I find this bizarre because in Advanced Marketing with G. Clark (yipes, flashback! We actually got credit for that class?!), we had some sort of local-marketing-representative-in-the-class-to-help-inspire-kids-type, who worked for Deseret Book. He came and vehemently charged that Utah's youth should discontinue shopping at Barnes and Noble, because they move close to already existing Utah bookstores to try and push them out of the market. Note that in Utah, this means that nearly every branch that has opened has either opened in the vicinity of either an existing or now defunct Deseret Book.
That upset me for a bit, but then, after a bit, I got over it . . . after all, I do very little shopping at Deseret Book as it is. Mostly it has either been with you or someone else who wishes to gander. This, I think, has resulted in a grand total of 2 trips.
Yeah, it's almost like the parable of the two debtors. National chains muscle their way into Deseret Book turf, so Deseret Book turns around cuts off an even smaller fish.
This seems as cutthroat as anything Wal-Mart or B&N does.
Well, that's the Lion House Restaurant. Mormons love their rolls. I went there with Jon and would've rather gone to Chuck-A-Rama. It's sort of Mormon comfort food served literal cafeteria style - I suppose the "Roof" (which I still can't believe is a buffet !!!) must be a step up.
The Lion House Pantry is something inside select Deseret Book stores - Idaho Falls' never had one and the one inside the former Mormon Handicraft downtow moved with it to "This is the Place" Heritage Park so I've never been inside.
Leave these honey bees.mikemulliganJuly 14 2006, 08:09:24 UTC
Yes, underpricing probably, but they should have negotiated a contract to prevent them from selling below retail. Cutting them off entirely essentially kills the stores. I don't think Jesus would sell freely to Wal-Mart while destroying a family-owned business. Just doesn't seem like His MO.
At any rate, congratulations on stepping out from the umbrella of Deseret Management.
I dunno about the pantry either. Aren't they alleged to have great biscuits or something? I don't understand the appeal of a restaurant in a historic setting with unhistorical food. Gimme the slop Young's wives ate!
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That upset me for a bit, but then, after a bit, I got over it . . . after all, I do very little shopping at Deseret Book as it is. Mostly it has either been with you or someone else who wishes to gander. This, I think, has resulted in a grand total of 2 trips.
Anyway, that's business. I agree, God hates lies.
This is why I take my money to Sam Weller's. :)
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This seems as cutthroat as anything Wal-Mart or B&N does.
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Don't forget Ken Sanders' or the Kings English, too. :-D
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I gotta get outta here! (on a related note, what is a "Lion House Pantry"?)
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The Lion House Pantry is something inside select Deseret Book stores - Idaho Falls' never had one and the one inside the former Mormon Handicraft downtow moved with it to "This is the Place" Heritage Park so I've never been inside.
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At any rate, congratulations on stepping out from the umbrella of Deseret Management.
I dunno about the pantry either. Aren't they alleged to have great biscuits or something? I don't understand the appeal of a restaurant in a historic setting with unhistorical food. Gimme the slop Young's wives ate!
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