Retail Watchers

Seems like a situation where something else (like an IGA) might work out to be an option to take over the spot, rather than a bigger chain.

Haven't been in the local Target since probably before Thanksgiving but at the time they were still not charging for bags. Don't know if that's changed since but they were eating the cost up to that point. And of all the stores, their bags are probably the most durable and sturdy ones around. They ...

Would be sensible to let that stay there - both an employee food option and potentially a place to set up as a way to test/demonstrate games they may have or be working on for others to sample...

Does seem surprising that they wouldn't have a water based system set up on a more permanent basis. Seems to work fairly well for anything from small islands (like Nantucket/Martha's Vineyard in MA) to small cities (like Juneau in Alaska, where although on the "mainland" there is no road a...

Price Chopper up here in NY had them for $1.49 a couple weeks back - no clue as to what they were or where from, though. Are these one of those fruit/veggie items that have a "season" that occurs in different spots? One I notice like that is Asparagus - usually fairly high priced, but a fe...

McDonald's used to offer a chicken patty sandwich or cheeseburger for $1 which wasn't bad. I used to get that along with $1 fry and $1 drink. It's probably been nearly 10 years already since they offered that. The cheeseburgers always seemed to greasy to me though. They are (or were a couple months...

I feel like if Boston Market was well ahead of it's time in terms of fast-casual restaurants. Over the years they have disappeared from my area as well (Philly suburbs, just about all the locations started off as Roy Rogers locations until they almost all but vanished in the mid-90s). I actually ha...

then at that one, on the exterior of the building (which is a dark brown color), the Rite Aid part was in white letters... not blue and green. I've noticed this on several updated locations, at least their newer-constructed buildings that have darker colors...white signage on the building itself. I...

I see the chain was sold by Sun Capital last year and its unit count seems to be declining every year. I guess almost all of their locations are corporate operated, except some military base locations are licensed. I know one of the few remaining ones locally closed up, sometime in the last year or...

JC Penney in the Reno Mall has now changed so the only way you can get into the store is via the mall entrance. All of the exterior entrances are closed. They have paper taped over the doors and the doors are deadbolted shut (no emergency exit release). I think they have not heard of the fire code....