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How Am I Supposed To Live Without
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#Ukropalyse Is Over!
This Ends One of Two Ways
Ukrop’s Sale: What Will Happen To The Apostrophe?
Giant-Carlisle agrees to acquire Ukrop's stores...Ukrop’s
future: Open Sundays, alcohol sales after name changes
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-Ahold's purchase does not include Spotsylvania Ukrop's
-What's social media got to do with Ukrops your neighborhood grocery store?
More Information:
Ahold (Wikipedia)
| Martin's (Wikipedia)
Analysis
-Ukrop’s
sale signals another loss for Richmond area...Ahold brings experience, mixed results
-Ukrop's: What to expect in coming months...Ukrop's customers and employees have questions about the sale
-The Best Story You'll Ever Read About Ukrop's
-Sale
of Ukrop's brings to mind it's Mom and Pop roots
-Bloggers: Communication at Work |
Dogwood Dell |
It was a Dark & Stormy Night
| Micah World
Dutch Media Goes Crazy!?!
-Ahold
gaat weer op overnamepad
-Eerste
stap nieuwe strategie Ahold
-Ahold-divisie Giant-Carlisle koopt Ukrop?s supermarkten
-Ahold neemt 25 winkels over in VS voor $140 mln
Source: Ukrop's managers called to Thursday meeting
-Ukrop’s
Sale Speculation Grows
Ukrop brothers say name a blessing and a burden
-family bios
| timeline
| foundation donations
History
-Richmond
Magazine: Grocery Wars
-Beset
by self-imposed obstacles and stronger competition, Richmond’s greatest
retailer slowly backed itself into a corner
-Winning Against the Big Guys: Ukrops
-The
Entire Story...
Ukrop's Christmas Parade Wrapup
Building auction at former Ukrop's site postponed
Ukrop’s posts third-quarter loss...posts $1.45 Million Loss...assets decline, but balance sheet improves
-#Ukropalsye is Back!
Kroger copying Ukrop's...Ups ante in grocery fight
Roanoke Ukrop's site hits auction block early next month
-Ukrop's expands offerings of prepared foods
-Ukrop’s blending trendy and traditional
-New Food at Ukrop's | Slide Show
-Ukrop's Dishes Out New Flavors
Protest at Farmer’s Foods: Satan Spurs Confusion
Customer count up at Glen Allen Supermarket
Kroger ups ante in grocery fight
Does local food mean online groceries?...Faster Slow Food
-Retail Relay
Ukrop’s sale speculation getting more solid
Ellwood Thompson’s seeks healthy growth
Say cheese! Sculpture wows Ukrop’s patrons
Ukrop's to Close Ivy Market Store...What's next for Ukrop's site?
-The store was plagued by troubles at the Ivy Market retail center and failed to attract enough loyal customers
-Another Sign of a Ukrop’s Sale???
-Ukrop’s will close its only Roanoke store
-Ukrop's Closing Roanoke Store
Ukrop's 'remains committed' to Fredericksburg
Ukrop's Launches New Blog...Ukrop's Promotes Online Blog
-Dish
Harris Teeter gets another extension on King George distribution project
Ukrops update #9999
-Lowe's Foods (Twitter) | Wikipedia | Merchants Distributors, Inc.
-Harris Teeter (Twitter) | Wikipedia
Bank Prepares for Possible Ukrop’s Sale
BizSense | CBS6 | Times Dispatch
Beset by self-imposed obstacles and stronger competition, Richmond’s greatest retailer slowly backed itself into a
corner...Even Weekly, Style Delivers the Groceries
Who Is The Ukrop’s Private Equity Bidder? Not the Likely Suspects
Ukrop’s Super Markets donates $200,000 to nonprofits
Doswell Woman’s Ukrops Valued Customer Card Again a Disappointment
Harris Teeter Outbid on Ukrop’s
-Harris Teeter can't cut Ukrop's mustard?...Could news of a private equity firm eyeing Ukrop's change the face of the grocery chain?...Private equity firm could buy Ukrop’s...Ukrop’s in Negotiations With Potential
Buyer...Ukrop's Tale Takes Another Twist
-Times Dispatch (Hottest "Discussion") |
Downtown Short Pump |
Free Lance Star |
NBC12 | Richmond.com |
Roanoke Times |
RVANews |
Va.
Gazette | WRIC8
Who’s leaking news about
Ukrop’s?
Official Ukrop's Response:
People sure do like to talk.
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Ukrop’s future is uncertain, but what about the tenants next door?
