Retail Watchers

I concur with Clown! If any of this goes through (I hope it does not because historically, all promises are lies), I believe the Lucky name is the best bet. These purported "geniuses" at Save Mart should ditch that awful name and fly with Lucky. If these chiefs are so good they can serousl...

A Chicago friend moved to Florida a few years ago and shops almost exclusively at Publix. Her reasons for doing so are convenience, lack of alternatives (a neglected Winn-Dixie across the street from Publix and a Walmart neighborhood Market whose parking lot is hard to get in and out of), and their...

If one is to believe the latest headlines about BBB future empty buildings.........................

Many are already in talks about it including Ross, TJMax, Planet Fitness and others.

Yep, you are both spot on about Publix. Their ideology and hubris will never allow them to get involved in a Union environment or be bought out. The DNA of this company is JENKINS (related or not) and it will remain so. They are not innovators, plus it is the Publix way or get lost. IMO, their cult...

Yep, you are both spot on about Publix. Their ideology and hubris will never allow them to get involved in a Union environment or be bought out. The DNA of this company is JENKINS (related or not) and it will remain so. They are not innovators, plus it is the Publix way or get lost. IMO, their cult...

Deja vu... it's almost as if they took a video recorded 20 years ago and replaced "Walmart" with "dollar stores." Consider a family hasn't seen their real household income grow in three years but has seen their expenses swell. Because of inflation, their local independent grocer...

IMO, their cult like success is about historical "luck" and a PR and Ad campaign that has hypnotized their customers (whom do not have significant choices) and "the industry" that they are the utopia of supermarkets. That about describes H-E-B to a tee. :o :o :lol: :lol:

Yep, you are both spot on about Publix. Their ideology and hubris will never allow them to get involved in a Union environment or be bought out. The DNA of this company is JENKINS (related or not) and it will remain so. They are not innovators, plus it is the Publix way or get lost. IMO, their cult ...

He says there is 1 milkshake machine. You have to wait for drive thru to finish and vis a versa. There is one spiget. You have to flush the previous flavor first if you have a different flavor. Crazy stuff like that. I only see one milkshake machine at any In-N-Out. I think their Colorado launch ha...

Yup!

Proclaimed to be influenced by the family's military background (organisation, discipline, uniformity, etc.), it is hardly that.

You should see how it is for the clerks to input orders with addendums..................oy vay!