Market District Express Grand Opening
in Bexley, Ohio — Aug 18, 2016.
Giant Eagle celebrated the grand opening of its second Market District Express store on Aug. 18. The new unit is located in the community of Bexley, just outside of Columbus, Ohio. Compared to its namesake Market District stores, which typically run 100,000 sq.ft. in size, the Market District Express format is 30,000 sq.ft. It is a two-story unit, featuring a full grocery store – just scaling back on the number of SKUs. A highlight of the Bexley Market District Express is a full-service restaurant and bar dubbed Table by Market District.
For more about Market District’s gluten-free offer, download: GLUTEN FREE Retail Intelligence, August 2016 “Gluten-Free Retail Tour: Giant Eagle – Market District“
Read more about my take on the new store as featured in Supermarket News:
Two-level Market District, restaurant opens in Columbus
Supermarket News, August 18, 2016
“It’s a beautiful store,” Sandy Skrovan, a Columbus-based retail consultant and director of myRetailPOV.com, told SN. “They did a good job with the design. I anticipate the tailored assortment, mix of grocery staples, fresh/prepared foods and grab-and-go will well serve the surrounding urban-oriented ‘walking’ community, a mix of local residents and college students.”
[…] According to Skrovan, Giant Eagle appears to have merchandised to the store to local tastes, with a large variety of prepared foods to go serving students, as well as a heavy mix of kosher items that should appeal to Bexley’s large Jewish community.
[…] Skrovan said she felt the store compared favorably with full-scale Market District stores in the Columbus area that are more three times its size, but expressed some reservations about whether the unique layout and space constraints would facilitate full shopping trips at peak shopping times. “You could do your full shop there, you just don’t have the variety and pack sizes that the larger stores do,” she said.
