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Last Wednesday BJ's CEO Laura Sen had a lot to mention regarding the 85,000 sqft prototype store in Pennsylvania. The store plans on serving a "less dense market", and allows the company to expand into area's which they wouldn't explore before. The city of Syracuse was listening to this closey, from Friday's Post Standard: 'With new size in mind BJ's could expand to Syracuse area'
Whether or not BJ's expands to Syracuse the fact is that BJ's is thinking, and thinking wisely we should add. As a 'big box' store, and a typical 100,000+ sqft operator they have seen the fruits of holding such an immense retail space, though they have also been held back on expanding to certain areas who craved a store like BJ's, but did not have the sufficient space for them.
In 2008, Wal-Mart also toyed with the idea of a smaller format in order to take on neighborhood stores they wouldn't usually compete with their usual supercenters. The 'Marketside' test hasn't worked out the way Wal-Mart planned, as the Wal-Mart hierarchy has put a halt on expansion citing the struggling economy. We'll see if BJ's will take the same turn, downsizing to comply to an area they aren't accustom to serving.
The question on our mind though is what the new 'prototype' stores will do for jobs at BJ's?, both current and future. Will there be an infrastructure change? Will there be a different benefit package? Will there be different job descriptions? Will there be more controversial promotions?
Only time will tell, but we'd like to know what you think now...
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Why dont they try working on the existing stores they have new instead if diverting resources to a prototype that may or may not work. This is not the economy to be testing new ideas like that. Many of the existing clubs need to be udpdated. If they have the money to do all of this, why not kick some of that back down to the team members who are keeping this ship afloat instead of cutting hours.
ReplyDeleteHave you ever done a remodel? I have and the way corporate does things, it is amazing the remodels ever get done.
ReplyDeleteI remember re-doing the ethnic foods area 7 times and when it was said and done, time number 3 looked identical to time number 7.
We also completed the project 3 weeks ahead of schedule AND under budget. We did not even get a thank you. MANY others ran over time and budget. Corporate did not seen to care.
I like the idea of expansion into 85,000 sq.ft. clubs. Why? because BJ's has a strong balance sheet and a tremendous leader in Laura Sen. The three crossdocks and Burris make up a terrific logistic system. Certainly they can handle the task. Now just to show I'm not all company minded; the smaller business model could be called HJ's. (Wing it baby, wing it.)
ReplyDeleteWonderful new business name HJ'S..... I do get it
ReplyDeleteThat picture is of a grocery store not a warehouse club and certainly not a BJ's. The story is accurate but the pic needs to go.
ReplyDeleteThe new concept clubs could be named after the remains of the managers that have recently been recycled.
ReplyDeleteNew Club Concept Club #17FELIX.
as anyone should know we have clubs that are almost the same as these we call them small box clubs usually they are numbered 300 this is just a different version of that and it still allows us to expand as we have slowed down over the last few years. And they do need to remodel some of the older clubs because they are falling apart
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