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Looks nice enough. I still think No Frills is going to struggle with this open now.

iamjacobm wrote:Looks nice enough.  I still think No Frills is going to struggle with this open now.

Word in the industry is thatsome of these Walmart markets in the tougher areas (50th and Ames as an example) are not doing the business they were expected to. Not sure why, but I have a feeling that the No Frills there is going to suffer big. The walmart customer and no frills customers tend to be the same.

I call on both the No Frills & Walmart on Ames as a broker's rep. I think the speculation that the No Frills will suffer is spot on, they already are not very busy. As for the Ames store, over half the people hired prior to opening were fired due to theft. The store is clean, nice & have good core of people, but I wonder what made WM think they could build a store & succeed when Kroger closed the Baker's & Super Saver only lasted a year. They have a huge theft problem. We shall see how long they will stay, tho they aren't known to close stores

Pay people living wages. Then they will value their jobs and not steal from their employers. Everyone wins.

Qdoba is building a stand-alone store near the Panera/Ace Hardware building on Saddle Creek. It will be a corporate owned store with a new design for Qdoba. It should open in mid-2015.

Burrito sales in midtown are above to shoot through the roof!

guitarguy wrote:Burrito sales in midtown are above to shoot through the roof!

Unless they do this:

skinzfan23 wrote:Qdoba is building a stand-alone store near the Panera/Ace Hardware building on Saddle Creek.  It will be a corporate owned store with a new design for Qdoba.  It should open in mid-2015.

That place is going to kill there.

Qdoba

The 72 and Pacific Qdoba just kills it! They are busy all the time. I am sure this one will be even busier.

There was a dumpster in front of the bay next to Panera the other day. If something decent goes in there that area could be a crazy busy lunch stop.

iamjacobm wrote:There was a dumpster in front of the bay next to Panera the other day. If something decent goes in there that area could be a crazy busy lunch stop.

Panera renovations.

Coyote wrote:

iamjacobm wrote:There was a dumpster in front of the bay next to Panera the other day. If something decent goes in there that area could be a crazy busy lunch stop.

Panera renovations.

I have heard they wanted to put a drive thru in this location.

Perhaps a thread title change?

How does Qdoba stack up to Chipotle?

MTO wrote:How does Qdoba stack up to Chipotle?

I would rather Chipotle but Qdoba is still good.

MTO wrote:How does Qdoba stack up to Chipotle?

Qdoba has a lot more variety than Chipotle, but Chipotle is higher quality.

If only Chipotle had queso...

^^ Tell me about it.... it would be the ultimate winner if it did.

I prefer Qdoba, I think the food is just as good and there's less sanctimony.

Well I'm already addicted to Chipolte and this isn't to far from me so I'd better stock up on Chipoltaway.

MTO wrote:I'd better stock up on Chipoltaway.

lol. Forgot about that episode.

[youtube]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RlIHDauX3ao[/youtube]

I like Qdoba better.... FREE Guacamole!

Brad wrote:I like Qdoba better.... FREE Guacamole!

*built into the price of your burrito.

Garrett wrote:

Brad wrote:I like Qdoba better.... FREE Guacamole!

*built into the price of your burrito.

I'm sure, but I think its still cheaper than the $1.75 that Chipolte charges. Qdoba also has the locality card so every 10th burrito is free.

I also think Qdoba has better locations. Qdobe seems to be everywhere I go, Chipolte seems to be out of the way from where I go.

While all of these projects along Saddle Creek are pretty standard "suburban" style all of this activity and new business along N SC says a lot about the strength of the surrounding neighborhoods to me. Just a couple years ago this stretch was incredibly rundown with massive retail vacancies. Fast forward to today and all the way from Hamilton to Dodge has seen new fast casual food options, a new grocery store, a remodeled grocery store and the one nice Mega Saver in the city. The tax revenue from this mile or so of Saddle Creek has got to be way up from 2013 and it keeps growing.

I think a lot of credit goes to the Med Center on the new development.

Greg

Greg S wrote:I think a lot of credit goes to the Med Center on the new development.

Greg

Agreed, the Med Center is a beast with employees, visitors, patients constantly in and out. There is definitely demand for all of these things, maybe it just needed to start looking cleaner for people to take advantage of it.

Qdoba now hiring.

Certainly an interesting roof.

I REALLY like the streetscaping they did along Saddle Creek here!

Coyote wrote:I REALLY like the streetscaping they did along Saddle Creek here!

Yeah this project really cleaned up that street frontage and the parking lot.

Qdoba is having a soft opening this Friday.

Coyote wrote:Qdoba is having a soft opening this Friday.

I believe legit opening is the 22nd.

Qdoba's Soft Opening this evening:

Tortilleria inside the restaurant? Awesome!

daveoma wrote:Tortilleria inside the restaurant? Awesome!

In the first and sixth pic you can see the windowed box at the beginning of the order line where he can be watched...
I should have returned to the line to get their Tacos...

Grand Opening this evening (with Infusion Brewery):