McKays taking over Superfresh in Leonardtown
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Kain99
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I think that might be an old rumor. My understanding is that Superfresh is paying rent in that building for 10 years even though it is empty. I doubt we will see a new tenant until the decade exipires. Hope I'm wrong.
jbeaverjr
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Yes they are planning ot open in late March / early April .
Here's a link to an article on SoMdNews.Com http://www.somdnews.com/stories/122206/indybus182459_32098.shtml
The whole article is posted below
McKay family to open fifth store in St. Mary’s
Friday, Dec. 22, 2006
By Kevin Conron
Staff Writer
A recent Friday afternoon found three members of the McKay family in a teleconference at company headquarters in Hollywood, reviewing plans to open another branch of their grocery chain in Leonardtown.
The McKays have secured a lease on the 44,000-square-foot building that once was occupied by Super Fresh in the Shops at Breton Bay. That store closed in 2001. It will be the fifth store McKay’s operates in St. Mary’s County.
Plans call for the store to be open by late March or early April, said David McKay, president of the family-run firm. The area has a diverse market, he said, from the affluent Breton Bay to the medical and military families and Mennonite community.
As with the other McKay stores, the emphasis will be on local produce, purchased at the Loveville auction warehouse run by the Mennonites, to locally produced wines, if the store secures a liquor license. McKay said they are also looking into setting up a pharmacy in the store.
Family time is precious, McKay said, and like the other stores will be reflected in what they offer. ‘‘We’re going to focus on the consumer that’s somewhat time starved,’’ and feature ready-to-eat meals that can be warmed up and served. There will be an emphasis on getting customers in and out in a reasonable manner ‘‘and at a cost people can afford,’’ added James Manning McKay, chairman of the company.
The grocery business operates on a razor-thin profit margin, about a penny on a dollar, David McKay said. James Manning McKay added, ‘‘We’ve operated at less than that from time to time. When the chairman of the board gets up at 3 in the morning to scrub floors, you know it’s tough.’’
As an example of the overhead their stores have, James Manning McKay said one month their Great Mills store ran up a $28,000 bill with Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative. All told, David McKay said they have paid SMECO $260,000 more this year than they did for all of 2005 for their four stores’ electricity consumption.
Plans are still in the works on what to do with the McKay’s on Route 245 near Leonardtown.
The county lost another locally owned grocer earlier this year, Mattingly’s, which was located down Route 5 in Leonardtown from where the new McKay’s will open.
Chief Operating Officer Thomas McKay said he is easing back into private life after serving four years as county commission president. He lost a bid in November to unseat state Sen. Roy P. Dyson (D-St. Mary’s, Calvert, Charles).
‘‘I’m excited about getting back to the basics,’’ he said. ‘‘It’s a job I’ve had all my life.’’
But he hasn’t quite settled into the role of a private citizen. He said with a laugh, ‘‘People call and say, ‘You got any pull left?’’’
Here's a link to an article on SoMdNews.Com http://www.somdnews.com/stories/122206/indybus182459_32098.shtml
The whole article is posted below
McKay family to open fifth store in St. Mary’s
Friday, Dec. 22, 2006
By Kevin Conron
Staff Writer
A recent Friday afternoon found three members of the McKay family in a teleconference at company headquarters in Hollywood, reviewing plans to open another branch of their grocery chain in Leonardtown.
The McKays have secured a lease on the 44,000-square-foot building that once was occupied by Super Fresh in the Shops at Breton Bay. That store closed in 2001. It will be the fifth store McKay’s operates in St. Mary’s County.
Plans call for the store to be open by late March or early April, said David McKay, president of the family-run firm. The area has a diverse market, he said, from the affluent Breton Bay to the medical and military families and Mennonite community.
As with the other McKay stores, the emphasis will be on local produce, purchased at the Loveville auction warehouse run by the Mennonites, to locally produced wines, if the store secures a liquor license. McKay said they are also looking into setting up a pharmacy in the store.
Family time is precious, McKay said, and like the other stores will be reflected in what they offer. ‘‘We’re going to focus on the consumer that’s somewhat time starved,’’ and feature ready-to-eat meals that can be warmed up and served. There will be an emphasis on getting customers in and out in a reasonable manner ‘‘and at a cost people can afford,’’ added James Manning McKay, chairman of the company.
The grocery business operates on a razor-thin profit margin, about a penny on a dollar, David McKay said. James Manning McKay added, ‘‘We’ve operated at less than that from time to time. When the chairman of the board gets up at 3 in the morning to scrub floors, you know it’s tough.’’
As an example of the overhead their stores have, James Manning McKay said one month their Great Mills store ran up a $28,000 bill with Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative. All told, David McKay said they have paid SMECO $260,000 more this year than they did for all of 2005 for their four stores’ electricity consumption.
Plans are still in the works on what to do with the McKay’s on Route 245 near Leonardtown.
The county lost another locally owned grocer earlier this year, Mattingly’s, which was located down Route 5 in Leonardtown from where the new McKay’s will open.
Chief Operating Officer Thomas McKay said he is easing back into private life after serving four years as county commission president. He lost a bid in November to unseat state Sen. Roy P. Dyson (D-St. Mary’s, Calvert, Charles).
‘‘I’m excited about getting back to the basics,’’ he said. ‘‘It’s a job I’ve had all my life.’’
But he hasn’t quite settled into the role of a private citizen. He said with a laugh, ‘‘People call and say, ‘You got any pull left?’’’
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Dougstermd
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STUPID FRESH is a dieing dianasour ####ed a whole lotta peeps outa a Union retirement: the Leonardtown store was a STUPID move for a company in trouble! Mckays is a local independent well sorta I think they have Richfood which is the bomb digity of small chain support? I have seen the worst of the union grocers fold up cause of the pressure of the FOODLIONS. That ripped my family apart and it breaks my balls to go to a foodlion today. So bring your best argument for a fine grocer in Leonardtown. Suddenly FL has tried to turn Fine Grocier in callaway. Pergio in the produce section does not make a responsible employerer!
I'm glad to hear this is true...I really like the McKays in Charlotte Hall, I do not like the one on Great Mills. I hope they run this one like the one in Charlotte Hall. I know the Food Lion in Leonardtown is one of the worst I've ever been in so I will shop at McKays when it opens.
I think the Hollywood building will be come the headquarters for their newspaper - The County Times. But as supermarket it is very small and dirty. I hadn't heard about Foodlion trying to buy Giant. I would be surprised about that one since they are owned by Stop & Shop and Ahold just spun off the distribution part of that whole business from the supermarkets because the markets were making more money than the distrubion - or something like that.