Retail Watchers

Papa Murphy’s has something similar to this-no pasta or crust. Going after the Keto/low carb crowd.

In the 90s, Payless in the San Francisco Bay Area had huge stores. They carried a huge selection of items. The Payless in Pleasant Hill, California was originally an Albertsons Payless Combo store. The 2 companies teamed up to create a super store that featured a supermarket and a variety store wit...

Ask Ford, GM, and Chrysler how unions worked for them. Or the Rock Island Railroad.

I think they would do well if they affiliated with the SEIU.

Worst union created ever...a union only concerned with how much $ they can get from the Gov't and the taxpayer. Even FDR was against govt employee unions.

Like TJ employees are badly treated?

It’s cheaper to let a private bottler make soda for them under contract (Like Kalil Bottling in Arizona) Also Kroger is probably supplying private label ice cream to SoCal from its Arizona plant.

Caine’s secret is their spicy sauce. Popeyes chicken seems to be over cooked half the time you get it, the same with KFC-and over cooked chicken is inedible.

The problem with 7-11 is that most of its stores are franchisees-unlike its main competitors which are majority company-owned sites and have better quality control. 7-11 corporate is in a continuous conflict with the franchisee association(which is independent of 7-11). You can’t have QC when you ha...

The main competitor to Slurpee was/is Icee, which was introduced a decade before Slurpee. In fact many 7-11s sold Icee before the introduction of Slurpees.

Glass is heavier than plastic-meaning a truck full of glass bottles uses more fuel than one with plastic/aluminum containers. Plus the energy and chemicals required to wash/reuse glass containers.