<![CDATA[Krap Kroger Gets It Wrong, Gets It Right - Consumerist Comments]]> <![CDATA[Krap Kroger Gets It Wrong, Gets It Right - Consumerist Comments]]> <![CDATA[Krap Kroger Gets It Wrong, Gets It Right]]> I always found the supermarket names in New Jersey funny when I'd go to visit family there. FoodTown, PathMark, ShopRite. It's like they all had to be compound words. Let's be creative here people!

bambino

]]> <![CDATA[Krap Kroger Gets It Wrong, Gets It Right]]> I used to live in Pittsburgh, and there was one Giant Eagle in a not-so-nice neighborhood that we always called "Ghetto Eagle."

In the Delaware Valley, there'a a lot of different supermarket chains--Acme, Shop 'n' Bag, Giant, Genuardi's, and Pathmark are just a few--so it's not really necessary to identify them by their locale or clientele. Dyed-in-the-wool Philadelphians pronounce Acme "Ack-a-me," though.

Clare

]]> <![CDATA[Krap Kroger Gets It Wrong, Gets It Right]]> Kroger's owns a chain called King Sooper's out here, and my local one is referred to as 'Queen Soopers' because it is in what used to be a predominantly Gay neighborhood. How funny.

Bon Jour, Pee Wee

]]> <![CDATA[Krap Kroger Gets It Wrong, Gets It Right]]> I hear you etinterrapax. I once did a experiment of trying to get out of a Whole Foods spending less than 40 dollars. I found it impossible.

ACurmudgeon

]]> <![CDATA[Krap Kroger Gets It Wrong, Gets It Right]]> This is fascinating! As far as I know, we don't do this here in MA, though my husband and I do use the "dirt" designation, as in, there is the good grocery and the "dirt grocery," a la Mallrats. And I know a lot of people who refer to Whole Foods as Whole Paycheck. Sheesh, if we'd only get a Whole Foods over here. I live in a grocery wasteland now.

etinterrapax

]]> <![CDATA[Krap Kroger Gets It Wrong, Gets It Right]]> Thanks for the insight on Disco Kroger, I din't konw. I had heard of "Krisco Kroger", "Kro-gay", "Kruisin' Kroger" and worse for the Ansley location but went with one that I heard most for me and mine) for the name. Scary Kroger I had heard also, but I always liked COPS Kroger better. I have never seen it on the show COPS, but I had heard it had been on many times. If it hasn't, it should have been. I have seen some of the most brutal arrests (not undeservedly, I am sure) going down in that parking lot. Someone should start a list online...

ACurmudgeon

]]> <![CDATA[Krap Kroger Gets It Wrong, Gets It Right]]> The Disco Kroger has that name because there was a dance club in the same shopping center (several different ones in the same space over the years - Rupert's is one name I seem to recall). The clientele would stop by the Kroger after going to the club, still dressed up to dance, so the Kroger was considered a good place for people-watching by some people.

cyn@technomom.com

TechnoMom

]]> <![CDATA[Krap Kroger Gets It Wrong, Gets It Right]]> I must say that I shop at "social safeway" and haven't once been hit on or felt secure enough to do the hitting. Perhaps it's because I go on Saturday morning, when all the cool people are out enjoying the day and not suffering through a hangover at the grocery store.
Also, and kimdog, which Krogers in Nashville might you be referencing? I'm a Nashvillian at heart, and I'm Green Hills Kroger for life (except now my mom lives closer to the Franklin Rd/Brentwood one - argh!).

stubar

]]> <![CDATA[Krap Kroger Gets It Wrong, Gets It Right]]> The Kroger near the University of Houston campus was called "Kombat Kroger", due to it's very poor location. I'm not sure if it has a "K" in the official documentation, but, well, it's funnier that way.

XPav

]]> <![CDATA[Krap Kroger Gets It Wrong, Gets It Right]]> Here's my understanding of the Atlanta Kroger naming system.

Ponce Kroger="Scary Kroger" (the only thing still scary about it is the vastness of the wine selection)
Buckhead Kroger="Disco Kroger" (used to be Limelight Disco)
Aynsley Kroger="Crisco Kroger" (not Gay Kroger)
Toco Hills Kroger="Krosher" (not Jew Kroger)
South Moreland Kroger="Gentrifikroger" (Crack Kroger got torn down)

Am I missing any? I haven't really heard any names emerge for the new Edgewood Kroger or the new-ish one near the Amtrak station.

Extreme Craft

]]> <![CDATA[Krap Kroger Gets It Wrong, Gets It Right]]> So let me get this straight, it's offensive to give something a descriptive name based on ethnicity/nationality/religion (e.g. 'Jew Kroger')? Is it because Jewish was shortened to Jew? And don't give me the bull that it's because people use Jew as a derogatory term, you can take any word and make it derogatory. If that's so, remind me to get very pissed off the next time someone talks about an 'Italian deli' or 'Little Italy'.

bambino

]]> <![CDATA[Krap Kroger Gets It Wrong, Gets It Right]]> Just FYI, the Kroger in Buckhead has been deemed the Disco Kroger simply because in a former life the space served as a disco. At least I've been told.

