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by tesg
February 25th, 2012, 6:23 am
Forum: Northwest, Rockies, & Alaska USA
Topic: Trader Joe's Coming to Colorado
Replies: 3
Views: 3070

Re: Trader Joe's Coming to Colorado

Trader Joe's is the Aldi of gourmet grocery stores...literally.

I did a blog post about them when they first arrived here that includes some history information and comments on some of their food. Link below...

http://tesg.blogspot.com/2010/11/trader-joes.html
by tesg
September 27th, 2011, 7:12 pm
Forum: Drugstore Chains
Topic: Vancouver, WA Sudden Walgreens closure?
Replies: 2
Views: 3094

Re: Vancouver, WA Sudden Walgreens closure?

Walgreen's has been moving out of, and away from, strip malls for some time now, preferring standalone locations on high visibility corners. It's not unheard of for them to simply close a store instead of replacing it if they don't feel the new store will be worth the bother. The haphazard entry of ...
by tesg
July 24th, 2011, 6:58 pm
Forum: Drugstore Chains
Topic: Safeway Standalone Drug Store
Replies: 5
Views: 5136

Re: Safeway Standalone Drug Store

Yeah, this is a perfectly normal practice. That they're keeping the location for now is unusual, but not surprising given the circumstance. In the Midwest, Hy-Vee is constantly buying small drug stores, closing them, and transferring the records (and often, the employed pharmacists) to neighboring H...
by tesg
May 3rd, 2011, 7:39 pm
Forum: Southwest & Hawai'i USA (Excluding California)
Topic: Advice please: Dallas/Fort Worth area supermarkets
Replies: 6
Views: 5378

Re: Advice please: Dallas/Fort Worth area supermarkets

You can see an actual HEB store as well in Burleson on the southwest side of the metro. It's at 165 NW John Jones Dr. From I-35W, take Exit 36 (Hwy 174) and head southwest to SE John Jones Dr. You'll be able to see it on the right from Hwy 174. It's a big brand new store. I was surprised to see it w...
by tesg
April 24th, 2011, 7:36 pm
Forum: Northwest, Rockies, & Alaska USA
Topic: Recent Fred Meyer remodels
Replies: 6
Views: 4774

Re: Recent Fred Meyer remodels

The new (well...about a year and a half old) Smith's Marketplace in Lehi, UT (which is a Fred Meyer in all but name) still had a separate space for the electronics department up front, just like they'd been doing it for years.

Your example is the first I've heard of them doing this.
by tesg
April 11th, 2011, 7:13 pm
Forum: Restaurant Chains
Topic: The slow death of Quizno's ?
Replies: 20
Views: 14056

Re: The slow death of Quizno's ?

I noticed last week that they've shrunk the sandwiches (again) and discontinued red onions in favor of cheaper white onions. Having said that, Quizno's is in no danger of disappearing. Better franchisees are doing quite well. But expect a decline in store numbers. A lot of people not experienced in ...
by tesg
March 27th, 2011, 12:34 pm
Forum: Southwest & Hawai'i USA (Excluding California)
Topic: Groceries and Gas
Replies: 3
Views: 3498

Re: Groceries and Gas

Yeah, we hardly have any oil company-branded gas stations in town anymore...a few BP's. The major players are dedicated convenience chains Kum & Go and Casey's (both who are based here) and QuikTrip. And even dedicated convenience chains are starting to show signs of moving away from gas. I saw ...
by tesg
February 20th, 2011, 4:55 am
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: First "sears" now "jcp"
Replies: 2
Views: 2605

Re: First "sears" now "jcp"

...and 'retail watchers'. :mrgreen:

I think I would have kept JCP in caps. The red box could still be used in the JCP part and give it the differentiation they're looking for. All lower-case together looks like of messy to me.
by tesg
February 15th, 2011, 9:28 pm
Forum: Specialty Retail Chains
Topic: Ultimate Electronics To Close All Stores
Replies: 2
Views: 2815

Re: Ultimate Electronics To Close All Stores

I know they've reformatted quite a bit since the last time I was in one, but there was NO comparison to Best Buy with their stores ten years ago. Ultimate carried higher end brands and models (mid-range stuff like Denon, Boston Acoustics, etc. They had the most extensive line of Sennheiser headphone...
by tesg
February 8th, 2011, 11:38 pm
Forum: Drugstore Chains
Topic: CVS New Decor and New Prepared Foods To Go
Replies: 3
Views: 3745

Re: CVS New Decor and New Prepared Foods To Go

Found an article about it with some more details...

http://www.chaindrugreview.com/inside-t ... ore-format