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How many restaurants did Chevy's / El Torito have at their peak? Hard to believe Chevy's is down to 16. I think Mexican is a challenge because there's so many local dive restaurants that are cheap. I love a fajita from El Torito, but at over $40 (including service charge, tax and tip), I'll go to s...

Sounds like they're still trying to go private.

https://www.retaildive.com/news/nordstr ... ail%20Dive

JoAnn exited bankruptcy. https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/craft-retailer-joann-approved-exit-bankruptcy-slash-505-mln-debt-2024-04-25/ "Joann creditors, who agreed to cancel about half of the company's debt and take ownership of the company's post-bankruptcy equity, unanimously...

I think it would be more likely that banks run out of patience with the DOJ They can sue the DOJ, and should, for malicious prosecution and intentional interference with a court proceeding. The DOJ has already created a unreasonable overreach with this case. Bankruptcy means bankruptcy, and the DOJ...

I remember that Huntington Beach Ralphs and I saw zero effort to cater to Asian center store customers occurring in that location. There is a picture on Fountain Valley's Google Maps from 4 years ago showing a pretty large Asian aisle, but the depth of what I am seeing currently is much better than...

Their website seems to think that store is open? https://stores.advanceautoparts.com/ca/temecula/40605-winchester-rd But when I go try to do a store pick up order there, pretty much everything I tried to order is out of stock... I did eventually find an item that was in stock. They are ready to col...

They are paying a flat rate per store which is insane. Do the math from first to second deal. It's $5M a store and change. C&S is stealing these stores if they get the highly profitable ones. I am sure none of the stores we are naming here are on the C&S list. They can wheel and deal with t...

Fortunately the Albertsons, Kroger deal has a zero percent chance of passing Judge Adrienne Nelson who was specifically selected to kill it and implement the DOJ and FTC's new merger guidelines. C&S would not have gotten the Vons in Murrieta, anyway. It has a Vons fuel station. Kroger would hav...

That sounds like the POS they've been using for the past couple of years at least in some stores. It is a strange system. This is the GK Omni POS system. https://www.sap.com/products/crm/omnichannel-pos.html This is the receipt that system produces. https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/smart-and-final-l...

Useless trivia- millennials became the first generation whose go-to food was not Italian. We prefer Mexican… but Gen Z prefers Asian. Tastes are diversifying. Mexican remains quite popular, but it's a bit of an odd situation when it comes to chain restaurants in that there really aren't any signifi...