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by retailfanmitchell019
April 27th, 2021, 9:59 am
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: Is 2021 finally the end for Sears/Kmart?
Replies: 266
Views: 63417

Re: Is 2021 finally the end for Sears/Kmart?

Perhaps I should have said Incompetent Retailer. He deserves no acknowledgment for his skills of low brow profit by desiccation. A vampire capitalist comes to mind. ;-) What does Eddie want to do? Does Eddie want to keep his cash in his hedge fund and liquidate Sears/Kmart, or does he want to suppo...
by retailfanmitchell019
April 27th, 2021, 9:39 am
Forum: Drugstore Chains
Topic: Thrifty Rite Aid Branded Stores
Replies: 23
Views: 7855

Re: Thrifty Rite Aid Branded Stores

Super S wrote: April 27th, 2021, 9:33 am I sometimes wonder how well the Thrifty ice cream would sell if supermarkets carried it.
Haggen actually sold Thrifty ice cream during their 6 month stay in California.
by retailfanmitchell019
April 26th, 2021, 4:53 pm
Forum: California USA
Topic: Montecito VONS
Replies: 4
Views: 2446

Re: Montecito VONS

Heard today from some employees that this store is converting to Pavilions. Seems to make sense for this part of Santa Barbara County. Not sure how big the store is but hopefully it comes out nice and thrives. The Vons there is around 35000 sqft. In any case, this would be the first Pavilions in Sa...
by retailfanmitchell019
April 26th, 2021, 12:34 pm
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: Is 2021 finally the end for Sears/Kmart?
Replies: 266
Views: 63417

Re: Is 2021 finally the end for Sears/Kmart?

saw a note in the Detroit Free Press that the Marshall, MI KMart which is still open apparently has a landlord in California (in a story about Meijer taking over a defunct KMart in Lake Orion, MI) That landlord might just be the boogeyman for the Marshall, MI Kmart. Landlords have been known in CA ...
by retailfanmitchell019
April 23rd, 2021, 11:48 am
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: Target 2021
Replies: 50
Views: 16242

Re: Target 2021

Small tidbit about Pizza Hut--according to Yum Brands annual report apparently Target pays Pizza Hut about $5 million for the ability to run Pizza Huts in their stores, and a $1 million rebate went in the other direction (Pizza Hut to Target)...net is that Target pays about $4 million to have Pizza...
by retailfanmitchell019
April 23rd, 2021, 9:53 am
Forum: Southwest & Hawai'i USA (Excluding California)
Topic: Brookshire Bros. opening - College Station, TX
Replies: 3
Views: 2114

Re: Brookshire Bros. opening - College Station, TX

pseudo3d wrote: April 22nd, 2021, 10:01 pm but most of the independents are/were supplied by Grocers Supply Company, which had pretty bad produce.
I think that wholesaler distributes the Parade brand from private label broker Federated Foods: http://www.fedgroup.com/
by retailfanmitchell019
April 23rd, 2021, 9:46 am
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: Is 2021 finally the end for Sears/Kmart?
Replies: 266
Views: 63417

Re: Is 2021 finally the end for Sears/Kmart?

While Sears is on its deathbed here in the States, Sears Mexico (spun off from US stores in 1997) is thriving: https://www.businessinsider.com/sears-s ... ico-2019-2
by retailfanmitchell019
April 21st, 2021, 5:08 pm
Forum: Non Region-Specific
Topic: Albertsons Cos adding another house brand (wine)
Replies: 33
Views: 8717

Re: Albertsons Cos adding another house brand (wine)

jamcool wrote: April 21st, 2021, 4:52 pm Albertsons primary private label before all of the mergers was Janet Lee (an Albertson relative?)
Yes, Janet Lee was discontinued in the late 90's.
by retailfanmitchell019
April 21st, 2021, 1:43 pm
Forum: Non Region-Specific
Topic: Albertsons Cos adding another house brand (wine)
Replies: 33
Views: 8717

Re: Albertsons Cos adding another house brand (wine)

jamcool wrote: April 21st, 2021, 1:22 pm The problem is that shoppers at Jewel, Star, and Acme would wonder what the Hell is "Albertsons Brand"
Kroger uses its own name everywhere now and it works for them.
by retailfanmitchell019
April 21st, 2021, 10:20 am
Forum: Non Region-Specific
Topic: Albertsons Cos adding another house brand (wine)
Replies: 33
Views: 8717

Re: Albertsons Cos adding another house brand (wine)

Albertsons probably needs to re-work their entire private label line. The line is a mess. Maybe they should start using the Albertsons name on store brand products again, like Kroger using their name on everything. It probably wouldn't make much of a difference at this point. The Select name should...