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by jamcool
March 13th, 2024, 9:36 am
Forum: Specialty Retail Chains
Topic: Dollar Tree - Family Dollar
Replies: 15
Views: 650

Re: Dollar Tree - Family Dollar

I suspect most of those FD stores are in certain neighborhoods with high crime rates.
And does DG take over the closed FD sites.
by jamcool
March 7th, 2024, 4:42 pm
Forum: Gas Stations & Convenience Stores
Topic: 7-Eleven buying large chunk of Sunoco
Replies: 37
Views: 2221

Re: 7-Eleven buying large chunk of Sunoco

Hard to keep a cleanliness/friendlyness campaign when you run a mostly franchise operation, most of who are one and two store operators with long term contracts who basically run a liquor store with Slurpees.
by jamcool
March 6th, 2024, 7:47 am
Forum: Gas Stations & Convenience Stores
Topic: 7-Eleven buying large chunk of Sunoco
Replies: 37
Views: 2221

Re: 7-Eleven buying large chunk of Sunoco

It looks like 7-11 isn’t going to drop the Speedway brand anytime soon. They just started a major ad campaign for the Speedway brand which includes offering Slurpees and Big Gulps. What seems to be happening is the 7-11 banner being emphasized in urban markets, with Speedway in the more rural areas-...
by jamcool
February 28th, 2024, 9:17 am
Forum: Midwest & Plains USA
Topic: Publix entering Louisville, KY in 2023
Replies: 126
Views: 30612

Re: Publix entering Louisville, KY in 2023

How do the Safeways in the Colorado Mountain towns do compared to Denver? I suspect that is the cash cow for that division, (the way smaller towns are for Safeway in AZ.) The only major rival in those mountain towns is City Market-whose stores are very different from partner King Soopers.
by jamcool
February 26th, 2024, 8:53 pm
Forum: Non Region-Specific
Topic: 🛒 Kroger-Albertsons Merger: National Impact
Replies: 364
Views: 23591

Re: FTC Sues to block Kroger-Albertsons merger

See, that's the thing. If they want to just have a good profitable division without forcing to show growth, Ralphs is it. If they want #1 or a close #2 in their markets, maybe Ralphs isn't the place they should focus on. If they want to just show growth, they can do so organically, you know, actual...
by jamcool
February 23rd, 2024, 7:03 am
Forum: Gas Stations & Convenience Stores
Topic: QT expanding to Vegas
Replies: 17
Views: 993

Re: QT expanding to Vegas

QT in Phoenix is mostly building along the freeway system-for example there will be two QT sites at the 91st Ave/I-10 interchange- one just N of I-10 and another S of I-10 (sharing a site with McDonald’s and Starbucks)
by jamcool
February 20th, 2024, 5:47 am
Forum: Drugstore Chains
Topic: Rite Aid closing at least 63 stores
Replies: 1500
Views: 141933

Re: Rite Aid closing at least 63 stores

storewanderer wrote: February 20th, 2024, 1:15 am Current store counts-2/20:
CA 379
ID 9
OR 51
WA 99
WA Bartell ??50??
Would be enough stores for a spin-off “Thrifty-Payless” chain…if someone was interested.
by jamcool
February 16th, 2024, 10:17 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

Washing cups/plates/ etc requires hot water, requiring more energy use, detergent which is a pollutant, and creates waste water. More pollution and energy use than a paper cup, which comes from a tree that is grown to make paper or even a foam cup.
by jamcool
February 9th, 2024, 8:06 am
Forum: California USA
Topic: CA Attempts to ban super thick plastic bags
Replies: 13
Views: 586

Re: CA Attempts to ban super thick plastic bags

One thick bag equals two or three of those micro thin plastic bags that rip apart and puncture easily. No energy saving or waste reduction at all. Why don’t you just reuse the thick plastic bag?
by jamcool
February 8th, 2024, 11:17 am
Forum: Gas Stations & Convenience Stores
Topic: QT expanding to Vegas
Replies: 17
Views: 993

Re: QT expanding to Vegas

Terrible Herbst…they also run casinos and car washes in Nevada.