Retail Watchers

Got it. Yeah, that tube lighting is a disaster. Dominick's stores seemed to be better-maintained than their Safeway- and VONS-branded counterparts. I think the Dominicks Stores seemed better maintained due to being larger, higher ceilings, etc. Maybe it was also because they were brought onto the L...

Hey guys, I need to check out that Jewel on Southport. It’s interesting to see how Jewel has experimented with lighting in the produce area over the years, in my youth in the early 80s the produce area at our Munster IN store had the same bright 1970s 2x4 recesses lighting as the rest of the store. ...

I am not the biggest fan of how Marianos left the Safeway decor, but my point was to show how well the Roundys team chose to update the lighting compared to what Safeway is currently Doing with the miserable exposed tube lighting in the Safeway stores. There is no rhyme or reason to rhose ugly strip...

Thank you Sam, I appreciate the welcome! It’s great to have found a sounding board for design do and don’t tips. Those prices are fairly current. Marianos aka Bob Mariano made a big push into Chicago with beautiful stores and low prices. Prices on items such as the hot bar and olive bar have crept u...

Hey fellow Grocery critiquers, I am a lighting designer, specializing in grocery store and retail lighting. I cannot believe my eyes when I see what Albertsons has done to the Safeway stores in term of lighting. These raw tacky strip lights are a throwback to the 1970s and do not at all look appeali...