Retail Watchers

The Vons HQ used to be a May Company store. When they converted all of the stores to Robinsons-May, they used the existing Robinsons store at the nearby Santa Anita Mall and closed this one.

There have been several supermarket closures in the area in recent years, and none of them seem to have found new tenants. The large Albertson's on Azusa Ave. (opened as a Smith's) in Covina-- empty The large Albertson's in Monrovia (opened as a Lucky-Sav-on; originally a Kmart was there)-- empty Mi...

Dunkin' Donuts is going to open 46 restaurants in the Sacramento, California area. California is a huge state and so far there is only a Dunkin' Donuts at Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base in Oceanside, California. It is not open to the public. There is also a Dunkin' Donuts that IS open to the publ...

Was this Gelson's intended to replace the closed store in Pasadena?

The Sacramento store is located in a former Borders bookstore; it also has only been open since late 2013. What a waste of money!

A little off topic, but I found this fascinating: The Smartphone Has Effectively Replaced All The Technology Offered In This 1991 Radio Shack Ad http://consumerist.com/2014/01/17/the-s ... -shack-ad/

I live in the San Gabriel Valley (eastern Los Angeles County.) My closest Albertson's (which was originally the location of a Kmart, then became one of the large Lucky/Sav-Ons) closed last month. I went to their "going out of business" sale and even when the prices were marked down for liq...

The Albertsons on Grand Ave. in Covina is closing in May. http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/business/ci_17786763. This is in the shopping center that used to have a Drug Emporium (corner of Grand and Arrow Hwy.)