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Vol. 34, No. 37
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Grocers clash over every dollar
RICH WILLIAMS
National retailers help make the Giant Eagle-led Northeast Ohio market ‘hypercompetitive’ By JAY MILLER jmiller@crain.com
In early August, days before its grand opening, the Market District supermarket in Solon was alive with activity.
Workers were stocking shelves with cookies, tomato sauces and laundry detergent. But they also were testing pizza and bakery ovens and loading the last of 400 different cheeses into refrigerated cases. The wine store was ready for
business and primal cuts of dry-aging beef were on display in the meat department. “Cleveland doesn’t have anything like it,” said Nancy Pabian, a senior executive team leader with Pittsburgh-based Giant Eagle Inc.
By JAY MILLER jmiller@crain.com
Brian Zimmerman’s newfound crush is obvious. Mr. Zimmerman is on a shuttle bus on the upper level
MARC GOLUB
The view of downtown’s skyline from Edgewater Park “sells Cleveland,” Metroparks chief Brian Zimmerman says. of Edgewater Park on Cleveland’s West Side the day after Labor Day, selling Cleveland Metroparks to a group of journalists. See VIEW Page 25
Market size, small season ticket base take box office blame By KEVIN KLEPS kkleps@crain.com
The Cleveland Indians’ attendance — or lack thereof — has been such a hot-button issue that ESPN college basketball guru Dick Vitale weighed in on the subject via Twit-
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depth of offerings that are designed to appeal to the demands of more affluent shoppers is a ratchet up by the market leader in the battle for the food dollars of Northeast Ohio shoppers. See GROCERS Page 14
Indians far from a dynamic draw
Metroparks embracing the city’s lakefront Part of pitch for higher levy tied to edge it gives Cleveland
It’s just another example of the fragmenting of the grocery business. The Solon Market District, at 90,000 square feet, is no larger than newer Giant Eagle-branded supermarkets. The store’s breadth and
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INSIDE: The Tribe’s attendance struggles by the numbers. Page 6 ter last Wednesday, Sept. 11. “Tell me the numbers r wrong,” Mr. Vitale tweeted. “Indians having a quality yr under Terry Francona had 9 K fans Monday & 12 K Tues wow that is SAD” The gate numbers at Progressive Field, as Mr. Vitale would say in his own trademark way, are anything but “awesome with a capital A.” See INDIANS Page 6
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