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The after that, the system failed to take off a personalized digital coupon which the self-checkout cashier had to enter as a manual discount. After that, at the end of the order, after selecting I did not want to purchase any bags, the system would not allow me to proceed to payment. The self-chec...

Looks like Nob Hill opened in early January.

https://www.yelp.com/biz/nob-hill-foods ... =date_desc

storewanderer wrote: ↑January 5th, 2018, 6:58 pm
At this point, given the new company's financials, they probably need to focus on projects that happen a little faster and start to get them ROI faster.

...or don't require capital.

What I see with this is a pharmacy monopoly. You have Aetna, you must use CVS for ALL of your prescriptions. And you'll pay the premium price for it. You can't go anywhere else except CVS. If you go to Walgreens, you'll pay a higher price. If you use Walmart, higher. This is bad any way you look at...

They should build a few towers of student housing here and call it a day.

$69B is a heck of a lot of money. Makes Whole Foods and Safeway acquisitions look like peanuts.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-aetn ... SKBN1E2242

This store and shopping center are quite attractive, but unfortunately Raley's has really become just a liquor store. I can't imagine the new Whole Foods 365 will improve things for Raley's. Hotel developers are surely standing at the ready.

The Bay Area's first 365 opened in Concord this week. Interesting their entry into the market isn't a more tech or millennial trade area like Cupertino or Palo Alto.

http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article ... 404572.php

King County Superior Court Judge Mary E. Roberts on Thursday gave Whole Foods 14 days to reopen and work "in good faith" with Bellevue Square to fulfill its "operating covenant," which includes conducting business without interruption for 10 years. Whole Foods had argued that re...

If I had to bet money, either the news outlets got it wrong (Amazon Fresh is revamping not scaling back) or Amazon is happy with traditional supermarkets thinking they're out of the game.