Did they put in a drop ceiling? No, they stayed very true to the original Marina-style motif: https://www.google.com/maps/uv?hl=en&pb=!1s0x80d95480d081ecc5%3A0xdc4a4e00d86d341d!2m22!2m2!1i80!2i80!3m1!2i20!16m16!1b1!2m2!1m1!1e1!2m2!1m1!1e3!2m2!1m1!1e5!2m2!1m1!1e4!2m2!1m1!1e6!3m1!7e115!4s%2Fmaps%2Fpl...

Bagels wrote: ↑

September 13th, 2019, 12:11 am

I did notice they yanked most of the "fancy" prepared foods and the high-end baked goods, both of which were unique to this store. It now looks like a regular Ralphs...

That doesn't seem like a very bright idea considering a brand new Whole Foods opened recently just a couple blocks away.

The old employees are still around, but not very many, working the 7-3 shifts and just waiting for retirement. Many can retire in their 50's if they started in their early 20's or teens and they do. Employees hired before the strike vested at 10 years of service. So, once you were vested you could ...

There was never a chance of a strike. Albertsons never even accepted applications for temporary workers. They were going to call the strike on Ralphs. Albertson's would have had to have locked their workers out. Albertson's wasn't hiring temporary worker's in 2003, either, and wasn't prepared for t...

A couple of days ago it looked like the Union was ready to go on strike against Ralphs but at 6:00 yesterday morning after an all night bargaining session an agreement was reached and the members started voting on it today. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-09-09/strike-likely-stopped-gr...

pseudo3d wrote: ↑

August 28th, 2019, 8:11 am

Weird-looking store, what is that, an old FedMart?

If was a pretty standard looking FedMart.

There's a photo of it on this page:
http://pleasantfamilyshopping.blogspot. ... dmart.html

Maybe the confusion was because their strategic partnership was started last year in Kentucky and then Knoxville, TN was added to it recently.

Kroger has a lot to offer to Walgreens through an expanded food mix and the pick-up service. There is also a benefit to Kroger because this increases their volume of food and online ordering pick-ups to additional sites. This further benefits Walgreens because they were at a cost disadvantage on fo...

This is part of a bigger partnership between the two companies. "Today, Kroger (KR) and Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) announced the expansion of their strategic partnership. As per the announcement, Kroger would roll out Kroger Express stores within 35 additional Walgreens locations in Knoxville, T...

I'm surprised that the new self-scan set up is getting bad reviews. I like the hand held scanner much better. The entire process was faster and less stressful for me.