Retail Watchers

Our store in Dublin,CA now has a large O'Reily banners hanging in the window but the aside from that nothing has changed, the horrible service, stoned employees, and overpriced merchandise still remain.

The closure of this store judging by this news article seems to put the "end of 2010" date on hold, unless something happens before November 1st.
http://sfappeal.com/news/2010/10/whats- ... afoods.php

Could we see a return to Longs within the next decade a la Lucky/Albertsons?

The former Mervyn's Department Store located at 7117 Regional St. in Dublin,CA is going to be occupied once again, not by a Kohls or Burlington Coat Factory, but by a Sports Authority. I think Sports Authority will do fairly well for their first year in the 60% of the former Mervyn's building they l...

Rite Aid has closed the (former) Payless Drug Store located at 2055 Solano Ave. in Vallejo,CA. The store which was a horrible mess has been replaced by a new store located on the site of a former Lucky Store located at 2001 Solano Ave. Im quite suprised Rite Aid built a new store so close to the old...

Is it fair to say the "Lucky" name has proven to be a failure for SuperValu? From the photos I've seen of their stores they really did a good job retaining the Lucky interiors which basically meant SuperValu didnt spend any money for renovations. http://www.vcstar.com/news/2010/oct/07/luck...

The chances of F&E reopening these stores is about as likely as Longs returning (It ain't going to happen). F&E made a larger than life mistake in NorCal even though they have yet to open any stores whatsoever. A company should not state in the same press release that they plan to open store...

Haha, just posted the same article under the "California" section...

Sav-A-Lot is one of the poorest run grocery chains Ive ever been to. They have a lot of brands nobody has heard of "Mountain Fizz" and are understaffed and well need I say more...

Yes