Retail Watchers

Mergers are often not about long-term plans. Executives want to push the merger through either because they will get a payday, or for sake of ego.

If this merger falls through, Kroger will of course be fine, but Albertsons will be in trouble thanks to their reckless special dividend. That is, however, a problem of their own doing, so I suppose they can deal with the consequences of it. I don't think it will result in job loss, because many of ...

The problem with Pavilions is, why do they sell the Value Corner brand? QFC never sold any of the p$$t owl brand for the same reason Food 4 Less doesn't sell Private Selection. That brand does not belong in most Albertsons stores, except for working-class areas. The Value Corner packaging looks lik...

And that's how Ralphs has diluted the Fresh Fare mark so it's meaningless. They are ruining it like Safeway did with Pavilions. There are too many that are also in name only. How would that dilute anything? Most people don't shop for groceries outside their immediate area. A customer of one Fresh F...

And that's how Ralphs has diluted the Fresh Fare mark so it's meaningless. They are ruining it like Safeway did with Pavilions. There are too many that are also in name only. How would that dilute anything? Most people don't shop for groceries outside their immediate area. A customer of one Fresh F...

Here, the reusable thick plastic bags have both logos prominently on the front (Safeway / Albertsons). Does VONS not use something similar? I suppose your friends may also use their own bags (good on 'em). My sister is in an Oregon market with several of both branded stores and still forgets. :?: A...

Well, that may be the case, but "unlawful" has never been a deterrent for that type of collusion before. Just sayin....................................🤷‍♂️ All eyes are on this merger right now. Kroger and Albertsons know that opponents are looking for any excuse to block it. If they want...

Vons has given me $10 off basket coupons for the last 3 weeks in a row. I wonder how this fits into their pricing strategy. Perhaps they figure that these coupons will attract customers who will then do their weekly shopping there, but I think most people will be able to figure out that the $10 off ...

Most likely it was shipped through a service called Multi-Channel Fulfillment, which is where Amazon will store a seller's product in their warehouse and ship it out to customers who buy it on other sites. If the seller sells on both Amazon and eBay, this can be efficient. I too miss half.com. I now...

Here's the problem with that store count idea: the areas with the highest overlaps also are the highest volumes. They are not going to want to let a single store in the top two quartiles of run rate go without a fight. If they divested 30% of the Albertsons Co's stores but those were mostly in SoCa...