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https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/charlotte-is-getting-its-first-wegmans/BJEGHBZVTNEVRDHPB6R6ITY4V4/ It appears that Wegman's is giving expansion in North Carolina another go, as they have just announced what will be their first store in Charlotte. This will be located in the south part of Charlott...

Speaking of Elk Grove, the southern Walmart was initially planned as a Target. Walmart, however, stuck with the planned Target shell through construction, hence why it looks a lot like one.

Interestingly to note, of the four locations (re)opened by Shoppers in Southern Maryland last year, there is no word on the Waldorf location shuttering. Perhaps it met profitability measures (being in a larger suburban area) or has generally better reviews than the St. Mary's County bunch that are c...

My impression of St. Mary's is that it's growing but that the incomes are pretty disparate, depending on the town. The economy depends a lot on a Navy base and regional tourism, as well as retirees. Retired people, even if they're well-off, tend to be price conscious and if you add-in people in sea...

I don't know this area at all. Is this an area Safeway would want these stores in? Looks like they're not in that area, and they bought two Shoppers stores a couple years ago. But those were both in the Baltimore/DC area and that's quite a distance away, and I don't know that Safeway would want mor...

storewanderer wrote: ↑April 2nd, 2024, 9:25 pm What a joke...

I wonder if they found a way out of the leases.

From the online reviews I saw, these locations were frequently criticized for their high prices. Perhaps geography may also be a challenge, or the renovations were more than what they could bite off.

I do wonder how Grocery Outlet can pull such an expansion so far from home and in strong Aldi/Lidl territory, though I wish them good luck. Lidl is under construction in Centreville, VA. The new Hyattsville store was a PriceRite and before that a longstanding Giant, of which Queen Elizabeth II visit...

Looks like three out of the four Shoppers opened within the past year are already closing; all within St. Mary's County.

I wonder what is happening here. Is the local McKay's chain Shoppers superseded returning? Too much investment and too little profit in return?

SuperValu selling c-stores was a detriment?

Worth noting that express checkout was the norm at Target prior to the rollout of self-checkout in 2015.