Retail Watchers

I expect Wal Mart's store growth program to help them in Phoenix. Fry's has kept up well with new stores and a few new Safeways have opened too. When did the last Wal Mart open? Unfortunately, they have quite a few stores that are absolute dogs. During their next round of remodels they need to do m...

Wow - didn't see that coming. Are Chicago-area stores next? Hy-Vee would be a much better fit for Chicagoland Krobertson's cast-off Mariano's than C&S.

Last month they announced an agreement to open twenty locations in and around Phoenix, so California is the next logical expansion.

... Someone had mentioned they thought they would consolidate South Coast Plaza which I doubted. Drove by today and both of the Macy's buildings have just received very large and expensive looking brand new signage with giant red stars and a custom "The Men's Store" sign. These are probab...

Investor group looks to save the 99 Cents Only stores in Southern California https://lamag.com/news/investor-group-looks-to-save-the-99-cents-only-stores-in-southern-california The byline, "Former CEO of Pic ‘N’ Save wants stores to get back to their SoCal ‘treasure hunt’ roots.", says ex...

Like so many stores, 99 cents only used to be a fun place to shop. Stores were clean and it was like going on a treasure hunt. Within the last ten years, the stores became a little messier and the "finds" were fewer and farther between. Recently, their stores were downright messy and anyth...

storewanderer wrote: ↑March 16th, 2024, 11:34 pm Also in the past thought the Oscar Mayer Beef Franks were okay...

They had (or maybe still have) a line of uncured, all-beef hot dogs that weren't bad. I switched to the Whole Foods brand and never looked back.

PS: Skip the Applegate Farms all-beef hot dogs. They are pretty bad.

ClownLoach wrote: ↑March 28th, 2024, 9:41 am...What is the problem with malls in America when they're still successful elsewhere?

https://www.mtlblog.com/royalmount-mall-montreal-stores

It's not just malls in America. It is a worldwide problem. Take a gander at the dead malls subreddit and you will see.

...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. ... Regarding ak-mak, I think it is the ba...

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...