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by mbz321
Yesterday, 6:36 am
Forum: Southeast USA
Topic: Kroger shuttering distribution spoke in Miami
Replies: 3
Views: 183

Re: Kroger shuttering distribution spoke in Miami

This and Austin seem like pretty high profile retreats. Obviously they didn't understand the Miami market and probably didn't have the right merchandise mix. Or you know, actual locations :mrgreen: I wonder how much market share Kroger has with their delivery-only business...I can't imagine it bein...
by mbz321
March 24th, 2024, 5:39 pm
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: Target Pricing - San Francisco vs. other areas
Replies: 10
Views: 289

Re: Target Pricing - San Francisco vs. other areas

I wonder how much of this is attributable to theft, versus other factors making San Francisco a high-cost area of doing business such as real estate, taxes, wages, etc... I'm always hesistant to point price increases at a sole contributory cause unless the company outright states that "we've r...
by mbz321
March 23rd, 2024, 7:36 pm
Forum: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Chickfila to END "no antibiotics ever" chicken
Replies: 19
Views: 482

Re: Chickfila to END "no antibiotics ever" chicken

pseudo3d wrote: March 23rd, 2024, 11:36 am
If they can give the customer some relief in higher prices I'm all for it.
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by mbz321
March 23rd, 2024, 7:12 pm
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: Macys Stores Closing by 2026
Replies: 30
Views: 2386

Re: Macys Closing Stores by 2026

None of the PA stores are surprising at all...they are all dead or quickly dying malls. I stopped in the mall in Altoona a few years ago and just from peeking in the Macy's, it seemed to be very, very lightly stocked.
by mbz321
March 18th, 2024, 8:44 pm
Forum: Specialty Retail Chains
Topic: JoAnn-"restructuring"
Replies: 55
Views: 4164

Re: JoAnn-"restructuring"

Yep, I've seen a handful of people in my social media feeds today reacting to the news by mentioning how they are going to miss JoAnn or "at least Michaels and Hobby Lobby will still be around." Let's face it though, how many companies, especially retail companies, survive Chapter 11 long...
by mbz321
March 18th, 2024, 7:26 am
Forum: Specialty Retail Chains
Topic: JoAnn-"restructuring"
Replies: 55
Views: 4164

Re: JoAnn-"restructuring"

They have officially filed Chapter 11
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/18/business ... index.html
by mbz321
March 16th, 2024, 6:08 pm
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: Target Paid Membership Program?
Replies: 55
Views: 2060

Re: Target Paid Membership Program?

Reno Costco has tried to expand but hasn't had much luck. There used to be an Office Club/then Office Depot next to it and they tried to get that for years to expand but couldn't; eventually it went out of business but for whatever reason they couldn't get it. Out of curiosity, I pulled this up on ...
by mbz321
March 16th, 2024, 6:02 pm
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: Target Rolls 10 item "Express Self Checkout" Nationwide
Replies: 26
Views: 831

Re: Target Rolls 10 item "Express Self Checkout" Nationwide

I really hope Costco sees what Target and Walmart are doing and finally put some restrictions on ours. (I was stuck watching self checkouts today for a couple hours and it is always an absolute nightmare. I had one big group with an over-packed cart and told me they were doing three different transa...
by mbz321
March 16th, 2024, 5:57 pm
Forum: Northeast USA
Topic: Stop & Shop closures
Replies: 98
Views: 12279

Re: Stop & Shop closures

All kinds of moves happening around with Ahold, I'd thought I throw this out there as well...Giant (PA) is ending its Giant Direct delivery service in the Camp Hill, PA area with delivery now being outsourced to Instacart. Note that the Camp HIll store, which it appears the operations were based out...
by mbz321
March 16th, 2024, 5:35 pm
Forum: Southeast USA
Topic: ALDI to acquire Winn-Dixie
Replies: 210
Views: 19114

Re: ALDI to acquire Winn-Dixie

I have concerns about them carrying more name brand items and also here a few years ago they started allowing credit cards as payments, whereas in the past you could only use a debit card. I know that cost has to be passed along to customers; I would have rather had them stay debit-only to keep the...