Retail Watchers

They're taking over two long closed Raleys and Save Mart units. It is interesting they will do two stores at the same time. Cardenas seems pretty stagnant in NorCal, they aren't doing as much as I would have expected them to do as far as expansion goes. I suspect this will result in further Vallart...

Another retailer who played the "greedy" game so many retailers are playing. They thought consumers would just pay, pay, and pay the price increases and less generous sales. The customers fought back and quit buying. Dangerous game to play with items that are so discretionary and non-essen...

I do not understand why they are doing this. That new logo- it looks very cheap and doesn't fit. I see no point to this new logo. It does not look professional or legitimate. There is nothing wrong with the old logo. Some NorCal Extra Miles still have logo 1 (with the "em" script) and that...

Resurrection again. . . LOL So in this past holiday weekend visit, we dined on Friday at a restaurant near the VONS/Safeway duo I mentioned up top. The VONS are now closing at 10 pm so we just missed their hours (pity, I was curious about what might have changed, if anything). The fuel center/mini ...

Both of these chains operate near each other in Reno. Mimi's is a sad one. Mimi's when it was publicly traded was pretty legitimate and while I was never a huge fan of the food, it was okay, and they ran a strong dinner business often with a waitlist. They got bought out by Bob Evan's and the menu s...

I think this CEO is just there to navigate the bankruptcy. Which raises another question who is going to run this chain after bankruptcy...? Given the last CEO they had... it seems like they have trouble finding experienced candidates. And the company is not as desirable now as it was when they were...

Let me rephrase: Darden Corp. used to have restaurants with Darden on the FRONT outside. Do they still have restaurants named Darden? When was this/what did these units sell? I wonder if the company founder started these separately at some point? https://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/73/Dar...

It appears Dollar Tree will not be using the 99 Only name and says they are reopening these as Dollar Tree. I guess I'm not surprised but they will fail with oversized stores in their current format. Also some group called "Socal dollar store llc" bid and won about 7 stores. I can't find ...

jamcool wrote: ↑May 30th, 2024, 12:51 am 67th @ Indian School was a former Smith’s …one of the first Smith’s stores built in the Phoenix area around 1990.

Definite Smiths. Tan shelves and all.

Let me rephrase: Darden Corp. used to have restaurants with Darden on the FRONT outside. Do they still have restaurants named Darden? When was this/what did these units sell? I wonder if the company founder started these separately at some point? https://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/73/Dar...