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Red Robin says the average customer only goes to Red Robin once a year. The company has invested in flattop grills for gourmet burgers. Red Robin might be a place you go once in a long time, but that is due to the high prices and long waits. I don't go out of my way for Red Robin and unless there i...

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US grocers have turned away from malls. They were never really in them in the first place, but there are some examples in the past. Or situations where the grocer threw a store out in the parking lot or something. Malls have turned away from "essential business" type tenants in favor of te...

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Tried the pumpkin frosty. It was completely runny (milk like) obviously not at proper temperature so I just took a single small taste to get a taste. I liked the taste. It was quite sweet but it had a good taste. Nothing too strong or off putting. Glad I had free frosty with purchase otherwise I'd h...

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My view of Jo Ann is they are a dead chain walking. I know they have some nice stores, and even their poor stores, I see foot traffic in, but they just seem to limp along. They remind me sort of Rite Aid in this regard. They keep going, but it is clear that the trouble never stops for the finances a...

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I did also look at the two Schnuck's units in Bloomington/Normal. I didn't go to the ones around Peoria. I also went looking for a Schnucks in Davenport, actually Bettendorf, but I see it was closed down a while ago (I think I reported that closure here actually). Schnuck's is in trouble in Blooming...

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Walgreens seems willing to experiment and this sort of thing is not unheard of--many chains have had a few non-Rx stores in the past and CVS got their start as essentially drug stores w/o pharmacies. But those non-pharmacy CVS and Walgreens in the past were typically in malls or other unusual locat...

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Didn't know much about this chain but had heard they ran very basic stores with low cost produce and meat. Interesting chain. Stores I went to were under 20k square feet. Basically feel like a 1950's grocery store. Small produce area as you enter, meat and dairy on the back wall; meat is full servic...

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Went to a few Schnucks Stores. One of them carries Supervalu/UNFI brands (Essential Everyday and Equaline) and little to no Schnucks brand stuff. But the other two did carry Schnucks brands. Also some Food Club stuff mixed in now, but not a whole lot. One of them had an endcap full of Schnucks potat...

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Many of the local McDonald's in my area are in middle class suburbs. There are few homeless people, but it seems like the homeless love to set up camps near McDonald's. McDonald's has open dining rooms with self serve drink dispensers. The homeless constantly come in and take free sodas using cups ...

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Back in 2009-2010 there were 3 Plaid Pantry units around Seattle, then it dropped to 2 units. Only this one still open had fuel, the other two did not. I can't find any indication the chain was sold? I feel like I heard radio ads in the past, with a jingle. Maybe not. The HQ seems to have moved to 1...

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