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by BatteryMill
July 25th, 2023, 8:34 pm
Forum: California USA
Topic: Raleys to partner with Starbucks
Replies: 24
Views: 2968

Re: Raleys to partner with Starbucks

Seems like Starbucks is at a whole ton of retail chains now.
by BatteryMill
July 24th, 2023, 4:41 pm
Forum: Non Region-Specific
Topic: 2023 Lidl closings
Replies: 53
Views: 4361

Re: 2023 Lidl closings

This story has taken an interesting turn, particularly for the Maryland stores: https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/ ... arket.html
by BatteryMill
July 14th, 2023, 10:46 pm
Forum: Non Region-Specific
Topic: 2023 Lidl closings
Replies: 53
Views: 4361

Re: 2023 Lidl closings

Add District Heights, MD/Oxon Hill, MD to the closing list. The store is right at the border between the two areas. https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2023/07/12/lidl-closing-district-heights-store-others.html This is one of the Shoppers locations that Lidl purchased in 2019/2020. Brooklyn...
by BatteryMill
July 12th, 2023, 9:38 am
Forum: Non Region-Specific
Topic: 2023 Lidl closings
Replies: 53
Views: 4361

Re: 2023 Lidl closings

Yet they do continue to open/announce new stores... It is unfortunate. I think their format is excellent. The problem is they must not be pulling the volumes they need, and some of the stores they are opening strike me as oversized. The expense structure may be too high. Something is clearly not wo...
by BatteryMill
July 11th, 2023, 4:53 pm
Forum: Non Region-Specific
Topic: 2023 Lidl closings
Replies: 53
Views: 4361

2023 Lidl closings

In the past few weeks, Lidl has announced a string of closings across their U.S. store base. So far closing are: Brooklyn Park, MD Thomasville, NC Burlington, NJ Howell, NJ Florence, SC Charlottesville, VA Richmond, VA This has to be their largest closing round since operations began in 2017. What's...
by BatteryMill
June 17th, 2023, 7:57 pm
Forum: Non Region-Specific
Topic: My kind of store :-)
Replies: 8
Views: 1084

Re: My kind of store :-)

While I do like some of the elements, and the features of the store it still strikes me as typical to what every grocery retailer is doing now. I prefer what Hy-Vee had right before this.
by BatteryMill
June 14th, 2023, 9:25 pm
Forum: Restaurant Chains
Topic: McDonald’s Grimace Meal
Replies: 49
Views: 3845

Re: McDonald’s Grimace Meal

Someone must have made a mistake. Generation X is not usually targeted by a fast-food campaign. It's usually Boomers and Gen Z. '90s nostalgia has been profitable for a while now. Not to mention that generation probably has the fondest memories of McDonald's past. Personally I like this campaign, b...
by BatteryMill
June 10th, 2023, 10:43 pm
Forum: Northeast USA
Topic: Wegmans to close Natick, MA location
Replies: 40
Views: 5617

Re: Wegmans to close Natick, MA location

Several items come to mind: Selling the "national" brands of chips and pretzels like Lays and Rold Gold instead of the local PA brands like Snyders of Hanover or Herrs. Also not selling Hatfield pork products. With Hatfield I wonder if not selling the product was related to Hatfield being...
by BatteryMill
June 9th, 2023, 9:30 pm
Forum: Northeast USA
Topic: Wegmans to close Natick, MA location
Replies: 40
Views: 5617

Re: Wegmans to close Natick, MA location

It sounds a lot like when Giant-MD tried expanding to the Philly area with their Super G stores. They were carbon copies of the stores that Giant operated in their home market down to the products that were being sold in a market that had specific tastes and brands of their own. No surprise that Su...
by BatteryMill
June 6th, 2023, 3:40 pm
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: TransformCo (Sears/Kmart) Official Thread 2023: Finally the end?
Replies: 74
Views: 14586

Re: TransformCo (Sears/Kmart) Official Thread 2023: Finally the end?

One of the four Kmarts on the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Sunshine Mall in Fredriksted, is now closing per the SB360 website.