Kroger maybe staying ... for a while. Don't look for this to be permanent. I believe we may have won the battle but the war's not over. Kroger does not want to stay, but they don't want another grocery in that space. Employees there don't hold out hope that they'll keep their jobs at that location. Kroger Corp only told them the sublease to Goodwill is not going to happen. Apparently they are looking for a tenant that the residents will find more acceptable. Goodwill was probably worst case scenerio for the nearby homeowners and the surrounding businesses. It is likely Glenloch village could be the first PTC village to have and then lose a grocery anchor. It will be an uphill battle for the other stores in Peachtree Crossings to stay in business if they lose the foot traffic a grocery anchor provides. Stand by for incoming!

I've got to agree with Winer that Kroger is just re-loading. My guess is that Goodwill did all of the backing out and not Kroger.

You know who makes out like a bandit in all of this is the shopping center owner!

Don't count on the mayor and council being of any help on this one. They have messed most everything up to this point.

Jones - could you explain how all of this Kroger mess will help the shopping center owner "make out like a bandit"? I'm failing to follow that line of thought. Peachtree Crossings is almost fully occupied today - just one spot where Hobby Shop moved to the East side behind MickyD. What could improve for him?

"It is likely Glenloch village could be the first PTC village to have and then lose a grocery anchor"
Actually it would be the second, as Aberdeen Village lost thiers several years back when the A & T Market closed in Aberdeen Village Shopping Center, and that space became a health club. It had been the site of the city's first grocery store and anchor of that shopping center for many, many years.

I knew that, just discussed it with someone at Thursday night meeting at Gathering Place. We were standing there looking at all the old maps of the city. The photos from the era where P'tree Parkway ended at McIntosh Trail. This has been an exhausting week and the brain is not firing on all cylinders. Sorry for the misinfo.

When I first moved to PTC in '79 the grocery store at Aberdeen was called Hudson's. I also remember when Fun Factory came- it had ice cream and video games. Of course Partners is still Partners only much bigger. Big Star (now the "Little Kroger") was the BIG grocery store here back then. I don't call that store the "Little Kroger"... I always refer to it as "The Big Star Kroger". If anyone has any old photos from back then of PTC I would love to see them. My son always says that he wishes he could see what it used to look like. It would be pretty cool for me too !

The 1st grocery in PTC was in Willowbend Center, in the complex where the formalwear store is. It was there in the 60s and early 70s, along with the post office and Pac-a Chic, located right in front of the post office. Can anyone remember the name? I was really young and remember going in there, but we had to drive to Big Star in Fayetteville for major groceries.

Not sure if you were saying that Pac-a-Chic and the first grocery store in Willowbend were there at the same time (you may have just been using Pac-a-Chic as a landmark for Willowbend), but if so, you may be mistaken about the date of that grocery store. Reason being, the earliest Pac-a-Chic could've opened would've been 1977. How can I be so sure? It was my dad's restaurant, and we didn't move here until then. It's nice to see the restaurant mentioned--sometimes I feel like the whole town is full of strangers now. I can't say I've got much room to talk, though; I sold out and moved to Newnan.

I lived 2 doors down from you! I remember riding with you as we drove back and forth on your driveway. Then I remember the Marta bus as we sat in the back until the driver called us up to the front because we had ridden the entire route but failed to get off anywhere. I've seen your mom a few times and spoke to her telling her to tell you hello. Know who I am? USE INITALS!

McWilliams & the Gulf station @ Willowbend were here not 1st but here before there was a PTC and this became the most valuable swamp land north of Miami. Business Lic. # 1 went to Cheeks TV.

How reliable is this?

Just says it "might" be logical. I don't see it myself. I've never seen a Goodwill in that much space anywhere. Plus, last time I checked, K-mart was open. Although, I've always thougth a Lowes would work well there.

The Goodwill stores that sell furniture too use big store spaces. There are a couple on the northside in old super markets.

K-Mart is going to hold on until the very end. I think the Kohl's is going to hurt a lot of our small local stores. They are throwing up stores all over the country and kicking the competition.

:Peachtree Crossings (it has a Kroger in it) and
:Crossings East which had a biker oyster bar
:and a nail shop.

"Had?" Did Big Daddy's very recently close? I have been there and didn't see bikers or bikes/motorcycles in the parking lot, but maybe I went at the "wrong" time.

NUK

Yeah, what biker bar?

And if there is one, how is that a problem?

I would love a better bakery dept. Somehow the baguettes at Kroger's and Publix don't match up to my expectations.

More like 'Krappy Kroger' "... wouldn't be running at a loss . . .". That store needs to die and go away. What's with the moldy perishables? Cheese, juice, milk, on the shelves past date and if you look closely, you'll see the mold on the cheese. Hard to understand who likes this store, and why it continues to operate. THAT is why it's "running at a loss".

And why are used books more acceptable than used clothes? No one seems to be complaining about the used book shop.

Omega is not a "used book" shop. They carry up to date, hot off the presses new books. Until Harry's failed metro wide and Books A Million came in, Omega was all we had. They carried all the required books from the school lists and have always ordered anything you needed but not in stock. They do a great job of bringing in local authors and some from outside the area for book signings. There are many residents here who will always shop Omega first. Goodwill would have put her out of business, along with many of the stores in that shopping center. Omega is well loved by many for the "used" section but it's not just a used book shop.

My kids got a new book for every "A" on their report card - I've left a lot of money there over the years. Our city library wasn't nearly as big and a best seller would often turn up in the used section at Omega before your name could come up on the waiting list at the library. They have been an important store in our community for a very long time!

Because Publix would be at Kedron if Kroger wasn't. That area is too large to not have a full-sized grocery store.

The Kroger at PTC Crossing is like a self-serve convenience store in that you can get in and out quickly. Depending on the time of day, it can actually be easier to get in/out quickly because there aren't circling motorists waiting for a vacant gas pump.

BONUS: no one asks you if you have or want or care about a Flash Foods card and you get convenience store ease with the pricing of a grocery store.

BUMMER: Despite no Flash Foods loyalty card blah, you get it instead from the U-Scan machine.

Publix is a better grocery store with better employees than any of the Krogers, but sometimes the convenience is nice at baby Kroger.