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- April 21st, 2024, 6:47 am
- Forum: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Red Lobster Considering Bankruptcy Filing
- Replies: 21
- Views: 759
Re: Red Lobster Considering Bankruptcy Filing
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...
- April 19th, 2024, 4:57 am
- Forum: Drugstore Chains
- Topic: Decor check - Rite Aid
- Replies: 3
- Views: 289
Re: Decor check - Rite Aid
Wow. Based on what I have seen around Portland, I thought the last of the Pay 'N Save and PayLess Drug interiors had finally all been remodeled. Even the one in Tigard, which retained the PayLess interior for a LONG time after becoming Rite Aid, has been updated.
- April 18th, 2024, 12:33 pm
- Forum: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Red Lobster Considering Bankruptcy Filing
- Replies: 21
- Views: 759
Re: Red Lobster Considering Bankruptcy Filing
Making Endless Shrimp a permanent menu item was certainly a factor. That should be something offered only during certain times or maybe just once a year.
- April 18th, 2024, 5:03 am
- Forum: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Target to discontinue physical media?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 294
Re: Target to discontinue physical media?
Something I don't get though is how LP sales have risen while CDs have fallen by the wayside. On one recent Target visit, I found it interesting that they appeared to have more LPs in the store than CDs. CDs have far superior sound quality and are more versatile.
- April 13th, 2024, 11:27 am
- Forum: Department Store Chains
- Topic: First New JCPenney In 8 Years Opens
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1274
Re: First New JCPenney In 8 Years Opens
The issue is the central checkout where the single line is so long, it makes customers just dump their merchandise and leave the store. Totally agree, there is something fundamentally wrong with the JCPenney systems and processes because a queue line should not cause this issue. If anything it shou...
- April 12th, 2024, 6:26 am
- Forum: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Jack in the Box & Del Taco moving to 100% kiosks
- Replies: 11
- Views: 438
Re: Jack in the Box & Del Taco moving to 100% kiosks
What a surprise. All the cashiers replaced with kiosks. I'm sure this kiosk vendor is going to be doing a lot of business this year. Interestingly aside from shared technology initiatives, Jack and Del remain completely separate and my understanding is they will stay that way. No plans to merge the...
- March 31st, 2024, 9:04 am
- Forum: Specialty Retail Chains
- Topic: Bi-Mart Membership Sharing
- Replies: 5
- Views: 201
Bi-Mart Membership Sharing
With talk of stores such as Costco and Sam's Club cracking down on membership sharing, I got to wondering about how big of an issue this is at Bi-Mart. They advertise a $5.00 Lifetime family membership, but the cards do not bear names and are a relatively thin card with a number that tends to wear o...
- March 31st, 2024, 8:38 am
- Forum: Specialty Retail Chains
- Topic: Sam's Crackdown on Membership Sharing
- Replies: 21
- Views: 807
Re: Sam's Crackdown on Membership Sharing
That is good, it will be a much easier transition since they have so many customers engaged by the app already for Pick Up, Scan & Go, etc. But some people will still want a physical card so they probably need to offer that. I don't have Sam's Club in my area, but will say that if Costco requir...
- March 31st, 2024, 8:24 am
- Forum: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Here come the price increases!
- Replies: 60
- Views: 2186
Re: Here come the price increases!
This all makes me smile. More than half of these fast food places can disappear and we would all be the better for it as a society. So the franchisees can handle this new overhead? Good, close up. Perhaps non fast food sit down restaurants will do better. 👍🤞 Why? So other businesses could open up a...
- March 31st, 2024, 7:57 am
- Forum: Non Region-Specific
- Topic: 🛒 Kroger-Albertsons Merger: National Impact
- Replies: 436
- Views: 27917
Re: 🛒 Kroger-Albertsons Merger: National Impact
They tried that "new to the market" stipulation in the 1999 Albertsons/American Stores merger. That is why Raleys got sent to Las Vegas/New Mexico and Ralphs to NorCal. Then to keep the independent grocers happy (who had sued over not getting a shot at Albertsons/Buttrey divests) they thr...