Retail Watchers

Most of the Kragens seem to be ex-Kinney Shoe stores...signs with angled poles and angled roofs. I hate to see the Checker name disappear under the O'Reilly hillbillies :cry: ....Checker was started in AZ as a spinoff of the Yellow Front chain (Army surplus ,Levis, and sporting goods stores)...many ...

The only company with deep pockets to buy Raley's is probably Kroger

Arby's and Wendy's are now owned by the same company...Arby's serves Pepsi, while Wendy's pours Coke

When will one of the fast-feeders go bi-cola? The big C-store operators have both Coke and Pepsi in their fountains.

The People's Republic of Tucson has a so-called "big box" ordinance in attempt to keep out the Super Wallys...the Super WM's are in adjoining areas outside Tucson city limits, like Marana. As are the new Fry's Marketplace stores.

LLC can't run it's own stores, how do they think they can run Bashas" profitably?

A logical combination would be Bashas' and Stater Bros...similar store counts, adjoining markets, similar store sizes, same 'hometown" image...and they buy from the same private-label supplier (Topco)

Another foreign retailer not understanding the US grocery market

It's being converted into a Fry's Signature (upscale)..it was a Smitty's

A number of former Smitty's/Fred Meyers that were converted to Fry's Marketplaces are being changed to traditional Fry's stores...they are too small for the current Marketplace concept.

There seem to be a bunch of Fresh & Easys in Phoenix (most on the Westside) that have been fully signaged, but have not been stocked and have no signs as to when they are to open. Is this also happening in California?

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepubli ... arman.html

Warehouse grocery stores have been a bust in Phoenix in the past.

A few years ago O'Reilly Auto bought CSK Auto (Checker/Schucks/Kragen stores.) In the Checker Auto region (the Southwest) the O'Reilly name seems to be taking over - radio ads in AZ use the "Checker-O'Reilly" jingle (a few use the O'Reilly jingle without the Checker name) :!: The question ...