Retail Watchers

Batteries Plus is touting record expansion in 2022. It inked 60 new deals and opened 44 new locations.

The battery, bulb, and cell phone repair...

Taco Bell is bringing back bone-in chicken wings on January 26 until February 9, while supplies last. Five wings cost $6.99.

Many pizza chains...

A shuttered Philadelphia store will be turned into a Tech Hub. The store shuttered due to crime. They might as well use it for something else.

Lately, both Kroger and Albertsons have been very silent about their proposed merger, since the state of Washington's AG sued to stop Albertsons from...

Popeye's is doing Ghost pepper wings now. It seems like every restaurant is trying to sell wings now.

Del Taco brought back the Orange Cream Shake. It is a vanilla shake with Fanta Orange syrup. At least it isn't a mint item like at other restaurants....

The restaurant is giving you $3 off if you bought deep dish pizza at another restaurant.

This encourages you to order deep dish pizza at restaurants...

Whole Foods decides to stop selling Maine Lobster. Environmentalists and politicians are divided.

7-Eleven is offering 7NOW Gold Pass free delivery for one year when you sign up by November 28.

Most deliveries should take 30 minutes.

I don't...

Many are open until just before dinner time.

They are still customizing ads (ie replacing these paper Kroger bags and the book cover with Fred Meyer) but this appears to be the holiday campaign....

This seemed the most comprehensive of the wire service pieces. The Bloomberg article is paywalled.

Kroger's version of the Amazon Dash Cart was rolled out this week in Ohio.

They plan to open more than 70 stores in North America and transform existing locations for consistency.

Circle K is going to lease space to 10 Medical Cannabis dispensaries adjacent to their stores.

There are over 700,000 Floridians with medical...

The first batch of Tom Thumb stores have been transformed into the latest Cumberland Farms design. More than 50 of the 100 plus Tom Thumb stores will...

Dunkin previously had a very simple rewards program. Accumulate 200 points, get any drink free. The old program you earned 5 points per $1 spent. But...

Which Wich has introduced carb free bread. It is made from egg, cream cheese, baking soda, and baking powder. They call it Cloud Bread. It is...

CPK is going to introduce its first burger. It is a Wagyu beef burger. They are also offering a free pizza on a future visit if you order a non pizza...

The European upscale watch and jewelry chain is opening up 10 new U.S. stores in the coming years. The company is betting that Americans will demand...

In one of Reno's worst-kept secrets, the Cracker Barrel at 5th and Keystone just broke ground:

They've also announced a retail manager position...

Gas was 91 cents per gallon all day at a Mobil gas station for Quantum Leap Day.

$3.55 movie ticket at Fandango too!

Pizza Hut introduces the Italian Taco to combat Taco Bell's Mexican Pizza. It is a slice of pizza folded to look like a taco.

IKEA is offering home solar through SunPower Corp. at select stores in California.

Solar seems to be appearing on practically every new roof these...

They bought an abandoned property and will open a new resort. They are moving beyond retail. This will include a winery and hotel in Napa, California.