Quote Originally Posted by Spartan View Post
Pete, do you meet your expectation if TJ's opens up just up Western and WF's business plummets?

Here in Cleveland the WF/TJ's divide is the brand conscious vs. the cost conscious, but I have a sneaking suspicion even the wealthy Nichols Hills locals will be shopping more at TJ's because it will have a Nichols Hills address and because it's trendier.
No, I would expect WF's to continue to thrive and that TJ's would be crazy successful as well.

They are really very different concepts, so much so that I never went into the Whole Foods a mile from me but now patronize the heck out of the TJ's that took over that location, so WF could move a mile down the road into a much bigger space.

I popped into TJ's last night, in fact! And I've only been into the new, monster WF once or twice in several years but keep in mind that there are lots of great grocery options out here and that I lived in OKC I would still love TJ's but probably go to Whole Foods a lot more than I do now.