Schnucks, The Wealthiest Stores In Town?

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Schnucks might not have the little toy solider for their logo any more, but perhaps Uncle Pennybags (the little Monopoly guy) may suffice as a replacement? While grocery bills are leaping and bounding upwards and people are struggling to stretch their dollars, the friendliest stores in town is breaking ground on a new store downtown at the tune of $7 million and they are are in the midst of remodeling the Ladue Crossing location.

Downtown dwellers have fairly limited options when it comes to places to pick up their milk and eggs, and before City Grocer there was nothing. Now Schnucks is going to be marching into the ground floor of the Ninth Street Garage on the corner of 9th and Olive, opening up grocery shopping options for city folks. While this is great news, the downtown location and the renovation of a perfectly good store in Ladue for no good reason makes me a little more suspicious of the crippling price of english muffins.

The grocery chain announced the plans to open downtown in May of 2007, admittedly just seconds before the insane rise in the cost-of-living. Coincidence? Probably, but they are so loaded they are able to give away basic prescriptions for free. While free prescriptions are nice for customers but the money the spend to acquire it has to come from somewhere, perhaps the $1 more I pay for (illegal) margarine? One thing is for sure, Schnucks is laying down cash on their grocery cribs like they just got signed to a record deal.