Leevers buys Wally’s in Devils Lake
April 19, 2012 at 12:19 pm in Grand Forks Herald
Leevers Foods is buying Wally’s Supermarket in Devils Lake. Leevers, which originated in Devils Lake and already owns Leevers County Market in the city, is buying the community’s only other supermarket from Nash Finch Co., which had purchased Wally’s late last year. Continue Reading
Probably an unfortunate development for the people of Devils Lake. It sure won’t help on prices- groceries there are already quite expensive in comparison to Grand Forks. I was visiting friends there, and a quick trip to the grocery store led to sticker shock on a lot of items. Apparently driving the truck another 90 miles down the road from the distribution center necessitated major markups in price.
Of course, I’m sure now that they have a monopoly on the local market, Leevers will lower prices just to be nice. Ha.
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Say goodby to competition.
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Around 25 years ago, Red Owl pulled out of DL. Wally’s and Leevers were then the flagship grocery stores.
Hopefully, another grocery store will move in. Competition is needed.
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