Retail Watchers

Circle K West, even corporate locations, do NOT participate in the "Inner Circle" app. Further I was told there is no promotion for 79 cent any size drinks or Frosters, however when I bought one, I was charged the 79 cents. No tax on non-carbonated beverages in CA- be sure to tell the cash...

What ever happened to Coffee Bean? There used to many inside of Ralphs and a few in the San Francisco Bay Area. Now they seemed to have disappeared from Northern California. Are there a lot still in Southern California? I always thought of Coffee Bean as having a smaller menu than Starbucks. Coffee...

This may sound wild, but hear me out. If Kroger wants to expand in California, they should introduce the Ruler Foods format. Their attempts at conventional supermarkets clearly aren't working, but small, limited assortment stores might. Aldi had a great concept that seemed to be doing incredibly we...

It is confirmed, as of July 1st all the fees at restaurants must be folded into the menu prices. No more surcharges. No more automatic gratuities either even for large parties. Link to the AG documents in this article. It's very clear. https://www.timeout.com/los-angeles/news/its-finally-official-a...

Kohl's has really cleaned up its merchandising in my area. In terms of basic housekeeping- the stores are clean, and presentation is looking a lot better. They were really looking awful for a number of years, they felt like a dead chain that had just given up. But they seem to have learned how to do...

What ever happened to Coffee Bean? There used to many inside of Ralphs and a few in the San Francisco Bay Area. Now they seemed to have disappeared from Northern California. Are there a lot still in Southern California? I always thought of Coffee Bean as having a smaller menu than Starbucks. Coffee...

I was listening to man on the bus talking about how his company makes the materials for mattresses in China and then does the final packaging in a warehouse in the Oakland, California area in the US. They call it made in the USA, but it is practically done already in China. The mattresses come off ...

...I'm not sure when these stores will give up on these programs and quit tolerating the shrink. When they work at all it is always in a very limited number of stores... My nearby Safeway, located on the fringe of Downtown Phoenix where several affluent neighborhoods meet along a major, well-travel...

The CEO has commented that they are going to make some changes and although he has not mentioned getting off the crazy train for weird drinks I strongly believe that is the route they're going to go. He did mention some new menu items (unnamed and not described) coming soon. He also directly stated...

Back on topic of Dutch Bros, I do not believe they are taking share from Starbucks. They have a completely different type of menu. They are busiest at night when Starbucks is either closing or closed entirely. Their drinks have disturbing levels of caffeine with 5 and 6 shots of espresso in some. T...