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by veteran+
Yesterday, 9:28 am
Forum: Northwest, Rockies, & Alaska USA
Topic: Trader Joe's opening in northern Idaho
Replies: 17
Views: 513

Re: Trader Joe's opening in northern Idaho

storewanderer wrote: Yesterday, 12:49 am Seems to be quite a theme here of negative comments on in-stock conditions at Trader Joe's...

And the other thing is due to the limited assortment if they are out of stock on something, there is often not another suitable alternative...
Exactly!
by veteran+
Yesterday, 9:26 am
Forum: California USA
Topic: Ralphs Fresh Fare Santa Barbara remodel
Replies: 20
Views: 636

Re: Ralphs Fresh Fare Santa Barbara remodel

Unfortunately the links are broken. Yeah sorry about that, I posted that from my phone and now I can't seem to fix it so here you go. Picture Store Tour Hi Market Report Blog, as you seem to be on the other side of the country, here is a link to a LARGE Kroger-owned store built from the ground up w...
by veteran+
Yesterday, 9:15 am
Forum: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Restaurant Fees
Replies: 22
Views: 931

Re: Restaurant Fees

With extremely high labor costs and a lack of police support in major California cities customers are going to have to pay for it. (That's a lot of broadstroking for an historical issue that is quite complicated but fits the popular hype that all seem to enjoy). Blame who runs California and LA coun...
by veteran+
March 26th, 2024, 5:14 pm
Forum: Northwest, Rockies, & Alaska USA
Topic: Trader Joe's opening in northern Idaho
Replies: 17
Views: 513

Re: Trader Joe's opening in northern Idaho

"As Trader Joe's has grown, I feel that some of the core items I used to buy have suffered. They stopped carrying akmak entirely... not sure if it was the bakery couldn't supply the quantity they wanted, or if they were insisting on private label rights. They even have "Dr. Bronner's"...
by veteran+
March 26th, 2024, 8:05 am
Forum: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Restaurant Adoption of pay-by-phone systems
Replies: 8
Views: 191

Re: Restaurant Adoption of pay-by-phone systems

Super S wrote: March 25th, 2024, 5:48 pm I will not do any money related functions on my phone. A restaurant offering this as the only payment option will alienate quite a few customers.
Same with me!!
by veteran+
March 26th, 2024, 8:02 am
Forum: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Restaurant Fees
Replies: 22
Views: 931

Re: Restaurant Fees

Perch (rooftop bar in downtown LA) now has a 4.5% "security fee". Typical, business owners continue to force customers to subsidize their business. Customers will continue to be forced to "work" to spend their money and to help owners pay for their overhead expenses (costs for o...
by veteran+
March 25th, 2024, 2:57 pm
Forum: Northwest, Rockies, & Alaska USA
Topic: Trader Joe's opening in northern Idaho
Replies: 17
Views: 513

Re: Trader Joe's opening in northern Idaho

For a company that seems to be expanding at a quicker rate lately, they sure do seem to have a problem with noticeably increased product recalls (as reported all over). Not that this is connected but just sayin............................. 🤷‍♂️ And out of stocks... I have reduced how often I shop t...
by veteran+
March 25th, 2024, 2:45 pm
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: Macys Stores Closing by 2026
Replies: 30
Views: 2340

Re: Macys Stores Closing by 2026

Macy's is and will continue to pay the price of over expansion by mergers and acquisitions. They are still in too many places that they should have never had a store. They diluted their brand cachet and equity for a long time, basically turning it into an ill defined May Co.. Lastly, this category o...
by veteran+
March 25th, 2024, 8:53 am
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: Target Pricing - San Francisco vs. other areas
Replies: 10
Views: 286

Re: Target Pricing - San Francisco vs. other areas

The San Francisco Bay Area is dominated by many Target stores. There are only a small number of Walmart stores and virtually all of those are not supercenters. For some reason people in the San Francisco Bay Area are very snobby. They will never set foot in a Walmart. The closet Walmart to the Targ...
by veteran+
March 25th, 2024, 8:42 am
Forum: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Chickfila to END "no antibiotics ever" chicken
Replies: 19
Views: 477

Re: Chickfila to END "no antibiotics ever" chicken

As with any new thing, medical treatment, medicine, vaccine, whatever, you do not always know the effect this new thing or change will have, until the change plays out for a while. It may all end up fine and if so that is great I guess... but for now... it is suspect what the potential impact of th...