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- November 17th, 2019, 7:21 pm
- Forum: Specialty Retail Chains
- Topic: Marathon to acquire Andeavor (Tesoro)
- Replies: 125
- Views: 56517
Re: Marathon to acquire Andeavor (Tesoro)
Speedway has had a ton of job postings up for various Orange County, CA locations for quite awhile, so I assume SoCal conversions are coming soon and these will be full Speedway. These stations are currently branded not only ass Shell and USA Gasoline, but also ARCO, so it appears the conversions wi...
- November 16th, 2019, 2:42 am
- Forum: California USA
- Topic: Raleys to close pharmacies
- Replies: 27
- Views: 11016
Re: Raleys to close pharmacies
I have friends who work for Walmart in California, and the pharmacists have a pay freeze. Many are quitting due to the low wages. Walmart pays pharmacists and pharmacy technicians much less than other chains and therefore are able to run profitable pharmacies. Perhaps, it is because of the unions t...
- November 15th, 2019, 1:45 am
- Forum: California USA
- Topic: Ralphs Fresh Fare Trademark
- Replies: 49
- Views: 23923
Re: Ralphs Fresh Fare Trademark
In contrast to the Ralphs near you, there is a Ralphs Fresh Fare in Carlsbad that was converted from a standard Ralphs 10 years ago. The location I was referring to received new signage in late summer, so a little more recently than 10 years ago :). Additionally, when the Woodbridge Irvine location...
- November 15th, 2019, 1:29 am
- Forum: California USA
- Topic: Ralphs Fresh Fare Trademark
- Replies: 49
- Views: 23923
Re: Ralphs Fresh Fare Trademark
From the Los Angeles Times article on Amazon's SoCal planned store, Ralphs, for instance, is overhauling its Ralphs Fresh Fare format stores this year, adding thousands of natural, organic, vegan and gluten-free produce items, meats and other foods. There are 63 such stores among Ralphs’ 189 Southe...
- November 13th, 2019, 1:45 pm
- Forum: California USA
- Topic: Ralphs Fresh Fare Trademark
- Replies: 49
- Views: 23923
Re: Ralphs Fresh Fare Trademark
Is that a recent number? If so, what is Vons excuse with Pavilions? I'm sure between Vons and Albertson's, there's locations perfect for Pavilions. On the other hand, they de-Pavilionsed (i.e., converted to Vons) the two locations in my area (Arcadia and Monrovia.) These stores were Pavilions in na...
- November 13th, 2019, 12:02 am
- Forum: California USA
- Topic: Ralphs Fresh Fare Trademark
- Replies: 49
- Views: 23923
Re: Ralphs Fresh Fare Trademark
Albertsons did a couple real nice Pavilions remodels a few years ago. Back around the time they were trying to merge with Rite Aid. They were using photos of those very nice looking stores in the materials to try to show investors how their stores look (what a joke, ought to go take photos of all t...
- November 12th, 2019, 9:53 pm
- Forum: California USA
- Topic: Ralphs Fresh Fare Trademark
- Replies: 49
- Views: 23923
Re: Ralphs Fresh Fare Trademark
According to the LA Times article quoted in the Amazon store thread 63 of Ralphs 189 stores are Fresh Fares (33.3%). Is that a recent number? If so, what is Vons excuse with Pavilions? I'm sure between Vons and Albertson's, there's locations perfect for Pavilions. When’s the last time you were in a...
- November 9th, 2019, 10:23 pm
- Forum: California USA
- Topic: Ralphs Fresh Fare Trademark
- Replies: 49
- Views: 23923
Re: Ralphs Fresh Fare Trademark
I was referring to the past and present. No, it was not quite common for Ralphs to have everyday pricing different. I have been shopping at Ralphs since the 1970's and have extensive knowledge of this as I was extreme couponing before the term was ever invented. The side of L.A. (West) that I was l...
- November 9th, 2019, 3:16 am
- Forum: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Sears Fears: The Final Days of Sears & Kmart, 2019
- Replies: 138
- Views: 59930
Re: Sears Fears: The Final Days of Sears & Kmart, 2019
Closing the Kmart in Bishop, CA which has no competition for like 3 hours, or the one in Jackson, WY which has no competition for like 1 hour... I really have to think it is over at this point... Bishop was in really rough shape when I was there last month and the employee morale was obviously very...
- November 4th, 2019, 1:15 am
- Forum: California USA
- Topic: Ralphs Fresh Fare Trademark
- Replies: 49
- Views: 23923
Re: Ralphs Fresh Fare Trademark
You can see a Ralphs ad for any particular store you wish to view on Ralphs.com. Compare them. You'll see they don't have ads that are different. Biggest difference is Fresh Fare stores get that heading on their ad, then there is the regular Ralphs ad and Ralphs in Hispanic areas get a few differen...