Post #846067

2026-03-06 21:30 UTC

huh. Loca is closing all locations. I kept thinking I wanted to go to “that new grocery store” but never did. I hope building that once housed Andy’s IGA gets a new tenant. That was well located for a lot of folks. #yeg https://dailyhive.com/edmonton/loca-sherwood-park-edmonton-closing

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@AmeliasBrain@mstdn.ca 2026-03-06 22:04

@linux_mclinuxface Oh, that's pretty soon. Someone underestimated how long it would take to convince people to change their regular shopping habits when they decided to invest big in multiple locations at once. Either that or they overestimated the demand for fancy groceries. I wonder what proportion of the people who would pay for those sorts of extras have already switched to delivery?

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@Daveography@yeg.bike 2026-03-06 22:13

@linux_mclinuxface Honestly can't say I'm surprised. We visited the one in Sherwood Park shortly after they opened; huge selection of premium products, but even what few name-brand products they had were notably more expensive than from any other grocery store. They might have had a better chance as a smaller concept closer to the Italian Centre or Sunterra (minus the check-kiting fraud) - maybe even smaller - instead of trying to be Costco for rich people.

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@anyGould@kind.social 2026-03-07 00:23

@linux_mclinuxface That's a shame - we've been to the 142st location a couple times and it was pretty nice. But it's also a bit "premium", so never became our goto.

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