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The other thing is it seems like when CVS got involved, Target got a lot more aggressive with ensuring every new store had a pharmacy. It seemed like prior to that they didn't always include a pharmacy in their new stores? Maybe I am wrong on this. I haven't visited a lot of Targets outside Califor...

I had hinted that the relationship was not great... I wonder if Target will attempt to get back into the pharmacy business and this will be the beginning of phasing out CVS? It's tough to get back into the business at this point though. The Target pharmacists I know said that they lost a lot of bus...

I would love to see the data on how much they actually sell in the vitamin/supplement department. What could be the sales per square foot in that part of the store? So much space dedicated to this category. The labor to stock these mostly small packages is quite different than that of other departm...

...Sometimes the standards are excellent; it's been 5 years or so since I visited New Jersey where I went to several Wawa stations that served great food. It was nice to get a bowl of hot soup as a snack in the freezing weather. I wish we had operators like that in California. If you ever find your...

...Disappointed to see the ugly wannabe-Whole Foods "Barnwood" decor being installed again. If the merger goes through both Barnwood and Honeycomb need to get killed off and replaced with a updated version of Pavilions ASAP. Funny you said this, because walking around the store I thought ...

...Disappointed to see the ugly wannabe-Whole Foods "Barnwood" decor being installed again. If the merger goes through both Barnwood and Honeycomb need to get killed off and replaced with a updated version of Pavilions ASAP. Funny you said this, because walking around the store I thought ...

The Australian KMart and Target currently are owned by the same company and share back office functions. Many of the Targets were converted to KMart which is quite different from the US operation—-more soft lines and better quality merchandise than US KMarts. The Targets are remarkably similar to U...

... The other Fresh Fare/Signature decor is also in use in Fred Meyer stores and I call it Honeycomb. I think that is what they're putting into the Shea/Tatum location. They use a lot of hexagonal honeycomb backgrounds on their graphics and it is very colorful but also does not carry an upscale app...

Was the Kosher only center store or did I entirely miss service counters? Maybe it never had service counters for Kosher (like Ralphs or Smiths)? Kosher is packaged and frozen foods. No service departments. As long as I've shopped there it has been packaged/frozen only. ...Also did I miss the Signa...

Stopped into the Fry's Signature Marketplace this evening. The decor is OK, but better than anything else I've seen Kroger roll out at Fry's. It is different than the standard Marketplace decor that is being installed at standard Fry's Marketplace stores. The kosher department is still in the center...