And doesn't this topic really get at the convenience vs. quality debate for grocery stores?

Happy Scrappy Hero Pup

]]> <![CDATA[Krap Kroger Gets It Wrong, Gets It Right]]> I am jumping on the "We name our local supermarkets" bandwagon. We have "The Mothership" (Safeway) in Oakland, CA -- named for its ridiculously gigantic size when compared to the other grocery stores in the immediate area.

trixare4kids

]]> <![CDATA[Krap Kroger Gets It Wrong, Gets It Right]]> naming Krogers isn't a southern thing - friends in Columbus, Ohio did it... i.e. the store near OSU Campus was Ghetto K. Roger, and where I went at OU in Athens we had Appalachian K. Roger (because let's face it, K. Roger is funnier than Kroger...)

any such name

]]> <![CDATA[Krap Kroger Gets It Wrong, Gets It Right]]> The UN Kroger in Nashville kimdog referenced might be what I call "Ghetto Kroger." I'm equidistant between Ghetto Kroger and Fresh Fare Kroger (Kroger named that one themselves), but if I want good Mexican food, I have to go to Ghetto Kroger.

In Memphis, we also had "Jew Kroger"--obviously, it was the one that was walking distance to the largest concentration of Jewish people and had an awesome kosher section. (ps--my Jewish friends named it that; I would never come up with something that possibly offensive on my own).

Also, yeah, that's me that's always at the U-Scan with about 20-25 items. But if they fit in three bags, I feel like I should get to be there!

Lesley

]]> <![CDATA[Krap Kroger Gets It Wrong, Gets It Right]]> The Jewel nearest our house rarely gets our business because of its disgusting produce, bad service, and crazy clientele. We call it the "Crack Jewel" because everyone and everything there (customers and staff alike) appear to be on crack.

misskaz

]]> <![CDATA[Krap Kroger Gets It Wrong, Gets It Right]]> Friends in D.C. have told me about the "social Safeway". It's less a nickname than a class, I guess. The social Safeway is where it's expected (and semi-fruitful) to hit on strangers. I guess in a town where your best date prospects are your intern or your kickball teammate, it's a welcome option.

Ted's Famous Kickin Chicken

]]> <![CDATA[Krap Kroger Gets It Wrong, Gets It Right]]> Glad to see the practice of nicknaming supermarkets is more widespread and creative than I'd realized. In Seattle's U-district we had the Ghetto Safeway, though "Ave-rat Safeway" would have been a more apt description.

Pelagius

]]> <![CDATA[Krap Kroger Gets It Wrong, Gets It Right]]> The United Nations Kroger would be an apt name for our local one as well, mainly because the majority of its patronage looks to be in dire need of humantarian aid.

JackieTreehorn

]]> <![CDATA[Krap Kroger Gets It Wrong, Gets It Right]]> Sigh. I agree with Andrew. Since moving to the Northeast, I find myself longing for Kroger's. Pathmark, Associated, and Key Foods are all equally gross.

Oh, and we nicknamed our Kroger's in Nashville, too. I often would drive past the "United Nations" Kroger to go to the "Fancy Kroger", which later became the "Hepatitus" Kroger when two of the deli workers were discovered to have Hep C.

kimdog

]]> <![CDATA[Krap Kroger Gets It Wrong, Gets It Right]]> Tennesseein' is Tennebelievin', Ben.

Ted's Famous Kickin Chicken

]]> <![CDATA[Krap Kroger Gets It Wrong, Gets It Right]]> Who knew Tennesseans were such vintage film buffs!

Ben Popken

]]> <![CDATA[Krap Kroger Gets It Wrong, Gets It Right]]> Trey writes:

"With regard to today's Kroger post, I just wanted to note this: apparently the practice of nicknaming their stores is very widespread, at least in the south. In Knoxville, TN, where I live, we have the famous (infamous?) "Fellini Kroger," so named for the great regularity with which it's goings-on resemble something out of a Fellini movie. Trust me, the Satyricon has nothing on this place."

Ben Popken

]]> <![CDATA[Krap Kroger Gets It Wrong, Gets It Right]]> Good on McKinley. It's nice to see Kroger has a method for passing complaints from corporate to individual store managers, but it's even nicer to see that McKinley understands that his customers are his best source of information about his operations.

About Kroger: when I lived in NC, it was actually the best of the local grocery stores. Far better than Food Lion, and blessedly distant from the nearest Piggy Wiggly. Nothing in my experience, however, compares to the grossness of certain Boston-area markets, specifically the Foodmaster in Inman Square--its floors are carpeted for God's sake!

Ted's Famous Kickin Chicken

]]> <![CDATA[Krap Kroger Gets It Wrong, Gets It Right]]> If I get stuck behind another person at my local Kroger in the U-Scan line with WAY MORE than 12 items, well, I am just going to lose it.

Seriously, why does Kroger go to the effort of putting someone at the little station in the U-Scan section if they're not going to bust people with 50 fucking items?

Harumph.

JackieTreehorn

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