Retail Watchers

After 19,000 stores in the US (unbelievable store count) I guess they need to start to expand elsewhere. Twice as many Dollar Generals in the US as 7-Elevens/Speedways. The pull-out of 7-Eleven of many markets and the subsequent stunted growth resulted in huge swaths of the country not having 7-Ele...

Here's a little food for thought 🤔 IMHO, the entirety of monikers and their histories have been severely compromised. Merger after merger has deteriorated the value and reputation of these nameplates. Some have managed to retain some of their prestige more than others (King Soopers better than Ralp...

Houston Historic Retail reports that three stores are closing in the Houston area. One of them opened in 2020 in a former Toys R Us building, one opened in 2013 in a building that has had various grocery stores over the decades but has about 10 other supermarkets and food stores within a 1.5 mile r...

$1.99 EACH at Ralphs? And the trays look like they sold... Wal Mart sold these "grocery store line" Krispy Kreme donuts and many convenience stores did too. They were at the bread aisle in a box like an Entenmanns, Hostess, or Little Debbie product (sealed in air tight plastic)- these wer...

We will see what happens. Save Mart needs a deal first. Then they need to digest that deal. Save Mart's digestion of NorCal Albertsons nearly tanked the company but the people involved are all different now so we will see how this goes. Best deal they could get is the right to use some banner (be i...

veteran+ wrote: ↑March 19th, 2023, 8:00 am 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.

I think with a legitimate store divest program including entire divisions (including associated warehouses at a minimum- if manufacturing is not included then agreements for manufacturing to provide goods to the divested stores using current costing method for 10 years) and actual qualified buyers ...

SuperTarget was always different from Kmart and Wal-Mart's supercenters, they weren't open 24 hours (which both Kmart and Wal-Mart did), they typically didn't replace existing stores (which Kmart and Wal-Mart did, the latter especially), and they didn't evolve out of a joint venture (both Kmart and...

Target is smart enough to not embarrass itself with Super Target in OR/WA against Fred Meyer. That would really expose Target and not in a positive way. However, Target did go after Fred Meyer in Utah opening some Super Targets there. Fred Meyer's position in Utah (smaller stores, older stores, not...

This is the one thing Target has done right. Target really hasn't lost focus on general merchandise like Kroger / Walmart have. At this point Kroger / Walmart are grocers who sell general merchandise. Target is a general merchandise discount store that sells groceries. Targets online offerings are ...