Retail Watchers

In the Los Angeles Sunday Times today, first time I've seen an ad insert where one one side of the ad is for Vons/Pavilions and the opposite side of ad is for Albertsons. Almost all the ad specials were identical. Getting closer to a combined ad.

Grocery Outlet in Long Beach prepares for opening this week
http://www.presstelegram.com/business/2 ... ch-opening

I was in a Smiths in Henderson, NV recently and it had some kind of juice bar operation. The name was not recognizable, and it had a Kroger cash register. Maybe it is an in-house juice program. Ralphs Fresh Fare in Westwood Village also has an in-house juice bar. It's located between the produce de...

Gelson's announced they would build their second store in Hollywood at the corner of Sunset & Gardner, three blocks west of the high-volume but sketchy 'Rock & Roll' Ralphs. How times have changed. That neighborhood could never have supported a Gelson's five years ago. http://www.prnewswire...

Haggen to close Puyallup store before transfer to Albertsons
"According to court filings, Haggen was required to deliver each of the 30 stores it sold back to Albertsons “dark.”
http://www.seattletimes.com/business/re ... lbertsons/

Safeway has a bunch of manufacturing operations (Bread, dairy, soda canning) clustered in Bellevue, but I suspect that most (if not all) will probably be closed down at some point in the near future, if for no other reason than the fact that the land they're on has gotten rather valuable and is bei...

Riverside location is a former Vons.
Rubidioux will be a new build

http://www.dailybulletin.com/business/2 ... pand-reach

Albertsons to replace former Haggen, former Vons in Summerlin, Nevada
http://www.reviewjournal.com/business/r ... -summerlin

Gelson's Del Mar review
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/new ... nts-module

Here's a video of the trash and graffiti at the North Park former Haggen
http://www.10news.com/news/north-park-r ... or-eyesore