[Pairadocs]

For those who might be interested, went to the new Hobby Lobby today (Friday). As a crafter I am one who has looked forward to this. Anything new in a retirement community is cause for "excitement"...LOL... but it's a very nice store, H.L. stores tend to be large, but this seems to be an especially large one...but maybe not, might be the average. "Packed" is not an adequate description, it was most definitely packed and not just the curious. The lines were VERY long to check out and every lane was open. They obviously had a block busting revenue first day. Some have no interest, but for those of you who are also hobbyists, or just like to shop for home decorator items, fabrics, etc. it's a really nice addition to our choices here

[asianthree]

Originally Posted by Pairadocs

For those who might be interested, went to the new Hobby Lobby today (Friday). As a crafter I am one who has looked forward to this. Anything new in a retirement community is cause for "excitement"...LOL... but it's a very nice store, H.L. stores tend to be large, but this seems to be an especially large one...but maybe not, might be the average. "Packed" is not an adequate description, it was most definitely packed and not just the curious. The lines were VERY long to check out and every lane was open. They obviously had a block busting revenue first day. Some have no interest, but for those of you who are also hobbyists, or just like to shop for home decorator items, fabrics, etc. it's a really nice addition to our choices here

Stopped around 2 ish. Longest line had 1-2 people. Either their stock didn’t get unpacked yet, or just hasn’t arrived. It is smaller than the 4 HL we have up north average size is about 55,000sf, which is what TVs new store seems to be. Stores I shop at are 65000sf to just under 70,000sf. Size does make a difference.

I found the same items in multiple areas of the store, which is unusual for HL footprints. Not sure if they had too much of the same 100 items, or just haven’t had time to consolidate and put out different stock.
Ocala while larger has been around longer so store is established, and everything is in its category of that isle.

Many items seems to be missing, or stock was either depleted, or not on retail floor.

By late fall TV should be up to par with stock, and hopefully will realize there are many crafters in and around TV.

Items that I found missing ( lot of paper stock, dies, stamps, and basic paper craft items, storage units, and high end pens and pencils) a manager stated stock will be coming in daily, and hope to keep up with supply and demand. Trying to base shopping by Ocala numbers, since that was the easiest store to drive from TV.

Michaels has been slowly going down hill, with crafts on the low end of their stock, which should help with sales at HL.

[Bilyclub]

Bigger than the Ocala store, which is huge ?

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by Bilyclub

Bigger than the Ocala store, which is huge ?

The Villages store is 55,000 SF, which is an average size. The Ocala store is 67,000 SF.

[coffeebean]

I've been to the Hobby Lobby in Mt. Dora couple of years ago. I loved the store. To me, it is a cross between Michael's, JoAnn's and Home Goods, Anyone know if our TV Hobby Lobby is as large as the Mt. Dora store? I haven't been to TV store yet.

[coffeebean]

I just found my answer........the Hobby Lobby in Mt. Dora is 63,000 sf. so larger than our store in TV.

[La lamy]

I love those stores. Thanks for letting us know!

[DonnaNi4os]

Can’t wait to get over there. I just bought a stash of yarn at Joann’s but I want to see the new store and what they have to offer. I’m happy not to have to drive to Ocala.

[Happinow]

Been a crafter all my life. I initially heard that Hobby Lobby was going to be built in Trailwinds, which would have been great. I guess they decided that that particular location wasn’t right for them. It really does ‘t matter. Anything closer than Mt. Dora or Ocala is a win! Haven’t gone over there yet……waiting for the initial mayhem to die down. I’m excited to see the store.

[asiebel]

Love the new store!!!

[I'm Popeye!]

Christmas trees come out this week...

[asianthree]

Originally Posted by I'm Popeye!

Christmas trees come out this week...

Christmas trees were already up day it opened, and were 50% off.