Schnucks vs. Dierbergs The GREAT Grocery Debate

She want me to take her back but I ain't Nelly. Anyway, I want to talk about the great debate in St. Louis. We're talking grocery stores today. And I'll be honest with you, this is actually a very interesting conversation. For me, I go to Schnucks more often, but Dierbergs wins in my opinion from the consumer side. If you are going into one of these grocery stores, it has to be Dierbergs. Dierbergs is number one when it comes to customer experience, when it comes to consumers. You have wider aisles, you have better selection, they're rarely out of stuff. Like, even the fact that Schnucks like, they're out of chicken thighs all the time. You know? How are you out of chicken thighs? It's crazy. However, what Schnucks does have going for them is they do have a great rewards program. They do have a good deli, good wings, all that stuff. When their fried chicken hits, you know. You know. When it comes to Dierbergs, like Dierbergs is like a nicer experience or whatever, and they're friendlier, or whatever, it's easier to find popular things. Schnucks, I feel like they're always hiding stuff. You know, they make their aisles very confusing between different stores. But, you know, at the end of the day, Dierbergs wins. And back in the day, for most of my life, I always would put Schnucks above Dierbergs, but I have to go with Dierbergs because now from a pricing perspective, Dierbergs ain't that more expensive at this point. And you always can't trust Schnucks when it comes to their meat selection. They don't, they don't always get it right. However, when it comes to the business of Schnucks, as someone who used to work at Schnucks corporate as a data scientist, support center, let me tell you, they got the business. They got the business. They do always get it right? No. They don't. But like I said, Schnucks for the business, Dierbergs for the customer experience. But, you know, they're like an innovative grocery store. Like there's so many articles and stuff that is written about Schnucks where even bigger, way bigger grocery stores look at Schnucks because they're killing it when it comes to their analytics, when it comes to their AI. Like they are top-notch when it comes to all of that. Like when you talk about operations, they got it. Do they always get it right? No. They don't. But like I said, Schnucks for the business, Dierbergs for the customer experience.