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by arizonaguy
October 24th, 2016, 12:28 pm
Forum: California USA
Topic: Ralphs Riverside Closing Nov. 11, Stater Bros. to replace
Replies: 29
Views: 12565

Re: Ralphs Riverside Closing Nov. 11, Stater Bros. to replace

I'm not going to go off on a tangent regarding unions and my opinion of them, but a company just can't retreat when it smells competition, that's incredibly bad business decisions. The wide swath of destruction from Walmart has been from companies who largely could not or did not conform to the fut...
by arizonaguy
October 22nd, 2016, 9:18 pm
Forum: Northwest, Rockies, & Alaska USA
Topic: [BREAKING] Denver Albertsons stores to become Safeway
Replies: 34
Views: 13679

Re: [BREAKING] Denver Albertsons stores to become Safeway

Thank you storewanderer and arizonaguy. Definitely checking the area out on my way home today. Does anyone know whether the Walmart at Southern and Rural in Tempe started out as something else and, if so, what it was? The ceilings are very low and the building just doesn't look like something Walma...
by arizonaguy
October 22nd, 2016, 10:53 am
Forum: Northwest, Rockies, & Alaska USA
Topic: [BREAKING] Denver Albertsons stores to become Safeway
Replies: 34
Views: 13679

Re: [BREAKING] Denver Albertsons stores to become Safeway

I think there may be a Fred Meyer wall standing on some portion of Bethany Home/35th but the Wal Mart shows no relationship at all to it. That is not a pleasant Wal Mart. What a terrible spot for Fred Meyer to have made a full line store debut in Phoenix. Whoever picked that location... I believe t...
by arizonaguy
October 22nd, 2016, 9:40 am
Forum: California USA
Topic: Ralphs Riverside Closing Nov. 11, Stater Bros. to replace
Replies: 29
Views: 12565

Re: Ralphs Riverside Closing Nov. 11, Stater Bros. to replace

Last ditch effort to save performance by doing a remodel? That could be part of it. I think the bigger issue has to deal with the expansion of non-union price impact chains like Aldi and Smart & Final. These remodels were done before Aldi announced their expansion and before Smart & Final p...
by arizonaguy
October 22nd, 2016, 9:35 am
Forum: Northwest, Rockies, & Alaska USA
Topic: [BREAKING] Denver Albertsons stores to become Safeway
Replies: 34
Views: 13679

Re: [BREAKING] Denver Albertsons stores to become Safeway

Thank you storewanderer and arizonaguy. Definitely checking the area out on my way home today. Does anyone know whether the Walmart at Southern and Rural in Tempe started out as something else and, if so, what it was? The ceilings are very low and the building just doesn't look like something Walma...
by arizonaguy
October 22nd, 2016, 1:41 am
Forum: Non Region-Specific
Topic: Integration of Albertsons and Safeway
Replies: 711
Views: 271395

Re: Integration of Albertsons and Safeway

The store locator on Safeway.com now lists all stores owned by the combined company if they're located in places where Albertsons and a Safeway banner overlap as long as it's in a division that operates both an Albertsons and Safeway or former Safeway bannered stores. The store locator on Safeway.co...
by arizonaguy
October 22nd, 2016, 1:24 am
Forum: Northwest, Rockies, & Alaska USA
Topic: [BREAKING] Denver Albertsons stores to become Safeway
Replies: 34
Views: 13679

Re: [BREAKING] Denver Albertsons stores to become Safeway

The intersection in question is Greenway and Tatum in Phoenix where Safeway is moving into a closed Albertsons across the street. Don't forget the Frys Signature Marketplace at Tatum and Shea (another Albertsons at that intersection also). Tatum Blvd. from Deer Valley Rd. to Shea Blvd. is a really ...
by arizonaguy
October 20th, 2016, 11:16 am
Forum: Northwest, Rockies, & Alaska USA
Topic: [BREAKING] Denver Albertsons stores to become Safeway
Replies: 34
Views: 13679

Re: [BREAKING] Denver Albertsons stores to become Safeway

An Albertsons in Glendale, AZ at 59th Ave and Beardsley closed in June as did a Safeway in Tucson, AZ. However, they are re-opening the ex-Safeway and ex-Haggen in Anthem, AZ. They're also converting a shuttered Albertsons (that closed in 2014) into a Safeway (and will close the existing Safeway acr...
by arizonaguy
October 4th, 2016, 11:29 pm
Forum: Southwest & Hawai'i USA (Excluding California)
Topic: McKinney Albertsons converting to Tom Thumb
Replies: 34
Views: 16282

Re: McKinney Albertsons converting to Tom Thumb

Like the Murphy store, I do wonder what the status of the lease is on the other McKinney Albertsons. Either way, though, if they are going to stick with Tom Thumb, why not do something interesting with the brand? Maybe an exclusive decor set. Bring back the lawn and garden center. Anything would be...
by arizonaguy
September 29th, 2016, 9:09 am
Forum: Northwest, Rockies, & Alaska USA
Topic: Fred Meyer "Spokane Test" - eliminate dedicated electronics, reduce GM, expand liquor/food, require card for sale prices
Replies: 78
Views: 36762

Re: Fred Meyer "Spokane Test" - eliminate dedicated electronics, reduce GM, expand liquor/food, require card for sale pr

This seems to be a continuation of the recent "loose cannon"-ization of Kroger. Not to the extent of Albertsons, which has been buying and closing stores since the late 1990s. But Kroger has been doing some unusual things lately. Buying Harris Teeter and not doing much with it, a partners...