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mack the knife
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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 Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 5:50 pm Post subject: Carrefour pulling out in October |
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That's right. The party's over in October, so stock up on wine and good beer now.
Other goodies which I'll miss:
Great selection of pasta and pasta sauce
Variety of items from Southeast Asia
Great selection of cheese
Real bagels (not those Paris Baguette tragedies)
Real Croissants (see: bagels) |
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I_Am_Wrong
Joined: 14 Sep 2004
Location: whatever
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| Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 6:21 pm Post subject: |
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Well, I've never seen the great selecion of cheese carrefour has....
The stores are changing over to a new brand, "Homeover"...nice name eh?
However, the new company has made an agreement that involves keeping all former employees and all vendors. The fact that vendors will remain the same leads to the possibility that some stock (such as taco kits and refried beans) will still be available. |
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just because
Joined: 01 Aug 2003
Location: Changwon - 4964
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| Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 6:45 pm Post subject: |
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I thought they were just rebadging the stores into EMarts???
Thats what all the press releases have been saying |
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Ekuboko
Joined: 22 Dec 2004
Location: ex-Gyeonggi
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| Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 6:49 pm Post subject: Re: Carrefour pulling out in October |
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| mack the knife wrote: |
That's right. The party's over in October, so stock up on wine and good beer now.
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Beginning of October, or end of October??! 
They have a good selection of good quality pasta as well... |
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Richard Krainium
Joined: 12 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 6:53 pm Post subject: Re: Carrefour pulling out in October |
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| Ekuboko wrote: |
| mack the knife wrote: |
That's right. The party's over in October, so stock up on wine and good beer now.
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Beginning of October, or end of October??!
They have a good selection of good quality pasta as well... |
Article in Korean Times said they hope to have the name change done BEFORE Chuseok! They got some work to do.
Homeover.  Konglish at its finest!  |
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I_Am_Wrong
Joined: 14 Sep 2004
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| Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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| just because wrote: |
I thought they were just rebadging the stores into EMarts???
Thats what all the press releases have been saying |
That's walmart that was bought out by Shinsegae, Billy. |
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SPINOZA
Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul
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| Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 1:54 am Post subject: |
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| Reason they're leaving? Presumably unprofitability, but Carrefore always seems utterly rammed full of punters... |
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Yesanman
Joined: 21 Jun 2006
Location: Chungnam
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| Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 2:32 am Post subject: |
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| SPINOZA wrote: |
| Reason they're leaving? Presumably unprofitability, but Carrefore always seems utterly rammed full of punters... |
Not the one in Cheonan. It's always a ghost town. I love it. The only place you can go shopping on a Saturday afternoon without ajjummas ramming you in the ankles with their shopping carts. |
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Milwaukiedave
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
Location: Goseong
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| Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 3:44 am Post subject: |
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| I have to say this is ****** up that both the stores will be sold to Korean companies. I'm sure the first thing they will do is pull their western sections saying they aren't profitable. |
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Homer
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| Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 3:46 am Post subject: |
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No big deal...we never shop there anyways.
If they are not making money then they pull out. Such is life. |
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hogwonguy1979
Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: the racoon den
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| Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 5:26 am Post subject: |
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| SPINOZA wrote: |
| Reason they're leaving? Presumably unprofitability, but Carrefore always seems utterly rammed full of punters... |
yeah the one at the World Cup Stadium in Seoul is always crowded. Hope that one stays open and keeps getting stuff. Real convienent for us in the Hongdae area
Well if it goes to shite, I'll be taking a longer subway to Hanam |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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I thought the new name was "Homever". Like a play on "forever", or so they say. But it kind of resonates with "whatever", "however", "whenever"... conjunctions that don't point to decisive outcomes.
Yeah I'll need to run there and load up on coffee. Cheap, fine ground, good. |
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Ekuboko
Joined: 22 Dec 2004
Location: ex-Gyeonggi
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| Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Yesanman wrote: |
| SPINOZA wrote: |
| Reason they're leaving? Presumably unprofitability, but Carrefore always seems utterly rammed full of punters... |
Not the one in Cheonan. It's always a ghost town. I love it. The only place you can go shopping on a Saturday afternoon without ajjummas ramming you in the ankles with their shopping carts. |
The one in Byeongjeom (near Suwon) is pretty quiet too... 
apparently it hasn't been there that long, either. I like going there sometimes even though I don't really live near it, but it's less than 10mins' walk from the subway station. |
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rocklee
Joined: 04 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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| There is one in incheon at the art center station. It looks quality compared to e-mart and lotte-mart. |
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Troll_Bait
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: [T]eaching experience doesn't matter much. -Lee Young-chan (pictured)
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| Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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| According to some of the previous posters, it seems that it's going to remain much the same, as opposed to being turned into a designer clothing store, which was what the newspapers were saying before was going to happen. Thank goodness for that. I really depend on that store for my grocery shopping. |
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