Retail Watchers

It's hard to tell for sure, but Ryan's locations seem to be the vast majority of the closures I've heard of. In general, I find Old Country Buffet to be pretty mediocre compared to other buffet places (especially Chuck-A-Rama, but they seem to be limited only to Utah and one Idaho location) but the...

But I thought it was interesting that they were just building an new "Marketplace" Fred Meyer. But if you go inside the current Fred Meyer Marketplace, they actually brand it as a Fred Meyer Northwest Best, which is a Fred Meyer version of a QFC Fresh Fare. I have been in the Fred Meyer N...

I really miss that decor package. The 'Stadium' Fred Meyer has never felt the same after the expansion and change to the modern Kroger "marketplace" decor. To me, I think it feels more sterile, although the wine and beer bar has proved to be so popular they are expanding the seating area ...

Store re-opening plans are starting to bubble out. The Gig Harbor Safeway is expecting a February opening - Port Orchard looks to be a little later. I noticed that entrances and front windows have been boarded up at Silverdale and East Bremerton. I've lost the union discussion, maybe it was in the ...

The Safeway Clackamas plant supplies all of the private label bread to WinCo. . . The breads are not under Safeway brands but customers are not so stupid and know they are Safeway items; plus the breads sit in the WinCo Store on crates that say Glencourt, Vons, or Lucerne Foods. My family has been ...

In markets where Safeway offers it, Albertsons is now "partnering" for grocery delivery.
http://shop.safeway.com/shop/safeway/?c ... y:redirect