Retail Watchers

Update -
Blackfoot and Burley are opening as Gordman's
https://localnews8.com/news/2020/03/11/ ... blackfoot/
https://www.kpvi.com/news/local_news/go ... bdba6.html

CVS is taking over the pharmacy department, similar to what they did at Target a few years ago. In a few cases, they felt the grocery was too close to another CVS Pharmacy so they are "selling those records" to the nearby pharmacy instead of choosing to operate inside the supermarket. CVS ...

While we haven't seen any further reports (as of this writing), bankruptcy proceedings can be filed on the weekend, as we saw with Haggen, if I recall correctly. So, I suppose it's possible that store suddenly was phoned in by a regional manager or something and "closed early" to discuss w...

Test program launched in "the midwest" for this app that allows stores to sell items close to marked ' sell by / use by ' dates at a discount to customers. Apparently this app is very popular in Canada, according to the article. Canada’s popular Flashfood app is now a pilot program in the ...

This store is immediately near a natural foods store (small) and WinCo Foods. Idaho Falls' Fred Meyer store is currently receiving the Kroger Marketplace decor and reset. The highlight? The company is offering jobs at FM to the 90 or so Smith's employees. https://www.eastidahonews.com/2020/03/smiths...

retailfanmitchell019 wrote: ↑March 1st, 2020, 10:27 am and Battle Ground. Fun fact: The Battle Ground store is one of the very few remaining stores to still have its original Grocery Palace decor.

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I didn't know this. Sounds like I need to plan an R&R trip to the Battle Ground area.

It appears the stand-alone location near Idaho Falls, Idaho finally gave up the ghost and closed. It's now a Burger King. *However* there are locations in Blackfoot, Idaho (attached to a C-store gas station property) and Pocatello, Idaho (fully stand alone). Since the last person gave an address, he...

The "Marmalade District" as realtors re-branded this part of northwest Salt Lake City starting about 15 years ago.... ... has apparently gained enough population to finally support its own grocery store. Salt Lake City’s Marmalade neighborhood get its first grocery store in decades The ar...

Another San Francisco, California Walgreens is closing. The 730 Market Street store will close March 3. It is the seventh Walgreens store to close in the city since early 2019. An employee from the closing store described a bum rush of homeless people grabbing merchandise and running. They had to l...