Ideas 2 Go Visits Upstate New York

Nice N Easy and Delta Sonic are among the stores that NACS Show attendees will see first during this year's NACS "Ideas 2 Go" program.

May 31, 2012

SYRACUSE, NY - Proud of its Upstate New York neighbors Nice N Easy Grocery Shoppes and Delta Sonic Car Wash, Syracuse.com gave a sneak peek of the two companies that were subjects of a recent NACS "Ideas 2 Go" taping, which showed how those companies are "doing it right."

"Nice N Easy is on the short list of the best-respected chains with fewer than 100 stores," said Jeff Lenard, vice president of industry advocacy for NACS. Lenard was part of the film crew at Nice N Easy??s new flagship store in Brewerton.

The footage will be part of a package that will be shown at this year??s NACS Show in Las Vegas, where 23,000 attendees are expected to converge for the October 7 to 10 event. Registration is available online.

Lenard praised Nice N Easy??s integration of traditional convenience store offerings with grocery items, something badly needed in Brewerton.

"You don??t see many convenience stores acting as grocery stores in an area under-served by grocery stores," Lenard said. "There are a whole lot of (convenience store) retailers who face permit issues, where the community says 'We don??t want you.?? Nice N Easy had the opposite; the community said 'We need you?? and Nice N Easy responded with a newer, larger store. It??s an operation to be admired and take ideas from."

Lenard also praised Delta Sonic as a category leader.

"Delta Sonic is probably the best car wash in the country, anywhere in the country," said Lenard, who noted the Buffalo-based chain has its newest-concept car washes in the Syracuse market. "They make car wash theater."

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