Retail Watchers

I have to politely disagree. The fault of all this falls on Comvest and its malfeasance and surreptitious agendas. Haggen is culpable for its incompetence. The FTC, Albertsons (Cerberus) nor the Unions has fault in this mess (least of all the Unions). A root cause analysis (investigation) into Comve...

I agree Super S. The diminishing of choice is at play. Choice of where to shop and choice of where to work. As the scope of choice diminishes, people lose power and by de-facto corporations gain power. Overwhelmingly and in time, this does not bode well for the employee or the consumer (regardless o...

No surprise again!

Fresh & Easy filed bankruptcy today!

LOL

No surprises with this.

Tesco paid over 200 million dollars for Yucaipa Cos. to take over the chain.

I guess they ran out of money.

Fresh & Easy's biggest asset is their distribution and production (dry and fresh) facilities. These facilities are state of the art. Their stores (less than 100) are the problem. The interiors are very poorly designed and would have to be totally gutted. The majority of locations have access and...

Rumors are flying that Fresh & Easy is looking for a buyer or will file bankruptcy again.

With less than 100 stores, I wonder who will take the bait?

Aldi?

Grocery Outlet?

or one of the dollar stores?

Self checkouts are great when the machines work without fail and are "manned" with sufficient (commensurate to volume) and expert helpers for the occasional problem (also to prevent theft). Self checkouts are a disaster when they do not work (mechanically/technologically unsound and poorly...

"Rancho Mirage - I thought they might go for Palm Desert instead because there's a lot more traffic on Highway 111 but they would have to compete directly with Jensen's and a brand new Whole Foods up there. Originally a Pavilions." Agreed! I am very surprised that Gelson's did not take the...

Very observant that you brought up the Facebook thing. Fresh & Easy has always thumped their chest about all the likes and praises of the cult activity from their "loyal fans". Yet, as you accurately stated, that cult following never translated into store traffic (yesterday and today)....

If I would have "registered" my predictions (LOL) of this company I would be a millionaire right now! Ron Burkle's Yucaipa Cos. finally awakened from their coma about A&P, perhaps he finally sees the light regarding Fresh & Easy's final days. Fresh & Easy will finally evolve in...