Retail Watchers

Now it makes sense. The Speedway Express stores have not changed much in regard to what they are offering in their convenience stores. There are no new soda machines and very little to no Speedway products. The Speedway Express stores are also not doing the 10 cent gas discount and the cashiers are ...

Second round of power outages began today. Some people have not had power since Saturday. In Humboldt, the power is out, gas stations have no gas, and supermarkets are closed. There is nowhere to get food. It is getting miserable out there.

The chicken sandwich at Popeye's probably accounts for the increase in profits. Popeye's created a good product that attracted so many people that business increased. They need to start making more of the sandwiches and not run out this time. The people demand it. Burger King is not doing so well. T...

I have friends who work for Walmart. I know of several stores in high theft areas where they have to do this. The Oakland, California area is filled with professional shoplifters who can wipe out entire aisles of products. The local Walmart stores have locked up entire aisles with glass cases, but p...

The power is still out, and more wind is expected. The power outages will drag on and the raging fires in Northern California continue. The air is filled with smoke and thousands are being evacuated. Water companies also say to conserve water as the pumping plants are out of power. We could run out ...

Pharmacies are a difficult business to run. If a pharmacy takes low income Medicaid or Medi-Cal, you are going to lose a lot of money. Those are very unprofitable insurance plans. Walgreens and Rite Aid stopped taking the money losing Blue Cross Medi-Cal because the losses were too great. The profit...

The bankrupt PG&E company says the power grid will take at least 10 years to fix. California businesses of all kinds are now planning to leave the state. There are many industries, factories, tech companies, drug companies, as well as retailers that are now saying they will leave due to the unre...

More power shutdowns have begun and a fire still started anyway. There are massive power outages scheduled for Saturday. I do not know how people will deal with this again. Supermarkets, restaurants, and convenience stores already replaced their inventories. Now they are going to lose it again. Ever...

This Speedway in San Leandro, California has 2 Speedy Freeze machines and a total of 8 flavors. The tiny Speedway Express in Pleasant Hill, California which was a former Mobil and USA Gas has not yet changed any of the drink machines. Sodas are 99 cents. The small Speedway Express stores are slow to...

I finally visited a full sized Speedway today. This was a former Flyer's that converted to Mobil and recently converted to Speedway. The gas station canopy was redone with the Speedway silver gray decor. The convenience store had Speedway soda fountains and Speedy Freeze machines. There were some Sp...