River City Hall 37
Bowing to the Highest Bidder
#Ukropalypse...Harris Teeter may delay distribution center
Harris Teeter's plans for King George County distribution center delayed
Ukrop Park open for soccer; swimming to follow
Did Ukrops bungle the media storm?
It's baaack...
-Henrico man says he found Harris Teeter logo inside a Ukrop's store
-Ukrop's on the block, a look back
-Crisis in Ukropia
-grocery store market share
Day 6...
-NO ARTICLES! cept this funny tweet: The first sign of the
#Ukropalypse: crop circles at the CCV.
Day 5...
-Communication at Work: Trouble on Aisle 1
-NBC12: Ukrop’s,
Ukrop’s, Ukrop’s
-News from Doswell: Doswell Stop N’ Go Acquires Ukrops Supermarkets
-Times Dispatch: Could Ukrop’s find buyer?
Unrelated related:
Unlikely Places to Find Love in Richmond: #1 Kroger
Day 4...
-The Checkout Girl: Left Behind News: Kirk Cameron Cast As Cart Boy
-Richmond.com: Top 10 Things we Like About Ukrop's
Unrelated related:
C-Ville Cover: The corporate co-opting of "local"
Trying to get a piece of the buy-local action, chains like Wal-Mart and Barnes & Noble roll out their own version of the idea
-On (Not) Redefining “Shop Local”
Day 3...
-Buttermilk and Molasses: The Coming Ukropalypse Will Change Richmond's Psychic Landscape
good dialogue happening
-Café Darkness: who do I think I am?
-CBS6: Ukrop's Sale Could Hurt Some Small Businesses
-Richmond.com: The Ukropalypse
Unrelated related: Rob Ukrop Talks Soccer
| WELCOME TO UKROP PARK, HOME OF RKYSC
Day 2...
-Richmond Magazine's Harry
Kollatz:
Whither
Ukrop's?
-TD: Ukrops CEO dismisses rumors of selling chain
(First
Edition)...FULL MEMO TO EMPLOYEES
Please know that if anything changes with our company's direction, you and our customers will hear it from me and not fromt he rumor mill, blogs, or anonymouse
sources...Ukrop’s Love/Hate
-CBS6: Ukrop's
For Sale, But no buyer's yet!...Bad Economy or Not, Ukrop's Could Find Buyer's Market...VCU Business School Professor Dr. David Urban on the possible sale of Ukrop's...History of Ukrop's...Ukrop's in Pictures...Discussion
-NBC12: Ukrop’s: Rumor, Myth, Reality...Rumors of Ukrop's future flood internet
referencing @Mr_Sterling's
#Ukropalypse
meme
-BizSense: Richmond reacts to possible sale of Ukrop’s
-Free Lance Star: Ukrop's CEO sends letter denying sale
-Richmond.com: Ukrop's-Free Richmond?
-Roanoke Times: Ukrop's appears on hunt for buyer
Unrelated related: Suspects
caught in Ukrop's holdup
Ukrop's Super Markets Reportedly Exploring Sale Options For Its 28 Virginia Stores...Ukrops Supermarkets Selling Company?...CONFIRMED
-Twitter
Feed (First
Tweets: @matthewgfreeman
| @edwardbbaldwin)
-BizSense
| The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area
| CBS6
| Downtown
Short Pump | Free
Lance Star | NBC12
| Richmond
Magazine | RVANews
| Style
Weekly...Facebook
| Roanoke Times
| Times
Dispatch | WRIC8
| WRVA
-Blogger Reaction: Brandon Eats
| City-Data |
Good Times, Good
Times | Haiku Venue
| If
it Tkes a Whole Life | James
River News | Mr. Williamsburg
| One
Way Richmond | Richmond Food Collective |
Rockin N Richmond
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The Steve Cook Report
| SWAC Girl
| The World To Muse While Waiting For Roanoke
The problem with too many media outlets...Internet
Sources: Ukrop’s To Be Sold For $350 Katrillion, Begin Manufacturing
Speedbikes
Ukrops to Sell Out - You Heard it Here First
-Rewind: A Peek Under the Ukrops Dress...When Not Really Risky = Extremely Hazardous to Your Financial Health...If You¹re Healthy And You Know It, Pay Back TARP
The Good Fight:
Given the lead Ukrop’s once held in the market — and its considerable effort to defeat the competition, is their loss a canary in the coal mine?
The Suitors:
-Ahold
(aka Giant) | Wikipedia
-SuperValu
(aka Albertson's/Shaw's) | Wikipedia
-Harris
Teeter | Wikipedia
-Wegman's | Wikipedia
Special Section: Richmond Grocery
Wars
Wegmans wows big first-day
crowd...What effect will Wegmans have on other grocers?
