Retail Watchers

Except a Safeway will have a full service meat department bakery and deli and more name brand items (no one desires Aldi Cola or whatever it is). Well, I have a bottle of "Summit" Cola in my fridge right now :roll: But Aldi sells 2 L Coke too, it's one of their few name brand products. Al...

What I think may have happened in CA is WinCo did not want to deal with high real estate costs combined with long delays to find sites and get approvals. Given the complete round of hell and delays from "concerned citizens," unions, "environmental groups" and a host of other par...

WinCo and variety in the same sentence does not make sense to me. Have they changed? I have never taken note of "variety" when visiting (not shopping) a WinCo. My guess is that Winco carries a comparable number of SKUs to major supermarkets. They have private label and name brand products...

The fact that Albertsons is planning this on their side seems to indicate that no Kroger-owned stores will go into Spinco. Either all the divests will be from the Albertsons side, or Kroger divests will go straight to other operators. If Spinco isn't immediately bought by someone, I'm not sure how l...

I guess where I am confused is what changed between this week and when First Republic got a $30 billion deposit infusion from Chase and the other competitors? They reported a loss of 40% of their deposits during the quarter (ending in March I think) in their earnings report in April... As in why di...

Well look at what happened with Chase and First Republic Bank. Chase now will have what, 16% marketshare in the bank sector in the US? Elizabeth Warren and some others that you'd expect came out against the deal but it did not matter. The more powerful Democrats in control at the national level wer...

Who are the politicians in favor (other than ones they hired to promote their merger; I don't count those)? I am seeing bi-partisan opposition to this merger at the state levels. I am disappointed there has been no opposition raised by Nevada especially our Attorney General. Not clear what the issu...

Stater Bros. has always been known for quality meats. I am aware of this even as a vegetarian. Back in the day, their slogan was "it's our meat that made us famous". My guess is that this is a shot at Walmart, which is getting more popular in the inland empire due to inflation and the poor...

The reaction of the community to what Safeway is trying, if the article is any indication, is so overwhelmingly negative, I question how much of the community will continue to support the store. It also sounds like it is really treading on the employees badly. I doubt the article is much of an indi...

In Denmark, and perhaps other European countries, having to scan your receipt at a gate to exit the store is standard, whether you used a traditional register or self-checkout. So I don't think this is inherently a bad thing, although it can feel a bit awkward. How about Costco's receipt checks at t...