Comments on: Crown Hill QFC closing October 17th

By: wallingfjorder

wallingfjorder — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 03:32:38 +0000

fred meyer, ballard, has groceries.

By: wallingfjorder

wallingfjorder — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 03:32:38 +0000

fred meyer, ballard, has groceries.

By: wendi1

wendi1 — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 05:13:57 +0000

For what it's worth, our family really liked their pharmacy. It always felt very “small town” for being in the back of a major supermarket chain store. Any suggestions for a decent pharmacy somewhat nearby? (please don't just say Walgreens to be a smartass ;))

By: wendi1

wendi1 — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 05:13:57 +0000

By: Ryan5379

Ryan5379 — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:15:45 +0000

This sucks.

By: Ryan5379

Ryan5379 — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:15:45 +0000

This sucks.

By: RIPKingdome

RIPKingdome — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:57:33 +0000

to each their own, I go to the CH QFC ALL OF THE TIME. And I like it.

By: RIPKingdome

RIPKingdome — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:57:33 +0000

to each their own, I go to the CH QFC ALL OF THE TIME. And I like it.

By: luke

luke — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:43:53 +0000

Seattle in general is filthy with grocery stores. But I like choices, so no complaints here.

By: luke

luke — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:43:53 +0000

Seattle in general is filthy with grocery stores. But I like choices, so no complaints here.

By: SeaSpider

SeaSpider — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:14:07 +0000

Oh it's not just the left who have a lock on rebels without a clue. Just look at all the right wing idiots who ranted about the Air Force buying a foreign designed tanker and calling that unpatriotic. Never mind the fact that many of the weapons currently used by the US military are in fact foreign designed. When I was in the Army I carried an Italian designed pistol and my Abrams tank had a German cannon, 2 Belgian machine guns, and British armor!

By: ballardmama1979

ballardmama1979 — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:43:17 +0000

Funny you mention that… Value VIllage is moving into that space once they move out :) Not sure who will take over their current place further up on Holman…

By: vanillamilk

vanillamilk — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:10:39 +0000

Yeah, you are wrong. A lot of the stores listed are not even in Ballard. Like the Greenwood Market. That is in Greenwood silly. There is not a whole foods in Fremont, there will be one in Interbay though – and the one in Ravenna. Ken's is in Greenwood. I think there are two Safeways (puke) and two QFC's (dry heave) and then one Ballard Market. I would love a Met Mar or PCC to come to Ballard – I can't stand the Safeway.

By: Sir Camp-a-lot

Sir Camp-a-lot — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:52:44 +0000

shhhhhh…ignorance is bliss for the angry left.

By: Name

Name — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:08:23 +0000

am I wrong or does the Ballard area have a supermarket every ten feet? Let's see TJ, Ballard market, GW market, 3x qfc, 3x safeway, wholefood in fremont, expanded Ken's, now grocery outlet, that big box store for sailors.

clearly way more than other areas of seattle of similar size. Do we eat more?

By: Name

Name — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:03:33 +0000

yeah bummer there isn't going to be something a little more upscale — I shop at lots of different outlets but that area would be boosted by a PCC, and I,m sure it would pull lots of customers

By: vanillamilk

vanillamilk — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:49:15 +0000

The QFC is a dump. One of the worst QFC's I have ever been in. You can't get out of that store without waiting 5 minutes to check out. The only thing worse than that QFC I could think of to replace it is maybe a value village or a grocery outlet.

By: RIPKingdome

RIPKingdome — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:05:55 +0000

an Albertsons there would be soo nice. I moved to Seattle (& for a year Issaquah) from Marysville about 3 years ago, and its been difficult going from a semi-small town with 2 Albertsons to a major city with only 2 Albertsons.. but dreams, arn't reality, are they?

Like I said earlier, cashier at Crown Hill QFC told me Value Village was moving in, BUT then again… another cashier told me they extended the lease to December. So, I dont believe anyone there anymore…

and to the person who pointed out that QFC isn't a small store, but rather a division of Kroger, one of the largest grocery retailers in the county… BUT, I think what the original person who brought up that subject meant was… THIS particular location, on 15th & 85th WAS small. It was NOT a “mega” store, but rather a smaller grocery store…

…And in my opinion, it was just right. I'm gonna miss it.

By: Ballardghettosupastar

Ballardghettosupastar — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:52:30 +0000

Gee…
Substance abuse center in downtown Ballard
Mens homeless shelter which once housed a sex offender
Value Village and now Grocery outlet.
What in the heck is happening to Ballard.
Homeless people crashing in my yard surrounded by beer bottles (this happened last week)
We are getting “GHETTO”. Too bad, so sad!

By: 3rd generation ballard

3rd generation ballard — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:39:16 +0000

Bring back Prairie Market!!!

If not that, an independent grocer or even bringing back Albertson's to Crown Hill would be good for the neighborhood. Who cares about a bigger Value Village except at Halloween ? The VV parking lot is way too small for any grocery store to be successful.

In case anyone has forgotten or never knew, Albertson's used to be where Petco is.

By: NoraBell

NoraBell — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:31:23 +0000

Like Fancy Feast? They have many of the same brands and cat food I can get at the Ballard Market for a lot less. When the pet food was recalled everyone threw it out, even Grocery Outlet. Nobody wants to incur the wrath of a mourning pet owner.

By: Ballard_Curmudgeon

Ballard_Curmudgeon — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:48:11 +0000

That is correct. They wanted to stay open until the QFC on 24th openned, but the owner did not want to extend their lease by just a few months. It would have been much simpler for them to just move the whole store and the employees to 24th when it openned. (In fact many of the employees at the 85th QFC were originally from the 24th store).

Man…I know far too much about the local QFC employees!

By: SPG

SPG — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:43:27 +0000

Woohoo! Stale bread and rancid meat! Recalled pet food at discount prices!

By: NoraBell

NoraBell — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:45:01 +0000

It means affordable groceries. That's not a bad thing.
I'm sad about the Greenwood Market situation too, but you know they weren't going to expand here or we would have heard by now.

By: SeaSpider

SeaSpider — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:20:50 +0000

I hope not though I think you're right. Aurora is truly a blight on Seattle and a great argument for why you need good zoning laws and better planning.

By: SeaSpider

SeaSpider — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:18:05 +0000

My guess is their lease is up before then. Also they'll probably make more money by splitting the traffic between fewer stores, not more. Keep in mind grocery stores have the lowest margins of any retail business (this is why you don't see mom and pop supermarkets). Fewer stores means fewer expenses. Grocers are also not reliant on holiday sales as other retailers – they make money all year.

By: vanillamilk

vanillamilk — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:16:35 +0000

I as well have been hoping for the Greenwood market or PCC or something to help out the neighborhood. Grocery Outlet seems entirely inline with the 'Aurora Ave' quality stores that they keep putting in this neighborhood. Actually even Aurora has a PCC.

By: SeaSpider

SeaSpider — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:12:31 +0000

“I hate all the mega stores.. I went to that store specifically because it was small and comfy….”

Huh?? Apparently you're not aware of this but QFC is nothing more than a brand of Kroger. Kroger are the second largest grocer in the USA behind Wal-Mart. They are MUCH bigger than Safeway and haven't been a locally owned company for years. They still have a local marketing/operations team but that's also true of Whole Foods, Safeway, and most other chain stores.

By: jegrant

jegrant — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:03:31 +0000

Bummer, I've been holding out hope that Greenwood Market would move into that space when it gets shut down for the new Mega-Meyer.

By: NoraBell

NoraBell — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:58:32 +0000

A grocery outlet? That's excellent news, actually.