-Giant is offering discounts in a bid to keep customers from switching to Wegmans
-Will others follow
Wegmans?
Ukrop’s loses No. 1 spot to Food Lion in grocery sales survey
| WRVA
Audio | CBS6
Roanoke Ukrop's: Courting customers with extra promotions
Toast if not for TARP
-Ukropia: Bailing by the banksters
Attention HT shoppers: Crozet store opens
Store Comparison: Kroger
(Bellgrade) vs Ukrops (Stratford Hills)
Ellwood Thomson’s D.C. expansion put on hold
Why Ukropia needs TARP power
Options expand for groceries
Ellwood Thompsons Is Funny
Harris Teeter to bring
335 jobs to King George (update)...Harris Teeter expanding Va. presence
My Ukrops Rant
The Monday Q&A: Bobby Ukrop
A step back for Whole Foods
Ukrop’s beef supplier shuts down local processing plant
Ukrop's puts brakes on gas promotion
Ukrop’s Haults Construction Of New Nuckols Road Store
Short Pump’s Grocery Obsession and Business Owners in Short Pump
Search out the cheap and tasty at Trader Joe’s
Is cheap wine worth going to the West End
The Trader Joe's Brand Takes on a Little Water
Roanoke Ukrop's registers difficulty
New Green Grocer in Richmond
Freddie Bites First Market Bank
Ukrop's: Supermarket tourism and a parade of major proportions in Richmond
A Day in the Life of: A Ukrop’s Employee
Trading Extra Low Prices for Extra High Style in West Chesterfield? (Food Lion conversion to Bloom)
More prepared foods at Ellwoods & better prices!
Short Pump grocers (Tom Leonard's and Ukrop's) ready to fight fresh competition
-Rewind: Trader Joe's in Richmond
Winning Against the Big Guys: Ukrops`
Obligatory Whole Food's/Trader Joe's Post
Have you been to Whole Foods/Trader Joes? How to they stack up to ET’s?
Grocery Wars in Cville
Ellwood Thompson’s Expansion to DC
-Trader Joe's carries unique products that it says won't break the bank
-It's Almost Time To Start Trading, Joe
-When will Trader Joe's Open?
-New Store Virginia Expansion: Williamsburg | Virginia Beach
MUST READ! Bike Ride to Whole Foods at Short Pump, Pt. 1 | Pt. 2 | Pt. 3 | Pt. 4...Whole Foods Revisited (by car, this time)
-Whole Foods, Cleaning Moms and Such
-Whole Foods Opens At West Broad Village
-Whole Foods Love Affair
-Organic food franchise opens branch in Short Pump
-"Whole Paycheck" Comes To Town
-The Whole Foods Experience
-Whole Foods: It's Like Crack, Only It's Good for You
-The Anti Whole Foods Wing of the Locavore Party
-Serious about groceries
-The Glutton on Whole Foods…Why I’ll Stay Loyal to Ukrop’s
-Whole Foods Opens with the Calvary
-30 Minutes in Whole Foods
-Can Whole Foods Take a Bite Out of Richmond’s Saturated Grocery Market?
Whole Foods to open in Short Pump, joining a crowded market
-Richmond.com
-RVANews
-Whole Foods Market opening - is Ukrops ready?
New Trader Joe's will open soon in Williamsburg, too
Whole Foods rival Halfassed Foods to open in Short Pump
New farmers market in Bryant Park to open for 2009 season
America's Unhealthiest Grocery Shoppers
The Cost of Richmond Groceries
The Great Grocery War of 2008
Ellwood Thompson’s vs Food Lion vs The Fresh Market vs Good Foods vs Kroger vs Tom Leonard’s vs Trader Joe’s vs Ukrop’s vs Wal-Mart vs Whole Foods (Richmond Magazine full article?!)
Was Fan Ukrop's Closing (See Rewind) a Strategic, Retrench Move?
Don't Know What You Got Till It's Gone...
UKROP’S TO CLOSE GRACE STREET STORE
Heavy blogger
reaction: River City Rapids
(I wonder if VCU has ever thought about the grocery business?) | Fan District Hub
(Frankly, you targeted the wrong demographic — the Community Pride
demographic)| Urban Hayride
(I personally think it is a blow to Richmond's urban growth) | Urban
Richmond (Ukrop’s
will close at 6 p.m. on May 10th)| Tobacco Avenue
(Ukrop’s to close The Crappy One)