Retail Watchers

…and it’s official: https://www.frys.com has the following: After nearly 36 years in business as the one-stop-shop and online resource for high-tech professionals across nine states and 31 stores, Fry’s Electronics, Inc. (“Fry’s” or “Company”), has made the difficult decision to shut down its operat...

I’ve seen a ton of posts on Reddit and Facebook about Fry’s closing after tonight… site is down and they did recently close their distribution center. Can’t say I’m surprised in the least based on my last experiences in Wilsonville and Sacramento. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.shacknews.com/artic...

Dayton is in the middle of its remodel right now… it’s supposed to be like Fallon. I wonder how well they’ll compete with Loop stores in CA - the one near Bass Pro in Rocklin seems pretty decent. Wal Mart is also starting to build some gas stations in California. They are adding one to their store ...

Sounds like Fred Meyer is getting hit particularly hard by this one - some of my family members in Newberg were lamenting the fact that there is a gas shortage and Freddy's is running out pretty quick. I also heard the truck stops in Donald / Aurora were out of gas and diesel too.

US Foods is going to be rebranding Smart Foodservice as US Foods ChefStore within about 2 weeks. I really find it funny the old Smart & Final company spent millions of dollars rebranding Cash & Carry to Smart Foodservice a couple years before selling it off. The new signs were the same colo...

I saw "Sierra Foods Market" filed a business license app on Accela... and lo and behold, if you go to https://www.buynevadafirst.com/ it shows that Sierra Foods Market is connected to the Nevada Marketplace in Reno Town Mall.

10 day quarantine for all workers from the date of the positive test. The managers might have tested positive. No one is there to open the restaurant. The local big box retailer put up a sign. "Money center is closed for 14 days." That retailer has a policy of 14 day required quarantine. ...

Dayton is in the middle of its remodel right now… it’s supposed to be like Fallon. I wonder how well they’ll compete with Loop stores in CA - the one near Bass Pro in Rocklin seems pretty decent.

I think in some cases a lease restriction will prevent a grocer from adding a pharmacy long after the drug store in the shopping center closes. This may be the case in Elko. Or for some reason it just isn't profitable to run a pharmacy out there and that is why Raleys closed its pharmacy, though it...

This BBQ and Mexican Food hot food counter has been removed from the Reno Smiths that had it, sometime in the past week or two. They took the small salad bar they had installed out earlier this year and reset in Murray's Cheese into that space. In light of COVID, the timing for removing the salad b...