The lights are up in Victoria Park. The Christmas market has come and gone. The snow has finally started falling. Yup, Christmas is coming.
I finally made it to the Christmas market in Kitchener city hall this year. My daughter really enjoyed the train room set up in the back. I’ve got a sweet tooth, so enjoyed the skor fudge they had for sale. Next year we’ll have to try the gluwine, although my wife said it doesn’t have the same “kick” as the real stuff in Germany.
Some rambling observations:
As you likely know, the David’s Gourmet in downtown Kitchener has been closed for a while. A visit to the plaza on Northfield that had one of the other David’s Gourmet stores made me realized that it is closed now as well. This old March/09 Record article has the background on the downtown store closing. The company’s webpage, www.davidsgourmet.com, confirms that of the former married couple’s empire, the husband, Ehrenworth, has the remaining store open at Victoria and Bruce. The webpage also announces that a Waterloo store will be opening in 2010. Looking at all the awards they won for 2009, I don’t see the sense of closing the Northfield store but not having another Waterloo location open until the next year (at least).
I can’t imagine the logistics and emotional weight of having a joint venture (in the sense that they both seem to be keeping the name, David’s Gourmet, if not the physical locations) with an ex-spouse. And what about the loyal customers that, at least up until the Northfield store closed, would have to choose to do business with either Quinn or Ehrenworth? The David’s Gourmet blog seems to give some glimpse into that difficult situation.
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