Retail Watchers

They're probably going to show off a remodeled Stop and Shop somewhere with yet another new logo, a new tagline, a new private label maybe. Once again these are very high level type events that will not reveal any specific operating details. They are usually intended to "fake out" a few s...

A "Strategy Day" type open house is not going to announce anything of substance from a transaction perspective, or even anything from a financial or restructuring perspective. These types of calls happen all the time at retailers, they're usually called "investor day" and they a...

Ahold Delhaize is hosting what I think is their first and only Strategy Day on May 23 . According to their presentation yesterday , it'll be a four-hour call. They haven't announced any specifics of what will be discussed beyond " vision for growth in the US ", and as far as I can tell, th...

Oddly, the new ACME in East Norriton doesn't have that decor. It's been a minute since I've been in that location (I visited a few days after it opened), but the store pretty much reused all the left-behind ShopRite decor except for a few touches here and there. I think they are waiting to see how ...

I do know that Albertsons is now also using a new decor for ACME somewhere in South New Jersey that I saw online somewhere, but I can't quite pinpoint what store is now using it. Albertsons is also introducing new decor for Balducci's as well even though I can't imagine they want much to do with th...

Another link - just for those who can't read the app due to lack of subscription (plus, we won't mention that they managed to put the word supermartket in their link ;) ). But anyhow, quite a bit of commentary on the APP Facebook page (I saw that and then checked here to see it was already noted ;)...

Can't say this is a big surprise, but Stop & Shop just announced the closure of the Jackson, NJ location (which I was just at in my last round of visits). The store was well-stocked and mostly clean, but absolutely deserted. Some thoughts: I am not the least bit surprised about that closure, esp...

veteran+ wrote: ↑April 24th, 2024, 7:57 am Historically, you left Food Fair out of the timline?

I left a lot out, but I was only talking about the last 30 years. Food Fair was gone by 1979.

Looking closely at pricing in your photos I think they have a pricing problem. While their pricing looks great to me since I am so used to the terrible Northern California prices I see most often, Market Basket is a very difficult competitor and I don't think they are competitive with them on mix o...

The inconsistency is still very strange. Where is the site visit data from though? 50,000 visits per month is probably great compared to a couple of Save Mart units in my area. Placer.ai , and you can search for a store or an address. Just glancing through some Save Marts, it looks like there's an ...