Boulder City WANTS another Grocery Store. There are few universally “true” statements that someone can make about “everyone” wanting or not wanting on any topic, but in our opinion, this is one of the few statements that pretty much all of us residents can agree upon. Many of us who lived here when the traditional Central Market existed right along side of both a Von’s and Albertsons remember, that yes, this town has shown it CAN support more than one grocer. Why? Because it has done so in the past.
Enter the owners of that former Central Market location: Ed Cave, Grant Turner and Bret Runion. They purchased this location after the antique mall owners decided to sell and move on from that project. Prior, this had been the beloved Central Market which offered a small but solidly diverse selection of pantry staples along with frozen foods, fresh produce and a selection of meats and seafood. Maybe most delightful of all is that it contained it’s own butcher. Many of us remember being able to order in special cuts when we had a special event, and most of us raved about the service of their meat counter. Man, my mouth is watering just thinking about it…
But, things went they way they went. The family sold Central Market and after a few attempts with others running that enterprise they folded, unable to maintain the business. And then the Von’s/Safeway corporation did what they did and were acquired by Albertsons. And then the Von’s location was closed (after briefly becoming a Haggen location) due to anti-trust concerns after the buy out, and then that option slowly died…