First Raley's store in almost 10 years opens

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First Raley's store in almost 10 years opens

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https://www.facebook.com/RaleysAtFairOaksAndHowe/

Pictures can be found on their Facebook page along with the Grand Opening celebration. This store should do really well and looks really well as well. Congratulations to Raley's on this comeback and this is just one of many (I believe 7 announced and many more on the way) stores that will be opening.
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Pretty cool new store. Has a second level for tables plus charging stations.
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There's a photo gallery here:
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/n ... ry.html#g1

And here:
https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/raleys-sacramento-10

It looks interesting. It's about time they went back to being innovative.
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Great looking store. They have clearly been going to a lot of competitors and taking a lot of notes over the past 10 years. I will be interested to see which of the features are still there in 2-3 years. Raleys has a pretty impatient way of quickly eliminating ideas that do not produce results quickly. The number of great ideas I've seen some and go from Raleys is significant...
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One of the two Sacramento area Fresh Markets was just up the street from this location. It didn't last very long. I hope this store fares better.
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The Fresh Market that closed nearby had very bad access and was set far back from the road. It was a former Borders in an odd building. Poor access from the main road. Not very visible. I don't think many potential customers even knew it was there... those challenges should not be an issue for this Raleys.
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A couple of more comments about Raleys:

1. The next new one in South Rancho Cordova will open June 28.

2. I was at the Carmichael one last week(Fair Oaks and Arden near the river), and the signage on the front of the store was taken down. (The banner on it said it's still open during construction). It was built in 1977 and got an interior renovation in the early 2000s or so. It didn't seem like they would be renovating the interior, but who knows.
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The Carson City Raleys had its sign down for a while recently and it seems like they were doing something to the front of it (maybe painting? because the front looks exactly the same as before...).
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