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Article: Bigger can be better.(Equipment&Design)
- Article from:
- Grocery Headquarters
- Article date:
- November 1, 2003
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To the citizens of the small town of Salem, Ohio, size really does matter. That is, it matters when it comes to their neighborhood supermarket, Thorne's Bi-Lo Foods. Many area shoppers were excited to learn that their 45,000-square-foot supermarket was expanding, adding an additional 25,000 square feet to include more service offerings and a wider selection of products.
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"The intention was to capitalize on the old client base, as well as to attract new customers," says Denish Doshi, president of Farmingdale, N.Y.-based Architectonics International Inc., the design firm that helped redesign the Thorne's store and decor. The decor ...