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I've heard two possible locations. One is in the vacant lot South of the Lowe's on 111th & Memorial. The other is in the, thus far, failed development behind the BOK bank and former steak place at 121st & Memorial.

Nothing 100% sure, but I it heard from someone that is usually "in the know" about such things in Bixby. The only thing he was sketchy on was the location and he said his source wasn't willing to divulge that info because it hadn't been fulled sorted out.

While this could be good news if true, I just wish they would do something South of the river. That side is in desperate need of a grocery store other than Doc's.

BFD. Nobody here cares about Bixby.  ;D

Look forward to a few new "healthy" stores placed in Teatown! Announcements in the next 3 months!

That's probably why it was posted in "The Burbs", to make it easy for you to ignore.   :D

You don't speak for us.

Yeah, and we don't care about you either.  :P

I would love to see a Whole Foods or similar store down here. I know several people, like myself, who occasionally shop at the one of 41st and would shop there much more if it were closer.

I believe there is an Akin's on 121st and Memorial on the Northeast corner.

Yes.

I love Reasor's. The one in Jenks is the best grocery store I can recall shopping at ever.

Reasor's is a little expensive for me. I do go to their 24 hour sales and their big meat sales, though.

Overall, they are as good a grocery as we get around here.

My wife loves the Super Target grocery section and my mother-in-law likes to shop at the Wal-Mart at 111th and Memorial.

I would think that between WalMart, Target, Aldi's and Atkins all within two miles on Memorial there would be plenty of choices for groceries. 

BB, please pick up the white courtesy phone.

I know you pay a little more at Reasor's, and I go on occasion there. Not always because of the distance.

Yes, and we frequent it. Still not as good as a Whole Foods though.

Oh absolutely. That Akin's is like Whole Foods' infant child.

The only time I pay more at Reasor's is when I buy expensive stuff that the other groceries don't bother to carry. (like Manchego cheese) Otherwise, they're competitive on most items and the Advantage program gets me around 1.5% back in gas discounts. It would be up to 2.5% if I had a gas guzzler with a 25 or 30 gallon tank.

Besides, these days I'd spend more in gas than I'd save driving to Wal-Mart. The Neighborhood Market is over a mile and a half away. There are two Reasors stores closer than that.

When I lived out south, shopping at Albertson's was slightly more expensive but totally worth it. It was 4 miles closer (round trip) than Wal-Mart and 6 miles closer than the nearest Reasor's, and much better quality than either. Moreover, they paid their employees well, so they stuck around and got good at their job. I seem to remember the checkout folks got around $15 an hour plus benefits. Most of 'em left when they were sold, since they got a pay cut, had their share of health insurance increased, and lost part of their 401k match.

I don't remember getting any kind of pay like that, nor any kind of benefits, when I worked there about 15 years ago. 

Did you work there for 15 years? ;)

I expect a "Whole Foods type" grocer will be going in the same center as Lifetime Fitness.

If it takes 15 years at a company to be able to earn $15 an hour an benefits, I don't know how they got people to stick around that long.

I expect other opportunities for similar qualifications paid even less.

Tulsa World says they are indeed building a Bixby location just south of Lowe's at 111th and Memorial. 

That is going to have to be one small store then. That open area South of Lowe's is a small one.

Wait a minute. The story in the World says the East side of Memorial just South of Lowe's. Lowe's is on the West side and there's a neighborhood on the East side.

Not like the World hasn't screwed up on reporting before, but I'm guessing this will be the parcel they are talking about..

http://g.co/maps/gnm7d

Look for the sign,  it is pretty big.

(http://www.reasors.com/images/company/newswire/bixbycomingsoon.jpg)

The guy on the far right really got dressed up.

Maybe he did unless you know him and how he normally dresses.

The World reporter must have been headed south on Memorial and used the alternate east.  East is toward the right.  West is toward the left.  North is up.  South is down.

Just caught this.  Bahram Akradi, the CEO of Lifetime Fitness, is a major proponent for additive and preservative-free food.  He said at the LT-100 last month that any nutrition suppliers for the LT race series will be required to provide supplements (i.e. Gu packs, gels, liquid suppliments) without any artificial ingredients, coloring, or preservatives.

Of course, now we know there is a Whole Paycheck on the drawing board for 91st & Yale, but I bet South Tulsa could support another grocery concept like that.

I wish the westside - Tulsa Hills even - would get a decent grocery store.  :'(

An LOI is in place for a grocer that will be sensitive to those desires.  However, we all know LOI's are ironclad!

I'm not a fan of this location.  It was okay for the Staples but not a grocer.    To hidden from the street.

Man, my area is really blowing the heck up.

With all this parking out here I don't know if I'll ever need to fight for parking North of 41st again.  (winky smiley face)

It's about the same size at the lot in Jenks using Google Maps if they get the whole area.

I listened to the mayors of Broken Arrow, Jenks and Bixby the other day and the Bixby Reasor's came up.  Per the Bixby mayor it's going to be nicer than the one in Jenks.

Any other information come out of hearing the Mayors of BA, Jenks, and Bixby?  Where were they at?

I wish they'd had more time.  They spoke for a group I'm a member of.

The biggest news was the OTC nightmare.  I'll start a thread about it.

Please do! 

They came to a Klan rally?

We prefer "Secret Society".