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by storewanderer
November 9th, 2020, 5:55 pm
Forum: Southwest & Hawai'i USA (Excluding California)
Topic: Another new Tom Thumb announced - this time in East Dallas
Replies: 12
Views: 9336

Re: Another new Tom Thumb announced - this time in East Dallas

I always thought the analysts were largely wrong about the Safeway/Albertsons merger and how they predicted abandoning markets, especially Dallas since Albertsons not only kept a small base of stores there but invested in the area with United. I think there is still a risk of them abandoning market...
by storewanderer
November 9th, 2020, 5:43 pm
Forum: Southwest & Hawai'i USA (Excluding California)
Topic: ABC15's Phoenix comparisons
Replies: 14
Views: 7001

Re: ABC15's Phoenix comparisons

I live within 10 minutes of at least one Walmart, Safeway, SuperTarget, WinCo, Fry's, and Bashas'. I find I shop Safeway the most. My local Safeway has friendly employees and Safeway's recent sale flyers beat Fry's. Safeway does also seem to have higher quality perimeters. For national brands I do ...
by storewanderer
November 9th, 2020, 5:33 pm
Forum: Northwest, Rockies, & Alaska USA
Topic: Portland, Ore. area grocery price comparison
Replies: 15
Views: 9539

Re: Portland, Ore. area grocery price comparison

Resurrecting an old thread to add some thoughts from late 2020— I had to order groceries online as I was trying to be responsible about limiting contact with others, I've come from a COVID-19 "hot spot" (where isn't at this point :oops: , but definitely hotter than Oregon) so I decided to...
by storewanderer
November 8th, 2020, 6:10 pm
Forum: Non Region-Specific
Topic: Coronavirus Fears and Empty Supermarkets
Replies: 423
Views: 100383

Re: Coronavirus Fears and Empty Supermarkets

Whole Foods is limiting purchases. You can only buy 2 frozen pizzas. People are cooking more at home now. Also, there is an aluminium can shortage. Diet root beer and diet cream soda is in short supply. They are rationing aluminum cans. Only the most popular sodas are being produced right now. Diet...
by storewanderer
November 8th, 2020, 1:24 pm
Forum: Specialty Retail Chains
Topic: Pet Valu closing all US Stores- liquidation sales start immediately
Replies: 16
Views: 4931

Re: Pet Valu closing all US Stores- liquidation sales start immediately

One shipper who seemed to do a really good job with their boxes actually holding up during transit was Chewy. I had a few customers who ordered from them and those cartons were very sturdy and secured properly. But I've been retired for a couple years now and while the parcel avalanche had begun th...
by storewanderer
November 8th, 2020, 1:18 pm
Forum: Non Region-Specific
Topic: Private label products being sold at other chains
Replies: 65
Views: 22584

Re: Private label products being sold at other chains

Was there a lot of the O Organic product? I've seen instances in the past of a one-off item at Walmart (e.g. a bottle of Meijer-branded vitamins) that I suspect is a derivative of somebody convincing customer service to accept it as a return. My local Kohl's has numerous J Ferrar products right now...
by storewanderer
November 8th, 2020, 1:16 pm
Forum: Non Region-Specific
Topic: Stores Returning to Regular Hours
Replies: 91
Views: 24880

Re: Stores Returning to Regular Hours

Surprisingly, most Ralphs have returned to their pre-COVID operating hours (opening at 5AM/6AM, closing at 12AM/1AM; some stores in/near LA stay open later). Heck, even the stores near me that closed at 12AM prior to COVID have been extended to 1AM. I had envisioned that midnight would become the n...
by storewanderer
November 8th, 2020, 1:08 pm
Forum: Southwest & Hawai'i USA (Excluding California)
Topic: Another new Tom Thumb announced - this time in East Dallas
Replies: 12
Views: 9336

Re: Another new Tom Thumb announced - this time in East Dallas

When Albertsons and Safeway merged 5 years ago, many analysists predicted the combined Dallas operations would be sold off to HEB as a way to reduce debt. Albertsons has closed numerous stores and lost a few points in market share, but it's great to see them opening new stores. I think there are a ...
by storewanderer
November 8th, 2020, 1:03 pm
Forum: California USA
Topic: Pavilions?
Replies: 94
Views: 29695

Re: Pavilions?

When I went into that Pavilions when it was still a Pavilions it was a boring standard issue Safeway Store that was having obvious volume issues; unimpressive clean and neat but lightly stocked store. This store should not have had the Pavilions banner based on how it was being operated at that poin...
by storewanderer
November 7th, 2020, 7:46 pm
Forum: Specialty Retail Chains
Topic: Pet Valu closing all US Stores- liquidation sales start immediately
Replies: 16
Views: 4931

Re: Pet Valu closing all US Stores- liquidation sales start immediately

Speaking of being cost effective, here's a good one-how can it be cost effective to ship a 10 lb. bag of ice melt via Fed Ex? I had a customer do that one time a few years back in spite of the fact that there are numerous stores within blocks of their address which sell the stuff. I remember walkin...