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by Groceteria
March 15th, 2023, 2:56 pm
Forum: Southeast USA
Topic: Looking for a summary of NC grocery operators
Replies: 12
Views: 1592

Re: Looking for a summary of NC grocery operators

Welcome to Greensboro, hometown of Groceteria.com (but there are other interesting things here as well).
by Groceteria
February 4th, 2023, 10:34 am
Forum: California USA
Topic: Pak N Save Madera closing 1/14
Replies: 30
Views: 3213

Re: Pak N Save Madera closing 1/14

storewanderer wrote: February 3rd, 2023, 11:13 pmI am not clear when Safeway left Visalia or which division it was in when it left but I know Safeway was in Visalia at some point.
Safeway closed Porterville, Visalia, and Tulare in 1984 citing "high labor costs" per the Tulare Advance-Regster.
by Groceteria
January 23rd, 2023, 4:09 pm
Forum: Non Region-Specific
Topic: Pepsi replaces Sierra Mist with Starry
Replies: 23
Views: 2230

Re: Pepsi replaces Sierra Mist with Starry

Clearly they spared no expense on packaging design. I opted against buying one.
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by Groceteria
January 13th, 2023, 6:10 pm
Forum: Shopping Centers
Topic: Drinking While Shopping
Replies: 9
Views: 2243

Re: Drinking While Shopping

Beer and wine bars have been fairly common in larger new Lowes Foods and Harris Teeter locations in North Carolina for several years. I think it’s pretty common in Pennsylvania as well, since that was part of the original loophole that allowed supermarkets to start selling beer to begin with IIRC.
by Groceteria
November 5th, 2022, 7:45 am
Forum: Specialty Retail Chains
Topic: QuickTrip Ends 24 Hour Stores To Prevent Crime
Replies: 13
Views: 701

Re: QuickTrip Ends 24 Hour Stores To Prevent Crime

Most of Los Angeles is not like that, in my experience (and I have lived here on and off since 1984, ooops, giving my age away 😉). ^^^ This… Of course there are urban neighborhoods that are more crime-prone and there are retailers that react to this environment. Is this new? No. When I lived in San...
by Groceteria
November 5th, 2022, 6:58 am
Forum: Restaurant Chains
Topic: As Starbucks Customers Get Younger Its Sales Start to Skyrocket
Replies: 10
Views: 541

Re: As Starbucks Customers Get Younger Its Sales Start to Skyrocket

Back in my day, we had to walk ten miles uphill (both ways) to Starbucks. In the snow. While wearing tuxedos and ball gowns.
by Groceteria
October 22nd, 2022, 6:24 am
Forum: Non Region-Specific
Topic: SpinCo
Replies: 161
Views: 10586

Re: SpinCo

Maybe Spinco can be merged with Transformco and everything can be rebranded as the second coming of Kmart Food.

Sorry…
by Groceteria
October 4th, 2022, 10:04 am
Forum: Southeast USA
Topic: Looking for a summary of NC grocery operators
Replies: 12
Views: 1592

Re: Looking for a summary of NC grocery operators

Also plenty of Walmart Neighborhood Markets, a few Sprouts, and Fresh Market (founded in NC). There are a couple of Super Target locations around Charlotte and Raleigh/Durham. Agreed with @storewanderer on Ingles (mostly west of the Triad) and Lowes, which positions itself as "local" and &...