Retail Watchers

Red Lobster's days became numbered when Darden spun them off. They were already dwindling, and quality has gone downhill. Last time I was in one was a couple of years ago in Baton Rouge, which somehow stayed open through this. On a Saturday night in one of the busiest areas of the state, the entire ...

Another issue was vandalism. The reason I know that is because I (and a whole TX junior college) witnessed the aftermath. Carthage, TX - 1993. It's homecoming week at Panola College, a small 1600 student (at the time) 2 year college. It was cheap for locals. And scholarships abounded the school. If ...

First off most of these Circle Ks in CA especially NorCal are franchises/dealer sites and they do not even participate in the Circle K app. This is the first problem. With Circle K, there are several brands. Circle K is normally company owned. Over the years, Couche Tard also bought Kangaroo and On...

This store opened this morning. Developing Lafayette, a website dedicated to all things new here, has some pretty good pictures on their site here: https://developinglafayette.com/wp/inside-the-new-super-1-foods-at-ambassador-dulles-opening-tomorrow/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0WH8VJE1h0pHkDYmE0pXf7...

Apparently the plan has been tweaked to add another Texas and Louisiana store to the list (doesn't say which one from what) as well as "increased distribution capacity, provisions for expanded transition services and an additional dairy facility." https://973thedawg.com/ixp/36/p/kroger-al...

Sam Walton didn't curate a damned thing at Sam's Club. He literally stole the entire concept from Sol Price and was proud of it. He met with Sol Price and picked his brain about his Price Club membership warehouses then studied the stores out West and made his own version starting in the South. Thi...

Walmart most likely wants to get rid of the Sam's Choice brand so that Sam's Club can be split off from Walmart. Sam's Club can be sold off and anything with the Sam's name will be eliminated from Walmart. If many of you recall from Walmart lore, Sam's was a personal project of Sam Walton. He very ...

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We've moved badly off the topic of the Walmart Health Care Clinics here by talking about Bettergoods, so I've split that into its own topic and moved all the posts related. Any discussion of that should take place over there.

Items about Bettergoods will be moved here.

Given the relatively small size of some Subway locations, I could see some potentially converting to Baskin-Robbins. The layout of the counter space is somewhat similar, although coolers obviously would need to be swapped out. I can't see a Subway co-branding with Baskin-Robbins unless it is a larg...