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September 4th, 2018, 6:39 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
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
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
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
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
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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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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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
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September 14th, 2020, 11:08 pm
Meat - Large Pack vs. Small Pack
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storewanderer »
September 2nd, 2020, 7:03 pm
I have been a fan of Raleys meat department because they just did sale pricing at one price on meat in any size package, and tended to have mostly...
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September 2nd, 2020, 7:03 pm
Wegmans: No new pharmacies?
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BatteryMill »
August 5th, 2020, 8:13 am
Here's something peculiar I've noticed about Wegmans: as of late, the chain seems to have reversed on opening pharmacy units within their stores.
I...
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Last post by BatteryMill
September 1st, 2020, 9:56 am
Wild Animals Entering Retail Stores
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Alpha8472 »
September 1st, 2020, 1:50 am
Due to everyone staying at home, the streets of many cities are empty. Wild animals are venturing deep into cities during the daytime.
Bear in...
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September 1st, 2020, 9:54 am
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August 30th, 2020, 9:16 am
Walmart and Instacart Partner Up
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J-Man »
August 12th, 2020, 6:42 am
Walmart and Instacart partner for same-day U.S. delivery in fight against Amazon’s Whole Foods
I'm not sure how this affects or relates to their...
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August 18th, 2020, 3:44 pm
Aisle Roving Robots in Supermarkets
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klkla »
August 5th, 2020, 7:38 pm
I could see this as being a useful tool for identifying out of stocks for stores that have day stockers (particularly sale items).
I've never heard...
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August 9th, 2020, 11:55 pm
Former Fresh & Easy executive
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veteran+ »
July 25th, 2020, 6:50 am
I worked for this man at Fresh & Easy until he was booted for trying so hard to course correct the company.
Brilliant man and a real people person!...
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August 1st, 2020, 5:15 am
Turning up the AC in stores?
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jamcool »
July 11th, 2020, 11:16 am
I’ve noticed here in Phoenix that the interior of the big box stores is not as cool as it would usually be this time of year. Normally, it is quite...
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July 21st, 2020, 7:45 pm
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