The only parts of CA that are doing well are the Bay Area/Silicon Valley and Los Angeles.... the Central Valley has been in an economic downturn for a long time. Also see how much it costs to rent a U-Haul from CA to AZ or TX versus the other way.

Carl’s Jr isn’t HQ in Anaheim anymore...they moved HQ to Tennessee (along with Hardee’s). And they have previously stated that they would be doing less development in California because of the anti- business climate there

Texaco is more of a “distributor” brand offered by wholesalers to dealers. Chevron was/is a company- owned station brand (although there are dealers with multiple sites). Both take each others cards and have the same Techron fuel additive.

I imagine Pep Boys or Discount Tire buying the chain

Here is something befitting of the decline of Sears...The closed Arrowhead Towne Center store in Glendale AZ is now home to an interactive dinosaur show.

In Tucson the former Giant locations have been rebranded to Speedway (and there is a Speedway on Speedway Blvd BTW)complete with TV ads and billboards. There are also a handful of Arco AM-PMs and the first Marathon-branded gas station in Arizona. So Tucson is the only market where all 3 of Marathon’...

Most of the independent chains buy from Topco. And most of the private label products are made by the same national brand manufacturers.

I don’t know why Target couldn’t do a small town format store, especially because they already have the smaller City Targets in downtown areas

I noticed in the Sears website a logo next to the “sears” type-it looks like a green flame. They bring out a new trademark the same time they are shutting down stores?

With the closing of the Prescott store, there will only be one full-line Sears in AZ, in Tucson. And there are no more K Marts here.