Nonstopdrivel
15 years ago
One of the richest men to emerge from my hometown was the late D.B. Reinhart, founder of Reinhart Foodservice , a leading institutional food distributor, and a billionaire many times over. Though a devout Catholic and generous benefactor of our community, giving untold millions of dollars to our local schools and universities, Mr. Reinhart was also known as something of a ruthless businessman. From the stories I've heard of him, I'm convinced he would have made a fantastic poker player.

It seems that Illinois-based grocery store chain Cub Foods , which at the time had a store in the next town over, had begun to cast a lustful eye upon a long-unused warehouse on a lot only a few blocks from where I grew up, with the intent of expanding into La Crosse. Mr. Reinhart caught wind of this, swooped in on the owner of the property, and told him, "Look, I'll give you $300,000 more than what they're offering you. You have 10 minutes to decide." Naturally, the owner accepted, and Reinhart acquired the property.

What did he do with it, you ask? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. He simply bought the lot to ensure Cub Foods never got a toehold in La Crosse proper.

So why did I draft Michael Crabtree, when all he's going to do is sit on my bench? Simply because I knew dhazer wanted him. :D

P.S. Many years later, Reinhart did in fact build a distribution center on the lot, but not until long after Cub Foods had ceased to be relevant in this area. So yeah, maybe I'll find a use for Crabtree . . . around week 15 or so. 😉
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Formo
15 years ago
Cub Foods is HUGE here in Minny/TC area. Outside of Aldi, it's the main store we go to.

Side note.
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15 years ago

One of the richest men to emerge from my hometown was the late D.B. Reinhart, founder of Reinhart Foodservice , a leading institutional food distributor, and a billionaire many times over. Though a devout Catholic and generous benefactor of our community, giving untold millions of dollars to our local schools and universities, Mr. Reinhart was also known as something of a ruthless businessman. From the stories I've heard of him, I'm convinced he would have made a fantastic poker player.

It seems that Illinois-based grocery store chain Cub Foods , which at the time had a store in the next town over, had begun to cast a lustful eye upon a long-unused warehouse on a lot only a few blocks from where I grew up, with the intent of expanding into La Crosse. Mr. Reinhart caught wind of this, swooped in on the owner of the property, and told him, "Look, I'll give you $300,000 more than what they're offering you. You have 10 minutes to decide." Naturally, the owner accepted, and Reinhart acquired the property.

What did he do with it, you ask? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. He simply bought the lot to ensure Cub Foods never got a toehold in La Crosse proper.
(snipping irrelevant Crabtree stuff)

"Nonstopdrivel" wrote:



I thought there was a CubFoods near the mall in Onalaska. Or isn't that "LaCrosse area" anymore? (Back when they made Packer wear in my size, I used to drive up to a store in the mall to get it.)
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Pack93z
15 years ago

One of the richest men to emerge from my hometown was the late D.B. Reinhart, founder of Reinhart Foodservice , a leading institutional food distributor, and a billionaire many times over. Though a devout Catholic and generous benefactor of our community, giving untold millions of dollars to our local schools and universities, Mr. Reinhart was also known as something of a ruthless businessman. From the stories I've heard of him, I'm convinced he would have made a fantastic poker player.

It seems that Illinois-based grocery store chain Cub Foods , which at the time had a store in the next town over, had begun to cast a lustful eye upon a long-unused warehouse on a lot only a few blocks from where I grew up, with the intent of expanding into La Crosse. Mr. Reinhart caught wind of this, swooped in on the owner of the property, and told him, "Look, I'll give you $300,000 more than what they're offering you. You have 10 minutes to decide." Naturally, the owner accepted, and Reinhart acquired the property.

What did he do with it, you ask? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. He simply bought the lot to ensure Cub Foods never got a toehold in La Crosse proper.
(snipping irrelevant Crabtree stuff)

"Wade" wrote:



I thought there was a CubFoods near the mall in Onalaska. Or isn't that "LaCrosse area" anymore? (Back when they made Packer wear in my size, I used to drive up to a store in the mall to get it.)

"Nonstopdrivel" wrote:



Yes.. when I went to school there it was there.. right across from the current APAC center and where the Pier One Store was..

Either a Cubs or a Piggly Wiggly.. I used to frequent the Festival Foods anyway.. better store. 😉
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alharrisdude31
15 years ago

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The situation in San Francisco between the 49ers and receiver Michael Crabtree is quickly going from bad to worse.

Per a league source, agent Eugene Parker is telling the 49ers that Crabtree will sit out the season and re-enter the draft in 2010, unless the team gives Crabtree what he wants.

Of course, what Crabtree specifically wants isn't known, since Parker (as multiple sources tell us) still hasn't made a proposal.

There's also a growing chorus of league insiders who are speaking out against the widely-believed effort by Parker to blow up the slotting process with Crabtree. Teams obviously would contend that the unwritten rules of draft-pick negotiation ritual should be honored; however, some of the agents who arguably would benefit from the introduction of chaos privately have described efforts to blow the curve as "inappropriate" and "unacceptable" and "wrong."

And if Crabtree opts to re-enter the draft next year, the current thinking is that he wouldn't be the first receiver drafted. For now, the guy who is regarded as likely to be the first wideout (and possibly the first overall pick) is Illinois junior Arrelious Benn.

Then again, if Crabtree is picked any higher than No. 10 after having a chance to engage in pre-draft workouts, he'd likely end up with more money than the slotting process currently would pay.

After, of course, waiting a year to get it.

"Zero2Cool" wrote:



Sounds like a high class guy who just can't accept where he was drafted.


sounds like philip rivers, but at wideout hes gonna be a freakin disappointment, he needs a team thats good to look good, that why he goin back in to the draft :pukeright:
Nonstopdrivel
15 years ago

I thought there was a CubFoods near the mall in Onalaska. Or isn't that "LaCrosse area" anymore?

"Wade" wrote:



The Cub Foods in Onalaska has been defunct for several years.

And as for Onalaska being the "La Crosse area," I have a funny story about that. Shortly after my parents first moved to La Crosse in 1981, they got into a conversation with a random guy. In the course of the conversation, they happened to ask him, "So are you from around here?"

"Oh, no," he protested, deadly serious. "Not from around here at all. I'm from Onalaska. That's way out that way."

And even though it's almost impossible to tell where La Crosse ends and Onalaska begins, that's the attitude Onalaska still has. They bitterly resent it when people from La Crosse describe Onalaska as a suburb of La Crosse. 😉
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JNelson87
15 years ago
So is he really going through with this?
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Zero2Cool
15 years ago

So is he really going through with this?

"JNelson87" wrote:

I hope so!
UserPostedImage
15 years ago
insane.

i wonder what will happen? what if he drafts way lower? god he might really be fucking himself over all for a big baby tantrum.

I agree with Twinkiegorilla.

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Zero2Cool
15 years ago
Question : is there a deadline that he has to sign by and if so, what is it?

I believe baseball has a sign or wait deadline
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