Retail Watchers

As far as Food Lion goes, they really need to find an identity for themselves in order to survive. Personally, I think that their best bet is to take on an Aldi-type model, but differentiate their stores by selling a focused selection of name-brand products which are sold at a low price, high volum...

'RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) - Martin's will sell 19 Richmond-area grocery stores as part of a merger with Food Lion, according to a report from a trade magazine on Monday. Food World reports shareholders of the parent companies of the two grocery chains approved the merger last week and now the companies w...

A rretailer cooperative Allegiance Retail Services LLC has acquired the Pathmark trademark and associated logos, domain, etc., as well as A&P's 'Greenway' brand. http://www.progressivegrocer.com/industry-news-trends/mergers-acquisitions/allegiance-buys-pathmark-banner?nopaging=1#sthash.f7QYGyPZ....

I've noticed that some Kohl's stores now have a service desk in the front, adjacent to the registers (where it can be used as a checkout lane if needed.) I always found it odd that Kohl's had their service desk in the back...I guess the idea was so shoppers see other merchandise on the way to make ...

. They found buyers for a few Genuardi's but generally let that chain die a slow death. The majority of Genuardi's stores went to Ahold/Giant(PA) (with about 3 or so going to Weis Markets), making Giant even more dominant in the Philadelphia suburbs than it already was. Giant tested the waters when...

Add CVS to the list of chains with unmanned self checkouts. They don't even have an attendant station... quite a few SoCal CVS Stores with self checkouts. I wonder how much theft is taking place with these unmanned self checkouts in a region where stores have even low dollar items locked up... so f...

Not very ethical to say the least. Here in NY, there are always stories about stores getting fined for having outdated product on their shelves. Some stores have even put up signs telling customers to inform management if they find outdated product being offered for sale. With all that being said, ...

The grocery business has changed tremendously, even in just the last 10 years, and today, it's 'kill or be killed'. There have been a multitude of new shopping trends....a lot of people no longer do a big 'once a week' grocery trip, but pick up things here and there. A lot of people tend to eat out ...

I thought Albertsons was somehow restricted from bidding on their former locations...did something change?

It would be a good time for Aldi to swoop in and grab these stores...