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- May 8th, 2024, 7:38 am
- Forum: California USA
- Topic: Pavilions - Pasadena, CA
- Replies: 12
- Views: 359
Re: Pavilions - Pasadena, CA
From the Vons entry in Wikipedia: In October 1985, Vons introduced Pavilions, a "combination store" concept which offered a wider variety of upscale products as well as pharmacy and other non-food products and services. Some stores that were smaller were branded Pavilions Place. The Pasade...
- May 4th, 2024, 10:38 am
- Forum: Non Region-Specific
- Topic: CA Senate Bill 478- "Junk fees" bill
- Replies: 27
- Views: 773
Re: CA Senate Bill 478- "Junk fees" bill
It mentions online purchases of hotel rooms. I wonder if it will do away with the super-annoying "resort fees."
- April 19th, 2024, 6:35 pm
- Forum: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Cracker Barrel closes Medford, OR location
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1009
Re: Cracker Barrel closes Medford, OR location
Both Santa Maria and Sacramento-Howe are closing. https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/cal ... 410166.php
- April 17th, 2024, 4:27 pm
- Forum: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Red Lobster Considering Bankruptcy Filing
- Replies: 51
- Views: 2328
- April 9th, 2024, 9:13 am
- Forum: California USA
- Topic: Self Check Outs
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1253
Re: Self Check Outs
and 90% of the time for Grocery Outlet since they don't have as much PLU entry product and often have baggers. My Grocery Outlet has stopped bagging altogether, at least when you bring your own bags. The last two times I shopped there they just shoved my items down to the end of the counter and sta...
- April 4th, 2024, 7:51 am
- Forum: Non Region-Specific
- Topic: Amazon Fresh, take 2
- Replies: 73
- Views: 6444
Re: Amazon Fresh, take 2
And it required strange pricing, such as salad bars priced by container instead of weight and produce/meat by the unit. I saw people cheating the system with salad containers overflowing and taking all the meat off the salad bar. But doesn't that same issue persist in stores with the Smart Cart sys...
- April 3rd, 2024, 8:13 am
- Forum: Non Region-Specific
- Topic: Amazon Fresh, take 2
- Replies: 73
- Views: 6444
Re: Amazon Fresh, take 2
And it required strange pricing, such as salad bars priced by container instead of weight and produce/meat by the unit. I saw people cheating the system with salad containers overflowing and taking all the meat off the salad bar. But doesn't that same issue persist in stores with the Smart Cart sys...
- March 6th, 2024, 10:52 am
- Forum: Non Region-Specific
- Topic: Whole Foods To Open 7,000 Square Foot Stores
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1225
Re: Whole Foods To Open 7,000 Square Foot Stores
There was a small-format Whole Foods in downtown Santa Monica (500 Wilshire Blvd.) that closed in 2017. I'm not sure of the square footage; I was in it a long time ago and it was definitely nowhere near a normal-sized WF (or even a 365.)
- February 29th, 2024, 5:25 am
- Forum: California USA
- Topic: Mercado Gonzalez Northgate opening, "Wegmans" or "Bristol Farms" of Hispanic grocery stores
- Replies: 36
- Views: 4117
Re: Mercado Gonzalez Northgate opening, "Wegmans" or "Bristol Farms" of Hispanic grocery stores
From the article: Northgate was easily accessible to Garcia and her neighbors, particularly those who don’t drive. The store supplied the guajillo and ancho chiles Garcia’s mother uses to make her salsa. You can’t find those at Food 4 Less, because it is not curated for a Latino community,” Garcia s...
- February 28th, 2024, 6:58 am
- Forum: California USA
- Topic: Mercado Gonzalez Northgate opening, "Wegmans" or "Bristol Farms" of Hispanic grocery stores
- Replies: 36
- Views: 4117
Re: Mercado Gonzalez Northgate opening, "Wegmans" or "Bristol Farms" of Hispanic grocery stores
I finally made the trek down behind the Orange Curtain (I'm around 45 miles away) on a rainy President's Day Monday. It was everything that has been described here, but I hope it's not going to become a victim of its own success and end up like that famous saying, "No one goes there anymore -- ...