This should be hilarious - feeble, pasty vegans encountering inner-city yoots and thugs. I give the joint six months before the shut her down. The theft will be rampant and the staff will be easy pickin’s for the urban feral.
They might stay open longer if they can get a government subsidy to cover their losses.
I was going to say a year but you are probably closer to what ends up happening.
Whole Foods has the best butcher shop and fish market in Oklahoma City. I only go there to purchase steak and seafood for special occasions, but the quality is amazing. They also have specialty dark chocolate that is to die for. While you may spot some yuppie vegans there, you can also see knuckle-dragging conservatives such as myself.
The theft will be rampant until such time as the store is torched.
(I believe this is the same outfit that opened a new store down the highway from us here about 10 or 15 years on. I went in and explored. Carrots were on sale for $8.00 per pound. I left and never returned. This is exactly what Detroit needs, — ten dollar carrots!? ) OUR TAX MONEY AT WORK!? Forget telling me about “better quality carrots!” — what we need is better quality Politicians!
Locally, the liberal whiners carried on for years about how there were no grocery stores in a bad part of the city. When city leaders finally convinced some schmo to open one, it was only a matter of weeks before it was robbed. People commenting on the local paper’s website discussed the fact that somebody in their group had won $100 in their pool by picking the correct day.
Perhaps Freepers could start one on this deal. Pick a date when this store will be robbed. Don’t know what the winner will get other than bragging rights, though.