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Old Jun 23, 2014 | 9:34 am
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Originally Posted by commdiver
I would not frequent them at all with those ridiculous prices that they have. If people in Charlotte were not so blindly loyal to HT, HT would have gone out of business decades ago. To put things in perspective: HT is more expensive than Whole Foods is in the Northeast. I can get organic food at Whole Foods for less than what HT sells conventional food for.

Ok, rant over
That's why Kroger bought them: higher margins, price-indifferent customer base. Accretive in first quarter since acquisition, enabled Kroger to report higher than expected earnings.
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