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by storewanderer
May 8th, 2022, 8:38 pm
Forum: Drugstore Chains
Topic: Rite Aid closing at least 63 stores
Replies: 1500
Views: 141991

Re: Rite Aid closing at least 63 stores

Went into the non-closing Alhambra Rite-Aid yesterday. The store is in a sad state. Only one employee in the whole store (not including pharmacy. there may have been more in the back but I didnt see any on the floor itself), full aisles were empty with "new stuff coming soon" all over, an...
by storewanderer
May 7th, 2022, 11:34 pm
Forum: Gas Stations & Convenience Stores
Topic: Gas Price-Zone Price
Replies: 74
Views: 7268

Re: Gas Price-Zone Price

Price seems to be creeping up again.... wonder what the current excuse is. I thought the summer blend isn't required this summer to keep prices down.
by storewanderer
May 7th, 2022, 7:39 pm
Forum: Drugstore Chains
Topic: Rite Aid closing at least 63 stores
Replies: 1500
Views: 141991

Re: Rite Aid closing at least 63 stores

Even in El Lay the closures aren't slowing down:Echo Park(Glendale/Alvarado)closes on the 19th according to a tweeter.Surprising that in a state where 60-day WARN-notices have long been customary the closures that have occurred within the past six months have been occurring with just days or weeks ...
by storewanderer
May 7th, 2022, 1:51 pm
Forum: Drugstore Chains
Topic: Rite Aid closing at least 63 stores
Replies: 1500
Views: 141991

Re: Rite Aid closing at least 63 stores

11 of 27 show as closed in New York (Manhattan). 4 of 34 in Brooklyn. 4 of 14 in Bronx. 2 of 3 in Astoria (Queens). 1 of 1 in Forest Hills (Queens). 1 of 2 in Jersey City NJ; 1 of 2 in Edison, NJ 1 of 2 in Novi, MI; 1 of 4 in Jackson, MI; 1 of 1 in Birmingham, MI (this was one I mentioned before up...
by storewanderer
May 7th, 2022, 12:59 am
Forum: Drugstore Chains
Topic: Rite Aid closing at least 63 stores
Replies: 1500
Views: 141991

Re: Rite Aid closing at least 63 stores

Manhattan's Bowery is already being hit again.First Grand Street,now Chinatown. https://boweryboogie.com/2022/05/rite-aid-to-shutter-chinatown-store-this-month/ Sent from my SM-G781U using Tapatalk 7 Madison Street looks like it didn't get new logo signs and also is open 24 hours. I wonder if it ha...
by storewanderer
May 7th, 2022, 12:42 am
Forum: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Unionization of restaurant employees
Replies: 44
Views: 5386

Re: Unionization of restaurant employees

McDonald's isn't a serious player in the espresso business. Half the time I go to McDonald's, their espresso machine Is down. And most locations now only offer whole milk. I used to go there a lot for espresso drinks but now they act like they don't want my business. I think they'd like to be a ser...
by storewanderer
May 6th, 2022, 8:59 pm
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: Walmart observations
Replies: 931
Views: 150149

Re: Walmart observations

It may be more complicated than that.... Usually when any petroleum marketer has a lease, it's an exclusive one, meaning if they can't operate on the property, nobody else can. Those leases are pretty ironclad. That's probably why they are being removed. In this case Wal Mart was the landlord on th...
by storewanderer
May 6th, 2022, 8:50 pm
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: Walmart observations
Replies: 931
Views: 150149

Re: Walmart observations

Walmart does not seem interested in gas stations as much these days. There is a Sam's Club in Concord, California that was built without a gas station. Even though there is a Costco in the same city, Sam's Club never opened up a gas station. This put Sam's Club at a disadvantage. The Costco does to...
by storewanderer
May 6th, 2022, 8:49 pm
Forum: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Unionization of restaurant employees
Replies: 44
Views: 5386

Re: Unionization of restaurant employees

I think McDonald's is going to suffer from the same problem as all other coffee places that use automatic machines - if they are not properly maintained the coffee will taste disgusting. Those automatic machines require regular work that is labor intensive for the store plus outside technicians to ...
by storewanderer
May 6th, 2022, 7:46 pm
Forum: Drugstore Chains
Topic: Rite Aid closing at least 63 stores
Replies: 1500
Views: 141991

Re: Rite Aid closing at least 63 stores

On the subject of the more recent NorCal closures,an internal document involving adjusted truckload delivery schedules for memorial day week (for stores serviced from Woodland)still lists the 3 most recent NorCal closures.Even though it was prepared in mid-April,how they could NOT have known that c...