Retail Watchers

Yes, there was a time where they tried branding the store brand items more generically (though I can't remember the name at the moment) so that they could be used at Hannaford, Food Lion and the other labels they were running at that point (Bottom Dollar and Bloom). The brand was 'My Essentials'. I...

Baked goods have experienced likely the largest inflation hike over the past 10-15 years. To continue this off-topic Walmart bakery talk, I noticed my local WM dropped the price of their mini pies back down to 50 cents, what they used to be pre-inflation. I guess sales plumetted when they raised it...

Usually there is no cashier up front and someone has to stop whatever they are doing to come ring me up. This is not efficient at all for a $1.25 transaction and even worse when I go for just a greeting card (still 50 cents last time I bought one). Dollar Tree has added self-checkouts to a few loca...

Costco does employee bag checks when exiting (which is kind of silly, as we have signs we have the right to look in the bags of members, it isn't something that I've ever seen done. I wonder how much merchandise walks out in diaper bags/large purses/etc.). If its after business hours, we usually do ...

I've seen Self-Checkout added to a few of the higher volume Aldi stores near me and they seem to work just fine and I've never had to wait for them. I typically buy less than 10 items on any one trip so I love it. There is definitely nobody monitoring them (besides the camera at each station with an...

It's shocking how much 'excess' merchandise Target seems to have. I think I posted this before in another topic, but there are several 'no frills' liquidation stores in my area (one has multiple locations) and it seems like the vast majority of their inventory is overstocked/clearance/slightly damag...

I am wondering how many customers they have upset with the pushy subscribe and save program. Not to mention how they strong arm you into those "Prime Trials." They got me on one of those earlier this year, I swear I did not click to accept it, but I got it. I made it worth my while that m...

On the other hand, Wendy's sounds like they're trying to solve a problem they don't have by throwing way too much money at it. Sounds to me that companies come up with these 'ideas' just to generate free press for themselves. It's only a concept at this point and they hope to implement it in a sing...

Wendys has a breakfast promotion running again with this $3 Croissant and Small Breakfast Potatoes. In Reno the Croissant alone is now 4.49 and the potato alone is now 1.99 so this is quite a deal. If you order in the app you can switch out the croissant as bread type for a biscuit, bun, or some ot...

I noticed in the last month or so, the Aldi stores in my area have converted to digital tags. I happened to be in one close to closing time and there was a crew installing them. They are hard to tell that they are even digital unless you pay close attention.