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SuperTarget - Phoenix: A Review

Last post by arizonaguy « Yesterday, 11:37 pm
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by SamSpade » January 14th, 2019, 12:38 pm

Visited a SuperTarget store in Phoenix after needing a computer mouse unexpectedly (and too late to pick up a cheap-o one at Goodwill or similar)....

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Raleys to buy 6 of 8 remaining Scolaris Stores

Last post by storewanderer « December 27th, 2018, 11:02 pm
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by storewanderer » March 21st, 2018, 4:11 pm
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Looks like Raleys has bought 6 of the 8 remaining Scolaris stores.

This is a reasonably good fit and was probably a good outcome.

A little...
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December 27th, 2018, 11:02 pm
New Safeway in Queen Creek, AZ

Last post by klkla « December 20th, 2018, 3:21 pm
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by rwsandiego » December 4th, 2018, 2:37 pm
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Phoenix Business Journal reports that that Safeway is opening a new 63K square foot store in Queen Creek. Queen Creek is in the Southeast Valley area...
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December 20th, 2018, 3:21 pm
Albertsons North Texas closing 4 stores

Last post by architect « December 10th, 2018, 5:22 pm
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by storewanderer » October 28th, 2018, 9:11 pm

Tom Thumb in Flour Mound appears to be the only one identified so far...

On Friday, it was announced that the 22-year-old Tom Thumb grocery...

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December 10th, 2018, 5:22 pm
Mental Health Clinic opens in N. Texas Walmart (Sorry if this is "non-grocery", OK to move)

Last post by submariner « December 2nd, 2018, 8:42 am
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by SamSpade » November 29th, 2018, 12:17 pm

National story from the Today show, which our local NBC affiliate borrowed to re-air.
Mental health clinic opens inside Texas Walmart

Seems to...

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December 2nd, 2018, 8:42 am
Safeway 7th Street and McDowell Road Remodel

Last post by omnisuperstore « November 11th, 2018, 7:04 pm
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by rwsandiego » August 13th, 2018, 9:55 pm
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The remodel of the 7th Street and McDowell Safeway in Phoenix has begun. My guess is Colorful Lifestyle, as that's what 7th Street and Glendale...
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November 11th, 2018, 7:04 pm
Save Mart remodeling 2 Nevada Stores

Last post by storewanderer « October 28th, 2018, 9:08 pm

by storewanderer » October 28th, 2018, 9:08 pm

This is quite a turn of events. Save Mart is remodeling 2 of the Nevada Stores; one in Reno on Plumb, the other in Sparks on Pyramid Lake Highway. So...

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October 28th, 2018, 9:08 pm
Breaking: HEB buys 6 Minyard Sun Fresh stores in DFW

Last post by architect « October 19th, 2018, 4:00 pm
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Just announced: HEB has purchased six Minyard Sun Fresh stores; including locations in McKinney and Grapevine, along with four Dallas stores at...
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October 19th, 2018, 4:00 pm
The present and future of Randalls

Last post by architect « September 11th, 2018, 7:48 pm
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(Spun off from another topic)

Personally, I predict that Albertsons will pull the plug on the Houston Randalls stores in the next couple of...
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September 11th, 2018, 7:48 pm
Raleys "find a rock" promotion

Last post by klkla « August 26th, 2018, 1:04 pm
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by storewanderer » August 15th, 2018, 10:59 pm

Appears to be a local promotion in the Fernley, NV Store. They have planted random rocks in random places and whoever finds the rocks can go redeem...

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August 26th, 2018, 1:04 pm
Kroger tests grocery delivery using self-driving cars in Phoenix

Last post by Brian Lutz « August 17th, 2018, 9:47 am

by Brian Lutz » August 17th, 2018, 9:47 am

Sounds gimmicky, but I suspect we'll be seeing more of this over time.

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August 17th, 2018, 9:47 am
Safeway Fire. At 35th and Northern Phoenix

Last post by storewanderer « August 6th, 2018, 10:10 pm
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by ckellogg5 » July 11th, 2018, 7:46 pm
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I used to shop this store all the time when I lived nearby. It was always a fairly busy Safeway. Hopefully they will rebuild but who knows at this...
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August 6th, 2018, 10:10 pm
H-E-B True Texas Tacos

Last post by 517634 « July 14th, 2018, 1:55 pm
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by klkla » June 23rd, 2018, 1:39 pm

H-E-B has opened a taco shop in it's 11th convenience store location.

