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- April 26th, 2024, 7:39 am
- Forum: Southwest & Hawai'i USA (Excluding California)
- Topic: Kroger surpasses H-E-B and Walmart for #1 market share in Houston
- Replies: 9
- Views: 296
Re: Kroger surpasses H-E-B and Walmart for #1 market share in Houston
The people who do these surveys never reveal the methodology and the way they define Metro areas can be a little odd. What matters over time is using the same sampling methods and being able to look at year over year trends and have some idea of what differences between chains would be within measur...
- April 25th, 2024, 9:01 am
- Forum: Northeast USA
- Topic: Stop & Shop closures
- Replies: 116
- Views: 14197
Re: Stop & Shop closures
The characterization of the northern NJ market sounds an awful lot like Southern California in the sense that there's a lot of specialty competition. If Kroger can't win with Ralphs in Southern California, they're not going to do it in Northern NJ. Their usual level of mediocrity and defensive play ...
- April 25th, 2024, 8:56 am
- Forum: Midwest & Plains USA
- Topic: Dom's and Foxtrot Closed, Chapter 7 BK
- Replies: 5
- Views: 216
Re: Dom's and Foxtrot Closed, Chapter 7 BK
The merger was engineered by the private equity that was financing their rapid expansion. The Foxtrots in DC generally seemed to do an ok business with the exception of the one near me, which had opened last year. Interestingly, they had just constructed an enclosure for outside seating at that one....
- April 24th, 2024, 5:30 am
- Forum: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Red Lobster Considering Bankruptcy Filing
- Replies: 39
- Views: 1400
Re: Red Lobster Considering Bankruptcy Filing
If a chain is in long-term decline, then rising rents will give them more reason to keep closing stores. I'm surprised when I see any of these places that have been named, because they've gotten fewer and fewer. International operations probably keep some of them afloat--chains like Shkey's and Kenn...
- April 23rd, 2024, 7:09 am
- Forum: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Red Lobster Considering Bankruptcy Filing
- Replies: 39
- Views: 1400
Re: Red Lobster Considering Bankruptcy Filing
ClownLatch brings up some excellent points. I don’t agree chains have a natural flight — many (Denny’s,, Chili’s, Friday’s, etc.) have a managed to stay revelant even as their peers perished. And Texas Roadhouse continues to grow and thrive while Outback does the opposite… even though Texas Roadhou...
- April 23rd, 2024, 7:02 am
- Forum: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Red Lobster Considering Bankruptcy Filing
- Replies: 39
- Views: 1400
Re: Red Lobster Considering Bankruptcy Filing
ClownLatch brings up some excellent points. I don’t agree chains have a natural flight — many (Denny’s,, Chili’s, Friday’s, etc.) have a managed to stay revelant even as their peers perished. And Texas Roadhouse continues to grow and thrive while Outback does the opposite… even though Texas Roadhou...
- April 23rd, 2024, 6:04 am
- Forum: Northeast USA
- Topic: Stop & Shop closures
- Replies: 116
- Views: 14197
Re: Stop & Shop closures
These are relatively high density areas, so more visits wouldn't be unusual, and individual sales might be on the low side. NJ is still a relatively small part of their footprint. These stores may be attached to something more profitable, otherwise I suspect Ahold would have sold them. They seem to ...
- April 22nd, 2024, 12:05 pm
- Forum: Specialty Retail Chains
- Topic: Best Buy to Discontinue Physical Media
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2723
Re: Best Buy to Discontinue Physical Media
The main thing is that physical media has become a small niche item and no large national retailer is going to sell a lot of it. There always will be people who want to own rather than rent and collectors who like the "hunt" but they are not going to build volume for a Walmart or Target. ...
- April 22nd, 2024, 4:55 am
- Forum: California USA
- Topic: Aldi lists job openings at multiple warehouses and nearly 30 stores in Northern California
- Replies: 38
- Views: 1180
Re: Aldi lists job openings at multiple warehouses and nearly 30 stores in Northern California
I was in a rather new one in Ohio a couple weeks ago. It was clean, busy and well kept. What struck me was the odd contrasts--they've spent some more on "decor" (3-d graphics and bright colors) particularly toward the back fo the store, whereas the front end is plain and nondescript. The o...
- April 21st, 2024, 5:55 am
- Forum: Specialty Retail Chains
- Topic: Best Buy to Discontinue Physical Media
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2723
Re: Best Buy to Discontinue Physical Media
Handleman was the company that served the big discount and variety chains, as well as Best Buy. They also supplied books to the same stores and various other media. Kresge was their first big client and they grew from there, but they never had a big presence in other retailers other than selling che...