I heard rumors that Wegmans stayed out of the Philly area for years due to a 'gentleman's agreement' with Genuardi's (pre-Safeway ofc). Once Safeway took over, Wegmans did seem to swoop in, so maybe there was some truth to that.BatteryMill wrote: ↑May 1st, 2024, 4:28 pm
I do wonder if gentlemen's agreements even exist in retail.
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- May 1st, 2024, 7:15 pm
- Forum: Gas Stations & Convenience Stores
- Topic: Wawa CEO: There is no "Gentlemen's agreement" with Sheetz
- Replies: 8
- Views: 341
Re: Wawa CEO: There is no "Gentlemen's agreement" with Sheetz
- May 1st, 2024, 7:10 am
- Forum: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Walmart to close Health Care Clinics
- Replies: 27
- Views: 739
Re: Walmart to close Health Care Clinics
Pure speculation here but Walmart has been very slow last couple of months. In fact I find myself buying very little there right now with their sky high food prices that are in desperate need of a rollback. I've never seen so many piles of merchandise next to price scanners before... So many people...
- April 30th, 2024, 8:11 pm
- Forum: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Walmart introduces new private label brand
- Replies: 21
- Views: 458
Re: Walmart to close Health Care Clinics
Only thing I find odd is that this is a very, very rapid "about face" from Walmart. Here is an announcement from just last month about a massive expansion underway for the program. So a hair less than two months from announcing the doubling in size of the program they pull the plug? https...
- April 29th, 2024, 6:55 pm
- Forum: Non Region-Specific
- Topic: Store Evacuations
- Replies: 19
- Views: 489
Re: Store Evacuations
If every Costco is like the one I work at, there is a big bullhorn megaphone along with other emergency supplies/procedure documents kept in the office, but yeah, there is no PA system or speakers of any kind throughout the building.
- April 26th, 2024, 6:46 pm
- Forum: Northeast USA
- Topic: Stop & Shop closures
- Replies: 119
- Views: 14787
Re: Stop & Shop closures
Also more supercenters (good number of SuperTarget and Walmart Supercenters). There are SuperTarget stores in NJ? I didn't think there were really any in the Northeast at all. They did build several 'Greatland' locations that were maybe designed to morph into the full grocery-heavy format, but I do...
- April 22nd, 2024, 10:02 am
- Forum: Specialty Retail Chains
- Topic: Express files for bankruptcy, plans to close nearly 100 stores as investor group looks to save the brand
- Replies: 4
- Views: 221
Express files for bankruptcy, plans to close nearly 100 stores as investor group looks to save the brand
Longtime mall retailer Express filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday, but a group of investors led by brand management firm WHP Global is looking to save the company by acquiring it. Express, whose portfolio includes its namesake banner, Bonobos and UpWest, said it will close 95 of i...
- April 17th, 2024, 7:37 pm
- Forum: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Target to discontinue physical media?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 339
Re: Target to discontinue physical media?
Have the likes of Netflix, Apple Music, Xbox/Playstation stores finally been able to supplant DVDs, CDs, and physical video games in entirety? For all intents and purposes, yes. If Best Buy couldn't hang onto physical media, why would Target be any different? CD's? What are those? Movies? I probabl...
- April 14th, 2024, 7:44 pm
- Forum: Specialty Retail Chains
- Topic: Why Have Some Chain Stores Haven't Gotten Makeovers Yet and What Lies Ahead for Them!"
- Replies: 12
- Views: 612
Re: Why Have Some Chain Stores Haven't Gotten Makeovers Yet and What Lies Ahead for Them!"
McDonalds was making some relatively nice looking restaurants with what I'd call pleasant looking tile work, walls, lighting... but the recent remodels un-do all of that. I am hearing the franchisees favor these recent remodels as they are cheaper to maintain. It is even cheaper to maintain things ...
- April 14th, 2024, 7:37 pm
- Forum: Drugstore Chains
- Topic: Rite Aid closing at least 63 stores
- Replies: 1597
- Views: 154495
Re: Rite Aid closing at least 63 stores
Based on this Reddit post, they are definitely using liquidators and sign walkers in some places.
A comment further down says this in Union City, CA
A comment further down says this in Union City, CA
- April 14th, 2024, 7:33 pm
- Forum: Non Region-Specific
- Topic: The backroom at TJs
- Replies: 18
- Views: 735
Re: The backroom at TJs
Funny that this comes up as I happened to be driving around the back of a shopping center with a Trader Joe's last week and I noticed on their loading dock area they had a TJ's branded pop-up canopy with boxes of merchandise (or perhaps and hopefully, store supplies) being stored underneath!