I'm not sure about Food Island's location, in the Sears Outlet Mall. I guess time will tell.
Food City was a good grocery store for around 30 years, until the London Mall started its decline after Kmart and Dairy Queen left the building. That once was a busy well-kept mall, believe it or not! Price Chopper, what Food City was rebranded as, didn't last long at that location, closing in 2008. http://www.lfpress.com/2012/10/03/last-price-chopper-chopped It probably doesn't help for a grocery store to be at a corner located partway between Remark/Superstore and the North London Costco/Angelo's/Sherwood Forest Metro (the Sherwood Forest Metro will become a Food Basics this spring http://www.lfpress.com/2012/12/04/sherwood-forest-mall-location-changing-to-food-basics-in-the-spring ), and halfway between the Cherryhill Metro and Remark/Superstore. Maybe being a larger Asian grocery store in that part of London will be enough of a draw for its success.
The store at Viscount and Wonderland might be a good location, since South London has a large population, and doesn't have a large Asian grocery store, as far as I know.
How would you compare the quality at Food Island to the quality at United? The signage at Food Island made Food Island look like it might be even more economical/budget-minded than the already reasonably-priced United.
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