Retail Watchers

From what I've seen working as a bagger in a grocery store is that most people do not wash reusable bags, and tossed filthy bags toward my end, often with cigarette smoke and other unidentifiable smells. A study of about five years ago revealed that 75% of people do not separate meats and vegetable...

According to this article on supermarketnews.com: Like bags of wet cement The stores sold by A&P in its waning days as a going concern aren't holding up so well, sales-wise. Like a 15% loss in sales. Usually a new operator can invigorate a dying store, but the A&P stores were so bad that ma...

According to this article on supermarketnews.com: Like bags of wet cement The stores sold by A&P in its waning days as a going concern aren't holding up so well, sales-wise. Like a 15% loss in sales. Usually a new operator can invigorate a dying store, but the A&P stores were so bad that ma...

I don't think the window has closed. To get quality stores, that ship sailed long ago. I can't see Publix getting (or wanting) any. Albertsons would have to make some divestitures in Louisiana (specifically, Baton Rouge and Lafayette) to do it. Kroger wouldn't have to do much at all FTC-wise, as th...

From what I've seen working as a bagger in a grocery store is that most people do not wash reusable bags, and tossed filthy bags toward my end, often with cigarette smoke and other unidentifiable smells. A study of about five years ago revealed that 75% of people do not separate meats and vegetables...

The window of opportunity for Publix, Kroger, or Albertson's to acquire the entirety of Southeastern Grocers has closed. Publix can acquire quantities of quality stores. Albertson's needs to consider if it wants to retry the southeastern United States. Kroger can expand into Florida with its Kroger...

Executed properly, Bi-Lo would have worked well, because by the time the two merged, they didn't really overlap, thus putting both back into areas they had each operated before. Because neither chain was particularly in good health, it hasn't brought, as Wall Street likes to say, the 'proper synerg...

The obvious options for groceries in Florida are supermarkets Publix and Walmart Neighborhood Market and hypermarket Walmart Supercenter. They have likely earned the business of many former Winn-Dixie customers over the years. In the future, Publix will operate more than 800 stores in Florida, and ...

I cannot even believe how bad this looks. My expectations with this chain are pretty low. That remodeled Winn Dixie in Jacksonville was a very pleasant surprise and I felt it had promise. Of course they did not stick to that idea at least I have not heard of any more upscale remodels; more recently...

pseudo3d, you are right about stores having pharmacies closed and hours reduced. Those are two signs stores are preparing to close or are closing. I noticed several Winn-Dixie pharmacies in Florida and Louisiana have closed. Thirteen BI-LO pharmacies (1 in Georgia, 5 in North Carolina, 7 in South C...