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by tkaye
February 19th, 2024, 8:51 am
Forum: Non Region-Specific
Topic: Digital Coupons
Replies: 10
Views: 629

Re: Digital Coupons

The whole card thing has caused me to shift a lot of shopping to WinCo where they don't have all these gimmicks. If only WinCo could get their random out of stock issues under control and offer better dairy and produce so I could avoid Fred Meyer altogether.... WinCo does offer digital manufacturer...
by tkaye
February 17th, 2024, 10:06 am
Forum: Shopping Centers
Topic: Do malls/shopping centers require current logo sign updates?
Replies: 6
Views: 1263

Re: Do malls/shopping centers require current logo sign updates?

I also remember several different logos for both Meier & Frank and The Bon Marche, and both were inconsistent in updating building signage, as well as inconsistent updates to both Sears & Kmart before they started to do massive closings. I can see to a point where the owner of a mall/shoppi...
by tkaye
January 16th, 2024, 8:59 pm
Forum: Northwest, Rockies, & Alaska USA
Topic: 🛒 Kroger-Albertsons Merger: Northwest, Rockies, & Alaska Impact
Replies: 89
Views: 7667

Re: 🛒 Kroger-Albertsons Merger: Northwest, Rockies, & Alaska Impact

I would not be surprised if Kroger could sell off three or four of these owned sites in both the Portland market and Seattle market for redevelopment and net a billion dollars cash - and probably could get at least a modern Safeway size store into the replacement developments similar to the Queen A...
by tkaye
January 11th, 2024, 9:35 am
Forum: Restaurant Chains
Topic: KFC Debuts Chicken Nuggets
Replies: 19
Views: 1203

Re: KFC Debuts Chicken Nuggets

From some of the old newspaper research I did while I lived there I know there was a Kentucky Roast Beef location in Downtown Bellevue WA for a brief time in the mid to late 1960s, based on the descriptions in the paper it sounds like it was basically an Arby's clone. In Seattle, the Ivar's at 135t...
by tkaye
December 19th, 2023, 10:32 am
Forum: Drugstore Chains
Topic: Bartell discussion (specific) from Seattle Times
Replies: 30
Views: 2769

Re: Bartell discussion (specific) from Seattle Times

I think you're right- the inside probably hadn't been touched since the late 90's. Around 2010, Bartell #1 expanded into the adjacent corner storefront that had been a Coldstone Creamery. It was remodeled out of the late '90s decor at that time. They added a beer and wine section, expanded the conv...
by tkaye
April 18th, 2023, 12:53 am
Forum: Drugstore Chains
Topic: Rite Aid to Bartell Conversion
Replies: 5
Views: 1073

Re: Rite Aid to Bartell Conversion

I wonder if they are consolidating an existing Bartell into this location. The University Place Bartell is about a mile to the southwest. It is across the street from a Walgreens that does far more business, so it's possible. An Indigo Urgent Care just moved into an adjacent storefront, though, so ...
by tkaye
April 17th, 2023, 3:04 pm
Forum: Drugstore Chains
Topic: Rite Aid to Bartell Conversion
Replies: 5
Views: 1073

Rite Aid to Bartell Conversion

In passing the James Center Rite Aid in Tacoma, I noticed the exterior signage had been taken down and there were a couple of yellow and black banners out front. One said "Appearances can be deceiving" and the other said something like "We're building a new pharmacy for you." The...
by tkaye
March 15th, 2022, 11:01 am
Forum: Northwest, Rockies, & Alaska USA
Topic: Proposed and delayed WinCo in Centralia, WA
Replies: 4
Views: 2813

Re: Proposed and delayed WinCo in Centralia, WA

They've also submitted plans to move in to the old Safeway site at Highland Hill in Tacoma since mid-2020 but it doesn't seem to be going anywhere yet.
by tkaye
March 15th, 2022, 10:58 am
Forum: Specialty Retail Chains
Topic: B. Dalton Bookseller resurrected
Replies: 28
Views: 3243

Re: B. Dalton Bookseller resurrected

As for B. Dalton, I thought they were the better of the two mall-based bookstore chains, but they seemed to not have as many locations. I can't say I ever saw one outside of a mall though. In the early '80s, B. Dalton had two stores in downtown Seattle: Fourth & Pine by Bartell's "triangle...
by tkaye
March 28th, 2021, 12:27 am
Forum: Northwest, Rockies, & Alaska USA
Topic: Albertsons continues to disappear from WA
Replies: 127
Views: 34084

Re: Albertsons continues to disappear from WA

Albertsons should keep their name in Kitsap County and Spokane. They have done much better in those areas, investing heavily there in the early 2000's. I wouldn't say that about Kitsap... there are six Safeways but only three Albertsons. The Poulsbo Albertsons (an old blue and gray interior store) ...