Upscale Grocery Shopping in Edmond?

[hipsterdoofus]

sheesh...you people act like anything from current stores tastes like dirt...

[adaniel]

Crest Fresh Market?

[Debzkidz]

Crest Fresh Market?

That would be nice. Maybe so.

[okclee]

Crest Fresh Market?

Over-rated!

[isaac]

I found this information in the Edmond City Council Agenda.

Case #SP110004 Public Hearing and Consideration of Site Plan approval for the
Uptown Grocery Co. and shopping center located south of Covell Road, west of Prime
Bank. (Esperanza Investments, L.L.C.)
5. Case #PR110001 Consideration of Final Plat of Market Square II at Covell Village,
located south of Covell Road, west of Prime Bank. (Covell and Kelly Group, LLC)

[isaac]

Here are two items I found in the Edmond Planning Commission's April 5 Agenda.

4. Case #SP110004 Public Hearing and Consideration of Site Plan approval for the
Uptown Grocery Co. and shopping center located south of Covell Road, west of Prime
Bank. (Esperanza Investments, L.L.C.)
5. Case #PR110001 Consideration of Final Plat of Market Square II at Covell Village,
located south of Covell Road, west of Prime Bank. (Covell and Kelly Group, LLC)

[adaniel]

Uptown Grocery...sounds cool.

Plans for new Edmond grocery store to be heard
http://newsok.com/plans-for-new-edmo...rticle/3555327

[ljbab728]

Uptown Grocery...sounds cool.

Plans for new Edmond grocery store to be heard
http://newsok.com/plans-for-new-edmo...rticle/3555327

It may be wonderful but you can't tell much about it from that article. All it gives is the size of the store and a little about the kind of construction being planned. It could just be an oversized 7-11 for all we would know from that. LOL

[redrunner]

No, it will be a full scale grocery store. The store is actually part of an Oklahoma grocery chain but the name Uptown Grocery is a totally new name for this planned store.

[mcca7596]

So that means Homeland, Crest, or maybe even Reasors?

[ljbab728]

No, it will be a full scale grocery store. The store is actually part of an Oklahoma grocery chain but the name Uptown Grocery is a totally new name for this planned store.

I understand that it will be a full scale grocery store. I was just pointing out how little information was in that article for anyone to get excited about. No one would have a clue what kind of store it could be (upscale, discount, etc.).

[redrunner]

I would expect it to be upscale considering the surrounding areas.

[Soonerinfiniti]

Now I hear it may be Reasor's

[RealtorJoe]

Buy for Less and Upscale??? Lol should be interesting. Aren't there two different owners of Buy For Less stores? Hank Binkowski (sp) and someone else?

[Rom]

so is it going to be a Reasor's or a BuyforLess?

[Brett]

Buy For Le$$ in Edmond. Tres Chic.

[BrettM2]

NewsOK.com article on it:

http://www.newsok.com/edmond-is-gett...adlines_widget

Modeling it on Whole Foods and HEB. Should be interesting if they can pull it off.

[Easy180]

Does sound promising but it might also be a marketing strategy to simply jack up the prices on the regular food they carry as well

[cjohnson.405]

The description sounds exactly like the store I originally noted that I missed: Market Street. It includes concierge services and cooking demonstrations, concentration on prepared foods (think mini-restaurants).

If it is indeed like Market Street, most of the store will focus on the high margin upscale offerings (meats, cheeses, seafood, organic foods, etc) and less on the standard breads, cereals, and regular stuff you find in a grocery store.

The HEB flagship stores are very nice and you are probably familiar with Whole Foods. To me, this is definitely great news.

Oh, and my favorite part - BEER SINGLES. Market Street had over 100 different types of beer all in singles so that you could try whatever you want a beer at a time instead of buying a whole six pack. Everytime I went, I would pick up 2 or 3 to try. Good stuff.

[redrunner]

I've noticed the Homeland stores in Edmond and the one on Britton & May in OKC are stepping up their game with interior remodels and reorganizing the departments. It's a shame they took this long just because Whole Foods is coming into town and now we see Buy For Less giving shoppers what they've been screaming for.

[bluedogok]

I've noticed the Homeland stores in Edmond and the one on Britton & May in OKC are stepping up their game with interior remodels and reorganizing the departments. It's a shame they took this long just because Whole Foods is coming into town and now we see Buy For Less giving shoppers what they've been screaming for.

Most retailers won't improve unless they are forced to by competition.

[foodiefan]

The Buy 4 Less on NW Expw/I-44/Portland has upgraded nicely, and yes, I think with the advent of WF, the other grocers are at long last stepping up their game. It would be nice if the one in Edmond is hugely successful. . .perhaps they will do another in the Midtown area. It is interesting, but OKC finally seems "ready" for this type of shopping experience. Pratt's tried a WF/CM format several years ago in Edmond and it didn't last long/make it. . . hopefully we are ready now!! I don't really care about "upscale". . . it is the availability of interesting and unusual product that we so need (including "food to go"). . . .I'd absolutely be the last person to "dis" Buy 4 Less. . . when it comes to herbs (NW 23/Penn) and Latino/Mexican goods (NW 36th/MacArthur). . .and the cheese selection at NW Expwy/I-44/Portland is (imo) second only to Forward Foods. It seems like we are at long last expanding to more than one "possiblity"!!

[ctchandler]

I heard today that The Meat House out of Texas is coming to Edmond, probably on Danforth, East of Sante Fe. It is a company that I was told sold beef that had been grass fed and no chemicals involved as well as no grain to fatten them. As a man that doesn't care about his health, it's still an interesting company.
C. T.

[Pete]

Here's another rendering for Uptown Grocery Co. that is going in on the SW corner of Kelly & Covell.

Will be about 50% larger than Whole Foods and will also carry staples (common brand names) as well as organic and more upscale items. Will open in February 2012:

[redrunner]

This looks like it belongs in Automobile Alley. Not sure the design is ideal for the suburbs but still looks interesting.

http://www.okc.biz/oklahoma/article-...to-market.html Here is an article I believe Pete was sourcing.