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Bruce MacDonald<p>Uffda. Minnesota capital city's only downtown grocery is closing.</p><p>Fred Melo writes in the PiPress:</p><p>"Tres Lund, chief executive officer of the Edina-based supermarket chain, said the grocery, which opened at 115 East 10th St. in 2014, had been profitable in its first seven or eight years, but struggled during the pandemic when downtown employers shifted to remote work."<br><a href="https://www.twincities.com/2025/03/07/downtown-st-paul-lunds-and-byerlys-closes-permanently-on-march-26/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">twincities.com/2025/03/07/down</span><span class="invisible">town-st-paul-lunds-and-byerlys-closes-permanently-on-march-26/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LocalInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LocalInterest</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/StPaul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StPaul</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Minnesota</span></a></p>
Bruce MacDonald<p>Did you know you could buy a Patek Philippe watch in Bloomington, suburban Minneapolis? </p><p>I, frankly, did not. The big billboards advertising such just didn't sink in till now.</p><p>The claim in this column is that the big Swiss watchmakers are reticent to maintain relationships over ownership changes, so the store will go out of business when its owners retire.</p><p>What will become of the in-house watchmakers? and the Labradors?</p><p>“You walk in those double doors and, if you’ve never been here before, you can be kind of intimidated,” Hope said. “We might have beautiful, spectacular things, but we’re just regular people loving our dogs.”</p><p>Not a jewelry person but I found this story interesting.<br><a href="https://www.startribune.com/ramstad-wixon-jewelers-a-destination-for-luxury-celebrations-and-petting-dogs-is-closing/601228106" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">startribune.com/ramstad-wixon-</span><span class="invisible">jewelers-a-destination-for-luxury-celebrations-and-petting-dogs-is-closing/601228106</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/watchmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watchmaking</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/dogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dogs</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Minnesota</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LocalInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LocalInterest</span></a></p>
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