Retail Watchers

Since Nugget Markets is headquartered in Woodland I expect Wal Mart was kept from expanding in an effort to protect the Nugget Store and the Food 4 Less Store there (franchised by Nugget). Safeway never got into Woodland in the 2000 era expansion around Sacramento area either; they had a site but i...

https://www.valleycenter.com/articles/tribes-purchase-ends-vons-albertsons-speculation/ Maybe the land will be another casino… The San Pasqual Band of the Diegueño (Kumeyaay) indigenous tribe is headquartered in Valley Center. Valley Center Foods (the small independent in VC) must be pleased with t...

https://hoodline.com/2024/04/fry-s-food-stores-dominates-phoenix-market-walmart-s-share-drops-amid-kroger-albertsons-merger-talks/ Fry’s still dominates the Phoenix Metro grocery scene, with 28.3% market share. Albertsons/Safeway has 14% share. 42% share for Kroger if the merger goes through (all bu...

Saw this social media ad and wondered if it was still April Fool's Day. Why would they think businesses would pay inflated retail? SmartSelect_20240404_133841_Facebook.jpg There are also links for business.jewelosco.com and business.shaws.com. I don’t know why ACI is getting into business delivery…

Saw this news article: Kroger and Albertsons have announced announced today that they have entered a definitive agreement with Canadian retailer Sobeys Inc. for the sale of select stores, banners, distribution centers, offices, replacing C&S as the buyer for divests. The divestiture transaction ...

Reddit user comment, if true, says Vons on 5th & Ventura is also closing. https://www.reddit.com/r/venturacounty/comments/1bkekvh/oxnard_ralphs_will_close_when_lease_expires_in/ That one was built as an Albertsons in 1995 (mid-90s model store), divested to Top Valu during the Albertsons/Lucky m...

Gelson's in Santa Barbara is a divested Albertsons from 1999, it was a smaller late 70's/early 80's style store. Department placement sort of gave it away years ago but at this point you'd never know. Gelson’s Santa Barbara was originally an A&P (not a “centennial” store), then Shopping Bag, th...

Ahold minus Food Lion would have been a far better merger partner for Kroger than Albertsons also. The better Ahold stores are really a good fit with Kroger in my opinion. And I think Kroger could fix Stop & Shop the same way they fixed Pick N Save. I assume Food Lion is non-union? If so, I'd t...

The situation has gotten progressively worse since COVID. I have no idea how this will get fixed. The "tough on crime" to be elected city leadership, if they actually get elected... will need so many resources to fix the issues. Also will they fix the issues or just spread them out to oth...

District of Oregon judge to hear FTC challenge to Kroger/Albertsons in August:
https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/u ... 024-03-11/