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Save Mart Closing In-Store Cafes

Save Mart Supermarkets said it would close all 47 of the Pacific Coast Café coffee kiosks in its stores on Oct. 10.

Jon Springer, Executive Editor

October 8, 2010

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JON SPRINGER

MODESTO, Calif. — Save Mart Supermarkets here said it would close all 47 of the Pacific Coast Café coffee kiosks in its stores on Oct. 10.

“Although Pacific Coast Café offered high value coffee products and despite Save Mart Supermarkets’ best efforts to promote the Cafés, they have not achieved the critical mass of customers needed to sustain them,” the company said in a statement. “No doubt the troubled economy has contributed to our customers’ decisions to not buy what they perceived to be a luxury, not a necessity.”

Save Mart said the space formerly occupied by the cafes would be used for additional sales and promotions. All but two employees assigned to the cafes would be transferred to other positions, the company added.

Save Mart had rolled out Pacific Coast kiosks after Starbucks declined to renew its license in Save Mart stores in 2008.

About the Author

Jon Springer

Executive Editor

Jon Springer is executive editor of Winsight Grocery Business with responsibility for leading its digital news team. Jon has more than 20 years of experience covering consumer business and retail in New York, including more than 14 years at the Retail/Financial desk at Supermarket News. His previous experience includes covering consumer markets for KPMG’s Insiders; the U.S. beverage industry for Beverage Spectrum; and he was a Senior Editor covering commercial real estate and retail for the International Council of Shopping Centers. Jon began his career as a sports reporter and features editor for the Cecil Whig, a daily newspaper in Elkton, Md. Jon is also the author of two books on baseball. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English-Journalism from the University of Delaware. He lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. with his family.

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