Retail Watchers

You can find things at an Ace store that you can’t find at the Blue and Orange boxes. There is also more help there than the big boxes. Plus a lot of people prefer going to a smaller store than dealing with the hordes in the big box DIYs . I am going to agree to disagree. There should be a greater ...

The owner of the Yard Birds property is cleaning out what was left in the building and has invited the public to take what is left for free:

https://www.chronline.com/stories/yard- ... ree,339547

Given the relatively small size of some Subway locations, I could see some potentially converting to Baskin-Robbins. The layout of the counter space is somewhat similar, although coolers obviously would need to be swapped out. I can't see a Subway co-branding with Baskin-Robbins unless it is a large...

The Haggen name simply does not mean what it once did. The stores would be better off rebranding.

Boise, Idaho at one point had a "McDonaldland Park" behind the location on Orchard Street (the first to open in Idaho) The park is long gone but traces are still visible on Google Maps.

A former Rite Aid in Vancouver, WA may soon become an In-N-Out: https://www.kptv.com/2024/04/24/in-n-out-seeks-out-second-spot-sw-washington/ It will be interesting to see how much further north they expand. Seems like they would do well with areas such as Woodland, Kelso, and Chehalis where there a...

19 additional closures were announced today: ~ttps://www.reddit.com/r/RiteAid/comments/18se38d/additional_19_closures/ Looks like the last store in the center of downtown Philadelphia, previously a 24 hour store, is closing... Also the Bartell over by SeaTac Airport that has a Walgreens freestandin...

Advance has been operating oddly in WA & OR also. Locally, an Advance store (converted from Carquest)closed, and about a year or two later, local chain Baxter Auto Parts became affiliated with Carquest but retains the Baxter name. Some areas, such as Vancouver, WA and Portland, OR now have Advan...

The last few time I have eaten at Shari's, things seemed to be a bit "off" Everything from mediocre food & service, to things such as burned out and/or mismatched colored light bulbs over tables (which I presume are either LED or CFL) as well as landscaping and exteriors being neglecte...

I generally have had good experiences with Red Lobster. While their prices can seem high at times, they aren't really out of line at least in my area. They do have good specials. There are a lot of locally owned restaurants that I have attempted to support, and really leave a lot to be desired in fo...