Retail Watchers

From the Vons entry in Wikipedia: In October 1985, Vons introduced Pavilions, a "combination store" concept which offered a wider variety of upscale products as well as pharmacy and other non-food products and services. Some stores that were smaller were branded Pavilions Place. The Pasade...

It mentions online purchases of hotel rooms. I wonder if it will do away with the super-annoying "resort fees."

Both Santa Maria and Sacramento-Howe are closing. https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/cal ... 410166.php

and 90% of the time for Grocery Outlet since they don't have as much PLU entry product and often have baggers. My Grocery Outlet has stopped bagging altogether, at least when you bring your own bags. The last two times I shopped there they just shoved my items down to the end of the counter and sta...

And it required strange pricing, such as salad bars priced by container instead of weight and produce/meat by the unit. I saw people cheating the system with salad containers overflowing and taking all the meat off the salad bar. But doesn't that same issue persist in stores with the Smart Cart sys...

And it required strange pricing, such as salad bars priced by container instead of weight and produce/meat by the unit. I saw people cheating the system with salad containers overflowing and taking all the meat off the salad bar. But doesn't that same issue persist in stores with the Smart Cart sys...

There was a small-format Whole Foods in downtown Santa Monica (500 Wilshire Blvd.) that closed in 2017. I'm not sure of the square footage; I was in it a long time ago and it was definitely nowhere near a normal-sized WF (or even a 365.)

From the article: Northgate was easily accessible to Garcia and her neighbors, particularly those who don’t drive. The store supplied the guajillo and ancho chiles Garcia’s mother uses to make her salsa. You can’t find those at Food 4 Less, because it is not curated for a Latino community,” Garcia s...

I finally made the trek down behind the Orange Curtain (I'm around 45 miles away) on a rainy President's Day Monday. It was everything that has been described here, but I hope it's not going to become a victim of its own success and end up like that famous saying, "No one goes there anymore -- ...