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re: Total Wine & More Coming to Metairie
Posted on 11/20/19 at 9:07 am to Stadium Rat
Posted on 11/20/19 at 9:07 am to Stadium Rat
Competition for Martin Wine Cellar. And Doriginac's.
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Posted on 11/20/19 at 9:11 am to TH03
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If I want a new local option, it isn't in total or specs for that matter, it's at Central market, craft beer cellar, etc. Sure they'll get the national stuff like founders stuff, but hell, that's at kroger nowadays too.
Well that's in your area, I guess. The Total Wine near me is every bit as good as Central Market when it comes to local options, even better some times. It's better than probably all the Spec's except the big Smith Street location. All the smaller Specs seem to let hoppy beers shelfturd for 6+ months. And it's better than Whole Foods vast majority of the timme.
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I don't think the whole houston-dallas shithole stuff is necessary here.
It's a joke. Not that serious.
This post was edited on 11/20/19 at 9:12 am
Posted on 11/20/19 at 9:14 am to Stadium Rat
Posted on 11/20/19 at 9:30 am to TH03
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Interesting. In terms of local stuff, the central markets in Dallas have a much better selection. There's a specs and total right next to each other off 75 and the specs beer selection is much better overall.
Once again proving why Fort Worth is better than Dallas.
Posted on 11/20/19 at 9:30 am to ragincajun03
To be fair, Central market is a much bigger thing here so that could be a big part of it. And I think the Smith street specs is the only one bigger than the one by me. Still, Central, total, or specs don't beat craft beer cellar for overall selection and non shelf turding.
I won't die on the beer selection hill as much as the private label and lowering brand value hills.
I won't die on the beer selection hill as much as the private label and lowering brand value hills.
Posted on 11/20/19 at 9:32 am to Panny Crickets
I fricking love fort worth. The wife and I are still kicking around the idea of moving out there. We stayed out there for a wedding a couple weeks ago and had a great time. Lonesome dove was easily a top 5 meal for me.
Posted on 11/20/19 at 9:33 am to TH03
I've lived in Dallas and now Fort Worth.
Fort Worth all day err day.
Fort Worth all day err day.
Posted on 11/20/19 at 9:40 am to Stadium Rat
Total wine is awesome. We have many here in Atlanta. They always do their best to bring in any specialty items if you request.
Posted on 11/20/19 at 10:00 am to Panny Crickets
I just wish Dallas had a non shitty downtown. It's easily the worst of the big cities in Texas. Houston, Austin, and Fort Worth all have nice, walkable downtowns with restaurants and bars while I find our scene downtown is severely lacking.
Posted on 11/20/19 at 10:16 am to TH03
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If I want a new local option, it isn't in total or specs for that matter, it's at Central market, craft beer cellar, etc. Sure they'll get the national stuff like founders stuff, but hell, that's at kroger nowadays too.
yep. I'd rather go to Central than Spec's. Central seems to have a better selection and sells growlers's. They just opened a total wine on mcarthur in irving near our work/daycare so i'll have to pop in and see how it compares.
Posted on 11/20/19 at 10:16 am to BigPerm30
Total wine is legit.
Posted on 11/20/19 at 10:25 am to Stadium Rat
went to total wine all the time when I lived in Atlanta. Place is legit!
Posted on 11/20/19 at 10:46 am to TH03
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-Uninformed "wine experts" pushing shitty wine because it's exclusive to Total wine and they make 40-50% margin or more on them.
Can't really speak to this because wine isn't really my thing... but...
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-Craft beer selection barely better than a local big box grocery store, and not better than speciality stores or places like CBD or uptown rouses or whole foods.
The Total Wine here has an exponentially better craft beer selection than any local grocery stores (other than maybe Whole Foods) and certainly way better than any of the local liquor stores.
They're really the only place other than buying to-go from the beer bars which is extremely marked up that has a good craft selection. None of the grocery stores (again, other than Whole Foods) has anything worth a crap.
I also find that Total Wine has the biggest liquor selection around. Some local places come close, but not quite.
This post was edited on 11/20/19 at 10:50 am
Posted on 11/20/19 at 11:49 am to TH03
quote:You must have the worst TW in the nation. That's unfortunate
-Craft beer selection barely better than a local big box grocery store, and not better than speciality stores or places like CBD or uptown rouses or whole foods.
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-Uninformed "wine experts" pushing shitty wine because it's exclusive to Total wine and they make 40-50% margin or more on them.
This happens at Specs and the employee actually gets money from the sale. They get a book of liquor and wines to make money from each month. (Hint: it's always those ''on sale with key tag" brands that are on sale 365 days a year)
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I've converted to a full time Total Wine shopper over Specs. The game has passed them up
This post was edited on 11/20/19 at 11:55 am
Posted on 11/20/19 at 12:53 pm to Stadium Rat
Tried one in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. Great wine and beer selection. Whiskey selection not so great.
Posted on 11/20/19 at 12:56 pm to List Eater
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You must have the worst TW in the nation. That's unfortunate
Maybe.
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This happens at Specs and the employee actually gets money from the sale. They get a book of liquor and wines to make money from each month. (Hint: it's always those ''on sale with key tag" brands that are on sale 365 days a year)
Do total employees get the same commission? I thought they did, but I'm not 100% sure.
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I've converted to a full time Total Wine shopper over Specs. The game has passed them up
I got no dog in that fight. I haven't bought liquor in forever. If I buy wine though, it's at Central market.
Posted on 11/20/19 at 1:04 pm to BigPerm30
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This is what I was thinking the selection would be like.
Yeah, you're really not going to get hard to get beers from Total wine just because they are big. At least not from breweries that don't already distribute here.
The beer is either distributed to Louisiana or it isn't. If it isn't, then it's rare a retailer gets that beer outside of specialty drops for specific reasons (aka...beer festival overstock, etc...)
Posted on 11/20/19 at 1:32 pm to BugAC
They'll have the best selection in the NOLA area when it's all said and done.
That doesn't mean that they'll get beer that isn't regularly distributed to LA, because tiers and all, but they will have the shelf space and do enough volume to pretty much put anything the distributors carry on the shelves.
And it should all be available in singles... at least they are here.
That doesn't mean that they'll get beer that isn't regularly distributed to LA, because tiers and all, but they will have the shelf space and do enough volume to pretty much put anything the distributors carry on the shelves.
And it should all be available in singles... at least they are here.
Posted on 11/20/19 at 1:56 pm to BugAC
So no Pliny, Treehouse or Trilium?
Posted on 11/20/19 at 2:11 pm to BigPerm30
Sounds like a Dorignac's killer to me.
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