Huh. I'm trying to think of a similar place in Cincinnati and all I can think of is the old Tellers in Hyde Park that's closed now, also in a former bank location with a "vault room" for parties. We definitely have food deserts here though, and this is the home of the Kroger Corporation!

Kroger sucks the blood of the people!

Aye, and profiteering during a pandemic, Kroger is thy name...

I am currently living in an area where Kroger has actual competition and I am absolutely baffled how they stay in business here.

That was the motive behind the proposed merger with Albertson's - eliminate all the competition.

It's weird, Albertson's was the expensive place anywhere I went which had both (and Safeway after the merger). It was Walmart that was anchoring most prices, then Kroger. My perception of that proposal at the time was that it would be unleashing the worst tendencies of Albertson's.

I was out of the US for a long time, so I missed Kroger going batshit crazy.

They just don’t make em like they used to. Everything’s so plain now.