Seems to me you don’t understand what TJ’s niche is, and you compared it to completely different things
I don’t think 73 yo has anything to do with it - in fact, may even work against you. For what it is, TJ’s is outstanding and an amazing business success story, but if you want a meat market, or even a Whole Foods, it’s not either of those .and BTW, I love both of those.
You tell me what TJ’s niche is.