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by mbz321
March 13th, 2024, 6:35 pm
Forum: Southeast USA
Topic: ALDI to acquire Winn-Dixie
Replies: 210
Views: 19113

Re: ALDI to acquire Winn-Dixie

What goes in the Midwest (or Germany ) often doesn’t do well in the South, especially not having access to certain brands/foods that Aldi won’t stock (No Duke’s mayo? No Blue Bell ice cream?) I don't know about other areas, but at least here in the Northeast, I see a few regional items stocked, so ...
by mbz321
March 9th, 2024, 5:29 pm
Forum: Southeast USA
Topic: ALDI to acquire Winn-Dixie
Replies: 210
Views: 19113

Re: ALDI to acquire Winn-Dixie

storewanderer wrote: March 9th, 2024, 12:07 am

It is discontinued. You will see a new brand in the coming weeks. The new brand is called "Know and Love."
Ugh that name *cringe* I guess they had to compete with Target's silly 'Good and Gather' or ShopRite's 'Bowl and Basket'. :mrgreen:
by mbz321
March 8th, 2024, 6:13 pm
Forum: Southeast USA
Topic: ALDI to acquire Winn-Dixie
Replies: 210
Views: 19113

Re: ALDI to acquire Winn-Dixie

I heard the SE Grocers private label has been discontinued but it is being replaced with some other label, not Aldi brands. So maybe they'll be around for a while longer. Just looking at a Winn Dixie circular for this week online, it is full of 'SE Grocers' items, including a whole page of non-food...
by mbz321
March 8th, 2024, 6:32 am
Forum: Northeast USA
Topic: Stop & Shop closures
Replies: 98
Views: 12259

Re: Stop & Shop closures

It looks like a significant amount of the meat is case ready? I'm not sure about Stop & Shop, but Giant PA ditched in-store butchers several years ago...everything except a few items like ground beef are case ready (and Ahold did have their own meat processing/packaging plants but as I think wa...
by mbz321
March 6th, 2024, 6:33 pm
Forum: Gas Stations & Convenience Stores
Topic: 7-Eleven buying large chunk of Sunoco
Replies: 37
Views: 2221

Re: 7-Eleven buying large chunk of Sunoco

It looks like 7-11 isn’t going to drop the Speedway brand anytime soon. One of my nearest Speedway stations seemingly closed up overnight last week and the property was stripped of signage, pumps, everything! (Someone forgot to tell Amazon apparently as there is still a running pickup locker sittin...
by mbz321
March 6th, 2024, 6:28 pm
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: Target Paid Membership Program?
Replies: 55
Views: 2060

Re: Target Paid Membership Program?

There are also gig work apps like "Field Agent" currently available that are intended to generate exception reports for retailers and reduce the need for District Managers and even Store Managers... Apps that tell customers to look for certain items and take pictures of them in a store, o...
by mbz321
March 6th, 2024, 6:14 pm
Forum: Drugstore Chains
Topic: Rite Aid closing at least 63 stores
Replies: 1500
Views: 141884

Re: Rite Aid closing at least 63 stores

When they were first posted, it was suggested that it was one of the tax prep companies, as they might pre-schedule people to hold such signs as advertising as they get closer to the date for filing taxes - n Interesting possibility. I know Liberty Tax services (I still think thats a pretty ironic ...
by mbz321
March 5th, 2024, 7:38 pm
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: Target Paid Membership Program?
Replies: 55
Views: 2060

Re: Target Paid Membership Program?

No mention if RedCard members lose the free shipping but I assume they do as that was always supposed to be a limited time promotion. According to a blurb in my Target app, Free shipping is still there for RedCard (now Circlecard. Target surely loves changing names of things!) Of course a lot of it...
by mbz321
March 2nd, 2024, 7:55 pm
Forum: Specialty Retail Chains
Topic: Best Buy not satisfied with big earnings, more layoffs and closures
Replies: 10
Views: 648

Re: Best Buy not satisfied with big earnings, more layoffs and closures

And the same exact story can be told about the appliance business, Best Buy vs Home Depot, Lowe's, Costco etc. There is zero margin in computers, the only prayer of a profit lies in high margin accessories and warranties which again they laid off the people who up sell those items. Sometimes I hone...
by mbz321
February 27th, 2024, 6:56 am
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: Macy's Buyout? Private ownership bid
Replies: 69
Views: 4680

Re: Macy's Buyout? Private ownership bid

And speaking of Macy's.....news broke today that 150 locations are to close in the next few years.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/27/investin ... index.html