to reopen in the same location today, they would be doing just as well as every other business in that area along the frontage road.

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Potbelly's went out of business because it was nearly impossible to get into their parking lot during the peak of the I-35 construction. They picked a bad time to open up. If they were to reopen in the same location today, they would be doing just as well as every other business in that area along the frontage road.

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Wow, I have never been responded to from a post I made over 4 years ago!

I agree it is much better now but I still avoid that area as coming from the south it is hard to get in and out of.

Taco Casa made a Facebook post a couple weeks back that they are opening a new location in Waco 'next to Chili's '

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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The median income i Waco could use some help.

Mike E said:

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Taco Casa made a Facebook post a couple weeks back that they are opening a new location in Waco 'next to Chili's '

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Must be the old Zoe's.

Mike E said:

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Taco Casa made a Facebook post a couple weeks back that they are opening a new location in Waco 'next to Chili's '

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this is great news!

Who can I talk into building on in China Spring?

4th and Inches said:

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Mike E said:

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Taco Casa made a Facebook post a couple weeks back that they are opening a new location in Waco 'next to Chili's '

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this is great news!

Who can I talk into building on in China Spring?

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Hang tight. The Buckle is opening a second location there in a month or so.

CammoTX said:

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I actually think Trader Joes would thrive in Waco. So would Aldi.

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My of my favorite business stories is how Trader Joe knew their customer better than they knew themselves.

One of the owners said something to the effect "our customers are educated but not smart...they have the money to spend but don't have taste"

Basically college educated people who don't realize they are overpaying.

[Trader Joe's locations are mostly in well-off neighborhoods. In 2022, the typical Trader Joe's customer was a married person living in an urban area, between 25 and 44 years old, earning at least $80,000. When deciding where to open locations, the chain typically looks for areas where the median household income is over $100,000.]

"In June 1982, my wife, Alice, and I went to Lima to visit the canning plant. We witnessed something very interesting: the United States had a quota for imported tuna. Once Peru's quota had been filled, a biological miracle occurred right there on the canning line. What had been tuna was now pilchard, a member of the herring family, on which there was no quota. The like hasn't been seen since the Sea of Galilee! To this day, Trader Joe's is virtually the only retailer of pilchard."

We never had "closeout" sales. What a terrible practice! You train your customers to wait for the "sale." Any product that failed to sell was given to charity. ]