Retail Watchers

Made a purchase there over the weekend. First the pinpad asks for a donation then the cashier asked if I wanted to donate. The cashier even dared to suggest I donate 75cents to round my xx.25 purchase up to an even dollar amount. NO, I do not want to donate. That is why I answered NO to the question...

I think the new signs may be needs based right now. A number of months ago, the store in South Carson City, NV got new O'Reilly signs outside. Inside, the store retains the Kragen interior signs including a large Kragen logo on the wall. Last month, the store in extreme South Reno at Damonte Ranch P...

This signage is unique to the Reno market since this is the only spot where these three brands are marketing in the same place. It sort of makes Quik Stop look shell branded. Granted, at Quik Stop there are no references to Shell, and at Shell there are no references to Quik Stop. Only about 2/3 of ...

This fuel station still isn't open yet but it has been sitting looking done now for a month. I can't tell what is going on with it.

With as few customers as I suspect these Rite Aids had, it won't take much to show some giant increases in sales.

This may really work well for some stores out here in the west.

I absolutely hate Safeway's donation program. Frankly, it has been something that deters me from shopping there and always leaves me with an unpleasant last impression of my visit. It reminds me of the Albertsons Extreme Value Buy in a way, but I found the EVB less offensive since often it was a pre...

Save Mart's product mix doesn't come close to the product mix at Safeway. Look at categories like coffee, dry boxed stuffing mix, juices, yogurt, the list goes on and on. Save Mart is missing flavors of certain brands, has fewer store brand options than Safeway, and has way fewer promotional items. ...

The stores I saw in Las Vegas were a decent attempt but the prices were above various other operators in Las Vegas including Wal Mart, Smiths, Food 4 Less, and some of the hispanic grocers. It appeared in Las Vegas Lucky was being used to try to target hispanic customers, not the standard middle inc...

Closing Las Vegas Stores are as follows: 2950 E. Desert Inn - former Rite Aid Store is hidden behind a fast food place, not exactly at the corner Across street: Albertsons 6100 W. Vegas Dr. - former Rite Aid Corner site at not the highest traffic corner. Across street: Smiths (former Raleys and Albe...

Albertsons Coffee Kiosks (when they were Seattle's Best) sold ice cream. Maybe some still sell it. After they started installing Starbucks new kiosks, they quit selling ice cream. I think the ice cream would only be in stores that received coffee service departments prior to about 2001. I know the o...