The reason I posted it is because they are making the tortillas from scratch...

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July 14th, 2018, 1:55 pm
Market Street concept to Santa Fe, NM

Last post by pseudo3d « June 28th, 2018, 7:54 am
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by storewanderer » June 26th, 2018, 10:56 pm

One of the Albertsons in Santa Fe, NM is converting to Market Street. These stores are already run by United Division so this should be a fairly...

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June 28th, 2018, 7:54 am
Tom Thumb Express

Last post by pseudo3d « June 23rd, 2018, 11:58 am
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by pseudo3d » June 22nd, 2018, 12:27 pm

It looks like the new-style Albertsons Express in Idaho is spreading to other divisions, including former Safeway stores. Also, unless there's...

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June 23rd, 2018, 11:58 am
Safeway to close 3 AZ Stores

Last post by arizonaguy « June 21st, 2018, 6:53 am
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by storewanderer » June 19th, 2018, 10:50 pm

Not real surprised... Southwest division needs to install 8 self checkouts in every store to allow for front end capacity at the level of the average...

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June 21st, 2018, 6:53 am
DFW Tom Thumb/Albertsons/MArket Street Observations

Last post by architect « June 16th, 2018, 5:28 pm
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The title says it all; I wanted to start a thread to specifically track any changes taking place with the Albertsons DFW brands, as DFW is the only...
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June 16th, 2018, 5:28 pm
First Smiths Marketplace in Las Vegas opened today

Last post by storewanderer « June 15th, 2018, 11:50 pm
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by storewanderer » June 13th, 2018, 11:26 pm

These two stores opened today. The other is the former Glazier's...

Glad to see they still built the new Marketplace, given how many projects...

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June 15th, 2018, 11:50 pm
El Rancho Supermercado opens in Houston

Last post by pseudo3d « June 8th, 2018, 5:59 am

by pseudo3d » June 8th, 2018, 5:59 am

...on North Freeway just south of Greenspoint Mall instead of 34th Street as previously discussed (in a former Castle Furniture). The article...

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June 8th, 2018, 5:59 am
Update on Hudson Oaks HEB

Last post by architect « May 1st, 2018, 5:18 pm
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by architect » November 19th, 2017, 2:17 pm

In Hudson Oaks (west of Weatherford), HEB has been stalling on a new store which was announced back in 2014. In order for construction to begin, some...

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May 1st, 2018, 5:18 pm
Albertsons in El Paso

Last post by storewanderer « April 27th, 2018, 11:25 pm
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by storewanderer » April 21st, 2018, 10:43 pm

I suspect El Paso is the best performing group of stores in the entire Southwest Division. About half of them (if not more) are Colorful Lifestyle...

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April 27th, 2018, 11:25 pm
United to buy 7 stores from Lawrence Bros.

Last post by pseudo3d « April 22nd, 2018, 2:32 pm
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by pseudo3d » March 11th, 2016, 8:57 pm
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United is expanding again, purchasing 7 stores from Lawrence Bros. (small-town grocer I've never heard of, IGA affiliate), five of which are in...
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April 22nd, 2018, 2:32 pm
New Albertsons for Alamogordo

Last post by storewanderer « April 21st, 2018, 9:55 pm
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by storewanderer » November 21st, 2012, 10:43 pm

This would also be the first new build store for LLC.

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April 21st, 2018, 9:55 pm
Phoenix Grocery Market Share

Last post by rwsandiego « April 12th, 2018, 7:43 pm
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by rwsandiego » April 11th, 2018, 9:25 am

The Phoenix Business Journal published this story about grocery market share. I was surprised to see that Sprouts was so low, as their stores are...

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April 12th, 2018, 7:43 pm
Fiesta acquired by CA based El Super

Last post by storewanderer « March 30th, 2018, 11:07 pm
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by architect » March 26th, 2018, 9:36 am
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