Retail Watchers

I had a lot of time on my hands today on the ol' job so I went ahead and plugged in 2 recent shopping trips plus online data from other retailers....

I read in some Kroger employee message boards on Reddit some interesting things.

It appears there are a significant number of Kroger units that get...

Record stores are packed with customers.

Little Caesars has big plans to open hundreds of restaurants in New York City and the Tri-State Area.

Petco is opening up stores inside of Canadian Tire Stores. Ninety percent or 450 Canadian Tire stores will get Petco stores.

This is the first plant based sandwich for this chain. They are testing it in 3 markets: Denver, Charleston, South Carolina, and Greensboro, North...

Wawa is expanding in the Southeast with stores in the Florida Panhandle, South Florida, and Mobile, Alabama.

Have you noticed more electric car showrooms showing up at Class A malls and lifestyle centers?

I thought the Tesla showrooms looked nice, but now a...

Smoothie King plans to open more than 100 locations in 2023.

They even have a new drive thru only design with a regular drive thru and an online...

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.

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...