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[Michael Winslow Czeiszperger <michael AT czeiszperger.org>]

On Tuesday, January 14, 2003, at 04:18 PM, K. Jo Garner wrote:

> On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Michael Winslow Czeiszperger wrote:
> ->At least the developer in Southern Village has the right idea-- not
> ->only did he give Weaver Street Market a good deal on rent, he ponied 
> up
>
> and how big is the Weaver Street there? I hear from several employees 
> of
> the Carrboro store that there's only ever a need for one or two people
> working there, as there's not much business (or foot traffic anyhow).

Its a lot smaller than the Carrboro store, as its supposed to be a 
"satellite", i.e. a small neighborhood grocery, and does a 
correspondingly smaller amount of business. At least by my count they 
always have 4 employees on duty, but I'm there mostly in the morning 
and evening hours when there's more customers. I have no idea about the 
long term popularity of the place, but I read that 400 families in SV 
paid for memberships, and all the close parking spots are usually taken.

I've talked to the store manager before, and they hired almost all new 
employees for the new store since they are trying a new approach 
because of the small size of the store. The main Weaver Street is large 
enough that the employees specialize, working only in produce, or only 
behind the coffee bar, etc. The employees at the SV store are all 
generalists, able to work any of the much smaller stations.

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