Retail Watchers

Apparently store brand chocolate bars have the same problem as store brand cola beverages….close but no cigar. How true. I'm a store-brand fanatic, but only real Diet Coke will do. I always found it interesting that some products have either never been tried as store brands, or have been tried and ...

Aldi had their version of these in the Halloween fun size a few years ago, and Target and Trader Joe's had them this year. But the Walmart ones are the first full-sized clones I've seen. I tried the Snickers version -- it was similar, but the texture and the shape were off. Here's an article about t...

I'm guessing Wal-Mart, who HAS definitely picked up new customers with Drive-up, is what is keeping Target from charging for Drive-up. But this certainly doesn't seem sustainable. It does seem like enough time has passed since the thick of COVID to add drive-up up-charges. They could publicly messa...

Why is this in the Supermarket category when all other Dollar General posts have been in "Specialty Retail Chains"?

Just got my "Grand Reopening" mailer for Pasadena. Great coupons: 25% off of $50 for weeks of 11/11, 11/18, and 11/26, and 20% off for 12/2. Not a bad deal, especially when stacked with the 5% rebate for the Amazon Prime VISA.

I had never heard of this store before, but apparently they have 10 locations in the Chicago area. I just became aware of it because of this article about the modern design of a new store in Norridge.

Omega Mart in Las Vegas's Area 15. Sounds like it could be fun ... but I don't know about $50 worth of fun.

I went into the Pasadena (CA) Amazon Fresh this afternoon (mainly to use my 20% off of $50 coupon that expired today.) I hadn't shopped there in a while and there are big changes underway. They have already removed any vestiges of the "Just Walk Out" technology. No more entrance gates, no ...

Sounds like people weren't impressed. https://ktla.com/news/local-news/sears- ... -thoughts/