Retail Watchers

Their new stores don't look very good; too much brown and too dark. Sizing of certain departments in their new stores is also a bit awkward. I think they may look a little better than Safeway Lifestyle though, which I don't care for at all in terms of decor and color scheme. There are some stores Ra...

I was surprised to find the one in downtown Salt Lake City still Open 24 Hours a few weeks ago. It had not been rebranded however somewhere in one of the suburbs I saw a rebranded location in a strip mall. Or.. maybe it was a new location. It was about the size of a UPS Store, if that. Maybe FedEx w...

Northern Nevada has: (Reno/Sparks/Carson City/Fernley/Dayton/Fallon/Gardnerville) Wal Mart Supercenters (8 stores) Scolaris (13 stores -3 of which operate as Sak N Save) Save Mart (9 stores) Raleys (10 stores) Smiths (6 stores) Safeway (4 stores) Winco (2 stores) King Ranch Hispanic (1 store) Whole ...

What do we think of this? He left abruptly in 2002 after the failed Las Vegas expansion and all was quiet about him until last year when it came known that he and some investors were trying to displace Corti Brothers in Sacramento. Now he has back to Raleys. I think the grocery environment has gotte...

It sounds like the store had a leased bakery and pharmacy if I read the article right. I've driven by this store and it is really a nasty area but the store looked like quite a throwback. I was never quite courageous enough to go in. Frankly I wasn't even tempted.

Supervalu is just in trouble. They need to cut costs wherever they can. There are a lot of mixed feelings on whether or not a 24hour grocery operation is a good thing or a bad thing, especially in stores that do little business during the overnight hours. One thought is that since you usually have e...

Closing a new store after less than a year? http://www.insidebayarea.com/business/ci_14088630

Maybe because this format is not very good, prices are not good, and produce quality is awful. I question how long the Reno one will last.

I think a lot more Save Mart operations lost their in - store banking operations as Bank of America pulled from many of their in store branches in recent months. This can hurt store traffic too. There is a Scolaris I frequently go into simply because there is a Wells Fargo ATM and Branch inside. If ...

Don't even get me started about what I think of Fred Meyer selling gift cards for various of its competition: Kohls, Sears, Best Buy, Macys, Home Depot, and the list goes on and on. Lots of restaurant gift cards too. I wonder if Fred Meyer was doing the buy $100 of gift cards receive $10 off instant...

This article is incorrect on the store counts. Supervalu had six stores for sale: These stores were excluded from the sale to Associated from the start: Orem: 2 stores West Jordan: 2 stores These additional stores were excluded from the sale when it closed: Tooele: 1 store due to FTC concern Taylors...