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September 4th, 2018, 6:39 am
Safeway Pantry Essentials Brand?
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storewanderer »
December 13th, 2020, 12:25 am
I noticed Pantry Essentials Pizza Sauce at Dollar Tree. It is distributed by Lucerne Foods and the packaging is redesigned from the previous Pantry...
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January 16th, 2021, 2:35 pm
New Amazon Grocery Chain
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arizonaguy »
July 30th, 2019, 7:29 pm
More news outlets are reporting on an Amazon grocery store chain that will have fresh departments accessible to consumers and basically center store...
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January 13th, 2021, 7:51 am
Pineapple
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storewanderer »
January 1st, 2021, 10:59 am
Anyone remember about 20 years ago when most of the canned pineapple (at least out west) in most of the private labels was all stamped as 100%...
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January 11th, 2021, 10:39 pm
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January 6th, 2021, 11:21 pm
Coronavirus Fears and Empty Supermarkets
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Alpha8472 »
January 29th, 2020, 12:28 am
There seems to be a strange retail slowdown. I am in California, but I do not know if it is affecting other areas as well.
Supermarkets and other...
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December 17th, 2020, 8:42 am
Kroger Deli Hot Food Programs
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storewanderer »
January 18th, 2018, 11:00 pm
Smiths just added some new Deli Hot Foods programs. They cut down the Boar's Head and the prepared salad case by about 40% in order to add in a giant...
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December 14th, 2020, 9:35 pm
Capacity Limits... in the winter
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storewanderer »
November 11th, 2020, 11:36 pm
In NV, it has been pretty cold lately.
Went to Trader Joe's. Since it was pretty late, there was no line up outside. Well, something new. The line...
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December 12th, 2020, 6:57 pm
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November 30th, 2020, 1:50 am
Albertsons LLC Decor on the way out?
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wnetmacman »
October 14th, 2017, 8:48 am
I went to my local Albertsons this morning in Lafayette, LA. First thing I saw on the way in was a sign asking to pardon the mess. Walking further...
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November 16th, 2020, 9:53 am
Halloween Sell Through
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storewanderer »
October 29th, 2020, 11:48 pm
What is Halloween sell through looking like?
From what I am seeing Halloween Items are selling through surprisingly well. Stores I went into the...
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November 15th, 2020, 10:27 pm
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Last post by BillyGr
November 9th, 2020, 11:16 am
Stores Returning to Regular Hours
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Alpha8472 »
May 25th, 2020, 11:53 pm
Walgreens returned to regular hours across the country recently. On May 18, California Walgreens resumed previous hours of being open 24 hours or...
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November 8th, 2020, 2:05 pm
Coronavirus and Plastic Bag Bans
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storewanderer »
March 18th, 2020, 11:35 pm
Maine is putting off its statewide plastic bag ban, which was set to start in April, to January 2021.
The New York bag ban has been put off another...
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November 5th, 2020, 10:22 pm
Safeway/Albertsons Phone App
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storewanderer »
October 11th, 2020, 11:02 am
Wow- Safeway/Albertsons now requires Android 7.0 or higher version to use its Just for U Mobile App.
Okay, to be fair Android 7.0 final version was...
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October 31st, 2020, 7:25 pm
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October 29th, 2020, 11:29 pm
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October 29th, 2020, 12:45 pm
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October 29th, 2020, 6:56 am
Costco adding self-checkouts again
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Super S »
October 16th, 2020, 4:48 pm
I was at the Costco in Warrenton, Oregon today and noticed that they added self-checkouts sometime in the last few months. This is a smaller Costco...
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October 23rd, 2020, 6:37 pm
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Last post by veteran+
October 22nd, 2020, 4:20 am
Retail design trends
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BatteryMill »
September 10th, 2020, 5:44 pm
Here's just a thread to discuss what's going on in the world of retail architecture as of late.
At present, most retailers seem to be going for a...
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Last post by babs
October 20th, 2020, 9:49 pm
Bulk Foods and Self Serve Food Bars
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storewanderer »
July 7th, 2020, 11:20 pm
A couple changes I noticed the past few days:
1. Bulk foods: WinCo now has bulk barrels again with dry pasta, dry rice, dry beans out loose and you...
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October 15th, 2020, 7:44 pm
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October 9th, 2020, 11:06 pm
Sprouts
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storewanderer »
October 2nd, 2020, 12:12 am
Anyone here go to Sprouts much? How do your stores look?
Specifically:
Produce department in-stock condition
Meat freshness
Service
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October 6th, 2020, 11:10 pm
What exactly happened with Kroger?
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pseudo3d »
February 11th, 2020, 9:40 pm
I wanted to put this in the Amazon grocery store thread but I didn't want to de-rail. It was in response to this:
The biggest thing is Amazon says...
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September 20th, 2020, 10:37 pm
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