RonnieD
Foodie
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Thu Aug 23, 2007 12:09 pm
The rolling acres of Henry County
RonnieD wrote:We will be there! So very excited, but I think my scale is going to revolt.
Robin Garr wrote:They really got the new building up fast over the Superfund Site that had been the former Genny's.
I'm sure the guys are proud that they got open before the new Homemade Ice Cream and Pie Kitchen that decided to open across the street.
I ran into co-owner Tim at Heine's the other day, and he mentioned - with a big wink - that this Comfy Cow will be the only one in town that has homemade pies and cakes. I think they're probably going to wipe out HIC&PK at that location.
annemarie m wrote:last time i was at comfomy cow, i needed a small loan from gus goldsmith...
Alison Hanover wrote:If Comfy Cow don't normally have homemade pies and cakes, then I think it is a bit underhand to suddenly start doing them at one location.
RonnieD
Foodie
1931
Thu Aug 23, 2007 12:09 pm
The rolling acres of Henry County
Mike Hardin wrote:Alison Hanover wrote:If Comfy Cow don't normally have homemade pies and cakes, then I think it is a bit underhand to suddenly start doing them at one location.
But you don't think it was a bit underhanded for HPIC to decide to open a store across the street from Comfy Cow immediately after CC announced their plans?
Alison Hanover wrote:What do you have against the HIC& PK?
Bill P wrote:Now we have TJ's setting up shop a stone's throw from WF.
Robin Garr wrote:Alison Hanover wrote:What do you have against the HIC& PK?
Nothing, really, Alison. It's just that there's competition, and then there's competition. A direct competitor moving in across the street seems a little pushy. Sort of like when Whole Foods came to town and set up about 1/4 mile from the original Wild Oats. It was well known that those two were fierce competitors, and Whole Foods was known for doing this in an effort to push the competition down. In the case of Whole Foods vs Wild Oats, on a national level, it obviously worked.
Now, I like HIC&PK. I liked it all the way back when it was a single, family-owned operation in the Highlands. When a new owner came in and started a rapid expansion, I thought quality took a hit in both product and service. TO THEIR CREDIT, I think new management recognized that and took the firm's quality - and its reputation - back up. Good for them.
But I don't think they're on the same level as Comfy Cow, and I do think the across-the-street move looks a little in-your-face. As for Comfy Cow, they did offer pies and cakes originally at the Westport Village location, but went back to ice cream only because they wanted to concentrate on their core competency. In the face of a direct competitive approach by HICEtc., though, I don't blame them in the slightest for responding in this way.
Robin Garr wrote:RonnieD wrote:We will be there! So very excited, but I think my scale is going to revolt.
Mary says we can go to Comfy Cow for ice cream only if we walk both ways. It's about one mile from our house, so that's doable ...
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