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by Brian Lutz
February 27th, 2024, 6:33 am
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: Target "Self Checkout Hours" 11 AM to 7 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 3140

Re: Target "Self Checkout Hours" 11 AM to 7 PM

After several visits it seems to me the Target I shop at (Greensboro Lawndale) does pretty consistently keep at least three regular checkstands open, although this is a store with only four self checkout lanes (plus one in the "snack bar" area.) One thing I've noticed about this store is t...
by Brian Lutz
February 27th, 2024, 6:21 am
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: Walmart 2023 Closings
Replies: 197
Views: 18192

Re: Walmart 2023 Closings

Sounds a lot like the situation at Factoria (Bellevue WA), where a Walmart went into a former Mervyn's space (single level, about 70k SF) next door to an existing Target. The Walmart store was small (probably the smallest "Supercenter" store I've seen), awkward, and did poorly enough that ...
by Brian Lutz
February 24th, 2024, 9:31 am
Forum: Restaurant Chains
Topic: WcDonald's
Replies: 6
Views: 566

WcDonald's

https://www.today.com/food/restaurants/mcdonalds-wcdonalds-anime-rcna139995 For years, various Japanese Animes and Mangas have used fictionalized versions of McDonald's for various story purposes, often by flipping the Golden Arches logo upside down and renaming the restaurant to WcDonald's. Startin...
by Brian Lutz
February 24th, 2024, 5:41 am
Forum: Gas Stations & Convenience Stores
Topic: EG Group exit from Davenport, IA
Replies: 7
Views: 3364

Re: EG Group exit from Davenport, IA

The way the article phrases it. It sounds like another operator bought the stations out of the Mountain Express bankruptcy and then tried to impose major rent increases on Brew, resulting in the shutdowns.
by Brian Lutz
February 22nd, 2024, 1:33 pm
Forum: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Golden Corral All You Can Eat Butterfly Shrimp & Chicken Tenders
Replies: 15
Views: 849

Re: Golden Corral All You Can Eat Butterfly Shrimp & Chicken Tenders

At the Golden Corral we went to drinks are not self serve, you have to get them from your server. Cici's pizza has a soda machine, but if you want water you have to buy bottled water (although it's not overly expensive, I think something like 50 cents per bottle.)
by Brian Lutz
February 22nd, 2024, 9:59 am
Forum: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Golden Corral All You Can Eat Butterfly Shrimp & Chicken Tenders
Replies: 15
Views: 849

Re: Golden Corral All You Can Eat Butterfly Shrimp & Chicken Tenders

I'm pretty sure everyone in Utah has some vomitous variation on the Chuck-a-Rama name (In our family it was "Upchuck-a-Rama", my wife called it the "Barf-o-Rama") but the same is probably true for a lot of buffet places.
by Brian Lutz
February 22nd, 2024, 7:53 am
Forum: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Golden Corral All You Can Eat Butterfly Shrimp & Chicken Tenders
Replies: 15
Views: 849

Re: Golden Corral All You Can Eat Butterfly Shrimp & Chicken Tenders

In Washington buffets seemed to be living on borrowed time before COVID, and pretty much all folded quickly afterward. By now I think all the tribal casinos in the area that had buffets before 2020 have eliminated them and repurposed the spaces (shortly after COVID Washington legalized sports bettin...
by Brian Lutz
February 20th, 2024, 7:16 pm
Forum: Restaurant Chains
Topic: CA to ban disposable cups at restaurants for eat in
Replies: 32
Views: 1170

Re: CA to ban disposable cups at restaurants for eat in

Circle K still uses foam cups here, as do a lot of other places (Chick-fil-A, Cook Out, Bojangles and most of the C-stores all come to mind.) Quik Trip offers the Big Q size drinks in either plastic or foam cup, charging slightly more for foam. Most other places have switched to plastic, but oddly e...
by Brian Lutz
February 19th, 2024, 5:27 pm
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: Article: 'Target has a plan to take down Dollar General and Walmart'
Replies: 11
Views: 642

Re: Article: 'Target has a plan to take down Dollar General and Walmart'

Given the fact that a good chunk of Target's demographic is "people who wouldn't want to be caught shopping at Walmart" I can't imagine something like this is going to move the needle much.
by Brian Lutz
February 16th, 2024, 7:14 am
Forum: Restaurant Chains
Topic: CA to ban disposable cups at restaurants for eat in
Replies: 32
Views: 1170

Re: CA to ban disposable cups at restaurants for eat in

Jay Inslee isn't running for reelection (I suspect he's looking for a Cabinet position in the next Biden administration) so Washington will have a new governor next year. With the way Washington votes the election is basically a formality though, and the Democrat on the ballot (which will most likel...