Cratter Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 3 hours ago, Frozen4sioux said: be glad you have the competition you do in GF. That competition in Grand Forks matches what you described for Bismarck. In Grand Forks every grocery store (besides Walmart and Target of course) is a Hugos besides one (Formerly SuperOne. Now Hornbachers.) The last new grocery store in the Grand Forks area was a Hugos and the newest grocery store to open in the Grand Forks area will also be a Hugos. My neighborhood Hugos store in Grand Forks looks nothing like it use to when I was a kid. They have remodeled it many times through the years. I wish there was more competition, but that's not Hugos fault. (Same could be said for Valley Dairy Convenience Stores) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNDBIZ Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 11 hours ago, Frozen4sioux said: Imagine yourself in Bismarck with just Dans ( now Family Fare owned) pricing has skyrocketed and quality plummeted. They own almost everything except Walmart and Target and I wouldn't buy food there if it was free. There is a Cashwise on the south side but its a good chance of getting gang shived in that ghetto. They announced a new north end location for Cashwise, hopefully happens and planned for a MUCH better neighborhood. be glad you have the competition you do in GF. Dan's is awful. I'd take hugo's anyday over that garbage. Be grateful for super target in gf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftyZL Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Aldi’s is a pretty awesome alternative. They’ll get to Grand Forks soon enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 On 7/3/2018 at 2:08 PM, Siouxperfan7 said: Believe it or not, there are Bison fans in Grand Forks. Wow that is ripe for snark, but I’ll be a good boy today. For now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxVolley Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 There are UND fans in West Fargo and Fargo too. Hornbachers is building a new store in West Fargo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post the green team Posted July 5, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 5, 2018 This is an interesting/weird thread in that so many people take so much interest in this particular sponsorship, as if there is some sort of deep hidden meaning. My business in town does sponsorship(s) with various platforms within UND Athletics now (Learfield aka UNDSports Properties) and The Ralph. I know this because I get separate bills and have different sales people with each. I assume Hugo's will be continuing with their pieces at REA. It didn't say they that they wouldn't. And they are 2 entirely separate sales entities UND Athletics and REA, or even entirely separate yet...Midco Sports. I listen to UND radio broadcasts quite a bit (that's really not a secret with my previous posts here). The last several years Hugo's had several "live spots" in the course of the broadcast. What I think happened here, and I'm just speculating, because it's happened with our business, that when the contract came up, the pricing for the element may have changed, and Hugo's may have passed or they may just have had different marketing plans as priorities change, and Hornbacher's took the opportunity. It's not a bad thing, and doesn't speak badly for Hugo's as again, when this all got announced...they may have just prioritized their marketing pieces differently, or Hornbacher's may have been more aggressive. As I've said, my business has had various sponsorships through REA, UND Athletics, and Midco and sometimes your priorities on your marketing choices change. It looks to me like Hornbacher's is a new enthusiastic partner and we will most likely see that in program ads, or signage at Football- video boards, website or radio (I'm just spitballin) or something entirely different while it wouldn't surprise me if Hugo's remains at The Ralph. Which is awesome as well. 2 businesses that compete, that will have a relationship with UND Sports in some shape or form says to me that UND Sports seems to offer a good platform for businesses to reach people in this region. And I think we are fortunate to have businesses like both, that do want to have a partnership with UND in some way, because it is incredibly necessary for UND Athletics to move the revenue ball at this level of NCAA Athletics. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxVolley Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 United Natural Foods (UNFI) took over SuperValu for $2.9 billion. UNFI will sell off all SuperValu’s retail markets, as it wants SuperValu’s distribution capability. Someone else will be buying Hornbachers and Cub Foods in the Twin Cities. They might not even change names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNDBIZ Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Appears REA and Hugo's have maintained a relationship for hockey... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozen4sioux Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 6 hours ago, UNDBIZ said: Appears REA and Hugo's have maintained a relationship for hockey... #Siouxgos4ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdub27 Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 9 hours ago, Frozen4sioux said: #Siouxgos4ever I've seen more Hawk's logos and merchandise at their stores than pretty much anywhere else in town outside of Scheels and the REA. Nice effort though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawksHoops Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 15 hours ago, UNDBIZ said: Appears REA and Hugo's have maintained a relationship for hockey... There was still Hugo's signage by the scoreboards in the Alerus last week as well, which I found odd. I guess the buildings maintain separate agreements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the green team Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 The Alerus Managment (Spectra), has their own sales team. My business has been approached about various inventory pieces. All those items within the city's facility is theirs to sell. Not UND Athletics (Learfield/UNDSports Properties), and not REA, as they each have their separate sales teams and inventories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the green team Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 It's certainly a unique situation here in GF. I have a colleague who owns a similar type of business in another city in the U.S, and their University is also a Learfield School. The difference that I can decipher with my conversations with him is that this school he partners with for some things owns all of its own facilities, so being a Learfield which represents the school, it (Learfield) sells everything. Every sign/scoreboard/ad in every building. Makes it a one stop shop for him. Here in GF, I tell him it's a little different where we have to deal with multiple entities for our business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegas_Sioux Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 On 7/3/2018 at 9:10 PM, SiouxVolley said: Supervalu probably wants to build a second Hornbachers store in GF. A Ray Richard’s location would be an ideal spot. The Hugo’s locations seem to vary so much. The 32nd St store is much higher end. The North End one is bad. Hugo’s has stores in Crookston, Grafton, Thief River, Jamestown, and Park Rapids and they don’t have nearly as much competition so they don’t spend money upgrading them. They just finished the crookston update. Put in a caribou coffee and put back the windows they covered over about 10 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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