Retail Watchers

Went to a Save Mart today. SIgnage was posted (it was 5:45 PM) and an employee was at the door stating that they were not accepting credit, debit, or EBT at this time. I walked through the largely deserted poorly stocked store anyway. As I walked out I noticed they had installed new pinpads up at th...

Raleys tried hard in New Mexico and did nice remodels to the Albertsons Stores they bought (and basically rebuilt one Furrs it appears less than a year before exiting the market) but left a couple Furrs largely untouched or barely touched. Albertsons on the other hand has a mess of old Lucky Stores ...

I would also tend to argue that NM is not similar to AZ. But NM is not similar to Las Vegas or Salt Lake City either. Those NM Smiths are a little different from the others in terms of their product quality and merchandising...

I think Smiths has a good reputation in New Mexico. They have routinely been voted best grocery store in the Albuquerque market for quite some time. From what I saw there, those stores execute well and seem to have a better quality reputation than Smiths has in other places (they have really improve...

They have started to reissue those $10 off any purchase coupons again to customers on their e-mail lists... they did it in December, did it again a few weeks ago, and I think may have done it again this week. I'd be interested to see the profit loss too. Part of the sales decline definitely results ...

This is a bit different since PIN numbers were not stolen and the physical card readers themselves were not compromised. Rather, it was a situation where software was bugged and the compromise happened that way. I see Save Mart has STILL not replaced its card readers. I know nowhere else using those...

I used to go to Quiznos fairly often when we had more open in my area as a couple were really convenient and I used to keep getting coupons (which they accepted). I never had any problems omitting ingredients or even deviating from the sauce designated on the sandwiches. With that said, I felt the q...

I actually like the stores too as I got to experience more of their products over the past year. They have made a lot of improvements to mix and they have a ton of great items, both fresh items and packaged items. I will be sorry to see them go. I do not think selling off all of the equipment bodes ...

I think someone's "strategic review" is complete...

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Yes, two stores in Portland far removed from the rest of the base doesn't make much sense. Those two stores are pretty close together and I would guess they can exist relatively easier for ad/vendor reasons. I have no idea how the stores do; Tualatin was the first Haggen I ever visited but I never h...