Retail Watchers

There are other oddities as well. Ever seen a Target that has a miniature food department? I'll bet you'll find it's in the same center as a Albertsons (or former Albertsons). Albertsons used to enforce lease restrictions where no other retailer in the center could sell more than a certain amount o...

I suspect that a lot of Cracker Barrels do most of their business during breakfast time (especially on weekends), at least in the South. I know places like Waffle House, IHOP and some of the local dinner chains (like Jake's Dinner and Carolina's Dinner here in Greensboro) tend to have waits for tab...

What is the "Gyro Meat?" Arby's is surprisingly open about their ingredients (many chains seem to have pulled back from this): Gyro Meat: Beef, Water, Bread Crumbs (bleached wheat flour, dextrose, salt, yeast), Lamb, Soy Protein Concentrate, Cereal Binder (corn, wheat, rye, oat and rice f...

CVS not doing well? Their earnings per share were over $6 last year and they've beat Wall Street 4 quarters in a row. Their earnings per share are 300% higher than freaking WALMART. They're forecasting earnings UP another TWO DOLLARS A SHARE this year. Walmart only makes two dollars a share period!...

CVS not doing well? Their earnings per share were over $6 last year and they've beat Wall Street 4 quarters in a row. Their earnings per share are 300% higher than freaking WALMART. They're forecasting earnings UP another TWO DOLLARS A SHARE this year. Walmart only makes two dollars a share period!...

Also they announced this late this afternoon and liquidation sales start tomorrow morning...? Maybe this is the "missing link" for those sign people that looked like they were connected to Rite Aid? Thus, they had an idea it might very well happen and that is why they wanted people ready ...

They definitely couldn't run in and announce "party's over", but would have to buy back the license or the company entirely. (Buying back the company entirely would come with a lone Jerry's Foods in Sanibel, Florida and some Do It Best hardware stores). Or possibly go the other way and se...

I do wonder how Grocery Outlet can pull such an expansion so far from home and in strong Aldi/Lidl territory, though I wish them good luck. Don't forget, they actually bought an existing chain (Amelia's Grocery Outlets) in PA as the starting point to this, so it's certainly possible that they gaine...

Condiment prices have gone up significantly so many operators are starting to limit even basic condiments like ketchup. I haven't seen anyone trying to charge for ketchup yet but I had a McDonalds try to charge me for mustard packets. The app offered mustard packets at .00. The employee told me it ...

Also, the sit-down restaurants will suffer from this too as employees can get the $20/hr at fast food and will go work at fast food instead... they'll need to increase wages as well, which in turn causes the price increase, which in turn lands them in the same exact spot as the fast-food places... ...