Retail Watchers

Safeway is looking to expand inland with Save Mart stagnating. They may be looking to build new stores in the Stockton and Modesto areas where bay area residents are transplanting to along with the Sacramento area.

Reading on Reddit that Rite Aid is laying off employees in the stores, it appears the unionized CA Stores are getting hit by this. Not sure what the union is doing... I guess the same thing it has been for the past 4 years when some locals have been working without a contract... at least they colle...

The landlords at the 99 cents only at first/bullard in fresno want them gone ASAP. They have a couple of tenants lined up to take up their site and the former rite aid site with grocery outlet eyeballing the space 99 is at and the library for the former rite aid site which 99 previously objected.

Maybe the DOJ's endgame is for Rite Aid to be no more.

I feel like at some point they will want to make this a blanket $20 minimum wage knowing how powerful the unions are in california. Fast food places near the colleges in fresno are planning to reduce dining room hours after the semester with some closing around 8-9 pm.

Rite Aid on 10th & Fargo in Hanford are among the closures.

I think this is going to be the beginning of the end for franchises in California, period. Too many mouths to feed. There are almost no corporate operated fast foods in CA as the chains have divested those assets on a wider scale nationwide in the US. Chains that once had pretty significant bases o...

I went to a Burger King in Fresno the other day that has reverted back to Take Out/Drive Thru only in an attempt to save on labor.

Went to a couple more stores tonight. Items were scanning at random odd percentages off but it didn't seem to make much sense. It appeared crafts 30% off, cleaning supplies 10% off, vendor food 5% off, candy/other food 0% off, Easter 25% off. Return policy still printed on receipt tonight 9 days re...

i know grocery outlet is eyeballing the 99 cents only site at first & bullard in fresno and the property management at the one on kings canyon were ready for them to leave with renovations to the shopping center and el super coming it will make remodeling work better.