Re: Taters

["Sharon Sullivan" <herbals@moscow.com>]

That's too bad about Taters.  When daring to venture to a place like a mall,
it is always unfortunate to need real food and find junk.  It gives me some
kind of secure feeling to know that there is a huge unadulterated (if you so
desire) baked potato available, if needed.

Why do businesses always feel the need to maximize their profit margins to
the nth degree?  Capitallism can never just be satisfied with just ordinary,
"getting by" economies by which most of us individuals live.  I wonder if
the seniors that hang out at Tater's will frequent the new A & W
establishment?  I'll miss the sweet woman who camps out there during the
holidays crocheting snowflakes.

Of course I can't say I'm surprised, it's just the mall.  But let's hope
that the A & W's don't creep any closer to downtown.  Can we draw a "line in
the sand" at Line Street to be zoned to the east:  NO-C-C:  NO CORPORATE
CRAP ?

----- Original Message -----
From: Jean and Bruce Livingston <jeanlivingston@turbonet.com>
To: <vision2020@moscow.com>
Cc: <vision2020@moscow.com>
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 7:54 AM
Subject: Re: Taters


> To explain the mall's motive, the usual mall rental agreement includes a
> structured, variable rent, that increases based on a [variable] percentage
> of the store renter's gross income.  As[suming] the gross income of the
> renter increases, the money owed the mall by the renter (based on the
> chosen rental percentage) increases above a cerrtain pre-determined
minimum
> rent payment.  Seemingly the mall believes that another tenant will either
> bring in greater volume, hence rent, from Taters itself, or will draw more
> shopping prone customers to the mall who will increase sales in other
> stores in the mall more than the current/former customers at Taters.
>
> Bruce Livingston
> ----------
> > From: Don Roskovich <donell@moscow.com>
> > To: joank@moscow.com
> > Cc: vision2020@moscow.com
> > Subject: Re: Taters
> > Date: Thursday, February 17, 2000 11:15 PM
> >
> > >Joan....There was an article in the Weekend edition of the Daily News
> last
> > Saturday that explained the closure of Tater's at the Mall.  Clayton was
> > forced to close Tater's after 20 years in business....it was not his
wish
> to
> > do so.  Right now the mall management is negotiating for a chain with
> "name
> > recognition" for that spot, and if the rumors are true, we will soon
have
> an
> > A&W similar to the one in the Lewiston Mall. "Name recognition" is
> desired
> > in the hopes it will increase foot traffic.
> >
> >                                  Ellen A. Roskovich
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > A business close to Taters states that Clayton does not want to
> > >close but is being forced out because the PEM wants to get a
> > >chain restaurant in the mall. Does anybody know about this? And if
> > >it's true, do we really need another chain in Moscow when Taters
> > >has been so successful and supported by the town since they
> > >opened so many years ago?
> > >
> > >Joan Klingler
> > >Moscow Idaho 83843
> > >joank@moscow.com
> > >208-882-8853
> > >
> > >
> > >
>