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http://supermarketnews.com/news/supervalu_remodels_0430/ NEW YORK — Supervalu plans to conduct major remodels at between 75 and 80 locations in the current fiscal year, down about 50% from last year, Jeff Noddle, chairman and chief executive officer of the Minneapolis-based company, told Barclays C...

Perhaps Smith's is trying to do a gas rewards program like Safeway is doing with ARCO. Smith's gas rewards can't possibly be any worse than Safeway's Gas Rewards. Edi: They recently changed the program. Safeway used to require you to spend $400 in groceries within a small period of time or your poin...

I would think that a secret shopper program would ensure some attempt to keep the store tidy.

The Stephanie St. Vons is still open according to the website and online weekly ad. Some stores have a system where labor is allocated by the amount of sales. The more sales that a store has, the more employee hours are allocated. If a store does very little business, very few employee hours will be...

The Vons at Decatur and Meadows is just down the street from a Walmart Supercenter. I can see why they closed it. Also there is a Target directly across the street from that Vons. Target has increased its selection of food in recent years. The Vons at Nellis and Sahara was across the street from a F...

Safeway only gets things done if they see a possible profit. A malfunctioning gas sign would possibly cause a loss in gas sales. They put in a new sign because they didn't want to lose any sales. The lighted signs on a Safeway are probably a low priority for them. People know that the store is a Saf...

It seems like Albertsons is spiraling towards their own self-made doom. Closing stores like crazy is burning their few remaining customers. Not lowering their prices to compete with their competition is also a major mistake. I wonder why they removed half of the fluorescent bulbs. Are they trying to...

Tesco is sort of like the Walmart of supermarkets in the UK. They make a lot of money in the UK, because they have a monopoly over there. They can use the profits from their UK operations to cover the money they lose from Fresh & Easy. However, Fresh & Easy is never going to become as big as...

It is common hear about elderly people mistaking the gas for the brake. When people get older symptoms of Alzheimer's disease are often ignored until car accidents happen.

The store looks like it can be easily repaired. There probably weren't many people in the store anyway.

http://supermarketnews.com/retail_financial/fresh_easy_0422/ Fresh & Easy says that they will continue to lose more money until the economy recovers. It will take years for the economy to turn around. Even then, I don't think there is such a thing as a recovery. People from now on, will be very...