Market Street beckons Texas food shoppers: a mix of gourmet and everyday items, plus competitive prices pave the way

DSN Retailing Today, Oct 13, 2003 by Debbie Howell

Even though the store promoted gourmet brands, pricing appeared competitive with conventional supermarkets. Sales advertised during the weekend visited included Kraft macaroni and cheese at two for $1 and 12-packs of Coke for $3.

The merging of a conventional supermarket, gourmet food store, restaurant takeout concept and a natural foods destination is an interesting experiment at Market Street, and one that some might view as overly ambitious given the higher labor associated with extensive service departments. Based on shopper reaction and traffic, however, such innovative concepts may become more common as food retailers seek new ways to compete.