{"id":230562,"date":"2018-09-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/the-ever-changing-face-of-san-carlos-village\/"},"modified":"2018-09-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-14T07:00:00","slug":"the-ever-changing-face-of-san-carlos-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/the-ever-changing-face-of-san-carlos-village\/","title":{"rendered":"The ever-changing face of San Carlos Village"},"content":{"rendered":"

Doug Curlee |\u00a0Editor at Large<\/em><\/p>\n

Longtime patrons of the small shopping center on Navajo Road just off of state Route 125 are pretty used to seeing businesses there open and close, sometimes with little notice.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s happening again now, with the opening of an ALDI grocery store where there used to be a short-lived Fresh and Easy market.<\/p>\n

The privately held German grocery chain won\u2019t face the stockholders rebellion the British-owned Fresh and Easy did \u2014 a rebellion that caused Fresh and Easy to pull out of the U.S. altogether.<\/p>\n

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A line of customers waiting to get into the new ALDI grocery store at its grand opening (Foto por Doug Curlee)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tom Cindel, group operations director at ALDI, says customers will see something very different at the new store.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat customers will see is a smaller store, with fewer items, a lot of our own private brands that have done well elsewhere. They\u2019ll see a store with wide isles, well-stocked shelves, and the ability to get in, get what you want, and get out,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

A look at the store on opening day, Aug. 30, bears out what Cindel said. Several thousand people passed through the doors that day. Most of them went away happy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just moved here from Chicago a few months ago,\u201d said Linda Turner, one of the many shoppers checking out the new store. \u201cI shopped at ALDI all the time there, and I\u2019m really happy to see this one so close. I\u2019ve always liked them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Daniel Duran says he\u2019s looking forward to saving money.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis place is a lot cheaper than the place I used to shop for groceries, and it has great products. I\u2019ll definitely be back again and again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cindel said this store is exactly the right size, and there are no plans to expand.<\/p>\n

If there were expansion plans, all the company would have to do is knock down its western wall, and they could move into the space about to be vacated by Orchard Supply Hardware after only a little more than two years in business.<\/p>\n

The OSH, as it\u2019s known, will be gone as of Feb. 1, 2019, or maybe sooner if they manage to sell everything currently available in the store. Everything is for sale.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not just the San Carlos Village location that is shuttering its doors \u2014 there are 99 OSH stores nationwide and come Feb. 2, there will be none.<\/p>\n

Orchard Supply Hardware will probably go down in history as the worst business decision ever made by Lowe\u2019s, the main competitor to Home Depot. Lowe\u2019s acquired Orchard Supply Hardware in a bankruptcy sale from Sears Holdings, Inc. It had been part of Sears\u2019 efforts to stave off its own serious financial problems, but it worked the other way.<\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t take long for the axe to fall.<\/p>\n

Marvin Ellison, formerly the top executive at J.C. Penney (which has its own problems), was brought on board to head Lowe\u2019s two months ago.<\/p>\n

Among his first moves was to shut down OSH.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt became clear to me that some strategic decisions were made that should have been made differently,\u201d he said. \u201cOSH was never going to be of benefit to our shareholders, even if it were much larger than it is\u201d.<\/p>\n

OSH employees are under orders not to talk to anyone about the closures \u2014 especially to reporters, but they\u2019re not happy about it.<\/p>\n

Remember the minor hullabaloo when LA Fitness closed several months ago?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s being replaced right now.<\/p>\n

24-Hour Fitness is rebuilding the old LA facility inside, and they\u2019re planning a Nov. 3 grand opening.<\/p>\n

You can\u2019t see inside yet, but if you look over in the corner of the parking lot, near Wendy\u2019s, you will see a person or two sitting under a sunshade, ready, willing and able to sell you a membership at considerably reduced rates.<\/p>\n

The changing face of San Carlos Village changes yet again.<\/p>\n

You have to wonder what might be next.<\/p>\n

\u2014Doug Curlee es editor general. llegar a \u00e9l en doug@sdcnn.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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