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by wnetmacman
March 11th, 2024, 7:38 pm
Forum: Non Region-Specific
Topic: 🛒 Kroger-Albertsons Merger: National Impact
Replies: 370
Views: 23740

Re: 🛒 Kroger-Albertsons Merger: National Impact

Wasn't LA Pantry format? That's radically different from what they build today. Lake Charles was indeed a Pantry store, opened in a former Delchamps that failed before the majority of the chain, also known as Strike 1. The store was next to a successful D1 Walmart that moved up the road soon after,...
by wnetmacman
March 11th, 2024, 1:17 pm
Forum: Non Region-Specific
Topic: 🛒 Kroger-Albertsons Merger: National Impact
Replies: 370
Views: 23740

Re: 🛒 Kroger-Albertsons Merger: National Impact

Admittedly it's been a while since I've visited a Publix. I remember their chicken tender sub--good stuff! But there's nothing of the sort like at H-E-B, and H-E-B quality ranges wildly in quality. There's the H-E-B brand, the Hill Country Fare brand (sometimes co-existing on the same products), an...
by wnetmacman
March 7th, 2024, 4:16 pm
Forum: Southeast USA
Topic: ALDI to acquire Winn-Dixie
Replies: 210
Views: 19133

Re: ALDI to acquire Winn-Dixie

Right, but unless Aldi is planning something big, they probably aren't going to run full-size stores for very long. It's been speculated that once SEG finishes with them they'll offload the scraps to another buyer like C&S and/or independents (if not close them entirely). Aldi's Announcement sa...
by wnetmacman
March 7th, 2024, 3:26 pm
Forum: Southeast USA
Topic: ALDI to acquire Winn-Dixie
Replies: 210
Views: 19133

Re: ALDI to acquire Winn-Dixie

The deal officially closed today, SEG is now owned by Aldi Sud with plans to convert a "significant number" of stores over the next few years. I wonder if any stores will be on the sale block... I don't believe they intend to sell anything. Stores that do not become Aldi will stay WD or H...
by wnetmacman
March 5th, 2024, 12:42 pm
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: Target Paid Membership Program?
Replies: 55
Views: 2061

Re: Target Paid Membership Program?

Things I have with Walmart+ that do not come with this program: Free Paramount+ 10 cent/gallon gas discount Free delivery of all orders Free Flat Repair regardless of where tire came from Scan & Go This new Target plan gets you free delivery from Shipt *if* you spend $35 or more. And you still h...
by wnetmacman
February 29th, 2024, 12:40 pm
Forum: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Arby's $1 Sliders
Replies: 11
Views: 672

Re: Arby's $1 Sliders

There is a problem with using the Arby's app for these deals. They do not force franchisees to use it. Two of the largest franchisees, Love's Travel Centers and Pilot Flying J, do not allow them, instead using their own systems there. So if your local Arby's is in one of these two, you can forget th...
by wnetmacman
February 16th, 2024, 6:30 am
Forum: Specialty Retail Chains
Topic: Dollar General and the like.....
Replies: 19
Views: 992

Re: Dollar General and the like.....

I don't think the people who write these articles understand what Dollar General is. It isn't the same format as Dollar Tree. Dollar General sells the same products other stores sell... same stuff the major grocers, drug chains, Wal Mart, etc. sell. Same sizes. Dollar Tree... yes... gets special si...
by wnetmacman
February 15th, 2024, 2:36 pm
Forum: Specialty Retail Chains
Topic: Dollar General and the like.....
Replies: 19
Views: 992

Re: Dollar General and the like.....

Not surprising to me as well, but many think they are getting a bargain and when you factor in "time", gasoline and the fact that you have to go to another retailer to finish your shop, you are actually losing money. That, also, is by design. If you drive through rural America, there are ...
by wnetmacman
February 15th, 2024, 8:59 am
Forum: Specialty Retail Chains
Topic: Dollar General and the like.....
Replies: 19
Views: 992

Re: Dollar General and the like.....

I don't really feel that this is a surprise at all. I've known for many years that retailers purposely leverage buying power to get sizes and the like to fit their market. Just look around Dollar Tree and Dollar General all day, and you'll never find the size you can get from Walmart or your chosen ...
by wnetmacman
February 15th, 2024, 8:18 am
Forum: Restaurant Chains
Topic: How Taco Bell Crippled KFC & Pizza Hut
Replies: 5
Views: 456

Re: How Taco Bell Crippled KFC & Pizza Hut

I do want to correct one thing---KFC has not cut chicken in store in at least 35 years I did not know how long that had been happening, but I do know it was part of the quality change. I seem to remember somewhere seeing that after KFC was becoming more standardized, the Colonel himself was still s...