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by klkla
May 26th, 2021, 10:49 pm
Forum: Northwest, Rockies, & Alaska USA
Topic: Albertsons continues to disappear from WA
Replies: 127
Views: 34073

Re: Albertsons continues to disappear from WA

There is nothing about their customer-facing operations that is unique or compelling. I beg to differ. 1. Albertsons has always had unique store interiors. 2. Albertsons has always had stronger quality on service departments than Kroger. If anything I'd use your comment to describe Kmart. Unique st...
by klkla
May 26th, 2021, 10:33 pm
Forum: Southwest & Hawai'i USA (Excluding California)
Topic: New Safeway for Reno
Replies: 48
Views: 19969

Re: New Safeway for Reno

New Safeway did unbelievable volume between opening day and throughout this weekend, I am sure it broke some records for the company. The store is so busy they are having a lot of trouble keeping up despite that the store is well staffed. Also the amount of product customers are purchasing, full ca...
by klkla
May 26th, 2021, 10:15 pm
Forum: Southwest & Hawai'i USA (Excluding California)
Topic: Raleys converting Reno Store to ONE Market Format
Replies: 134
Views: 37204

Re: Raleys converting Reno Store to ONE Market Format

It's always a good idea to take what you read on Supermarket News with a grain of salt, or however that expression goes. It is an industry trade publication not an actual journalism-based information source.
by klkla
May 26th, 2021, 10:08 pm
Forum: Northwest, Rockies, & Alaska USA
Topic: Albertsons continues to disappear from WA
Replies: 127
Views: 34073

Re: Albertsons continues to disappear from WA

To be honest, current day Albertson's is only successful based on their strategy of buying and eliminating their competitors. There is nothing about their customer-facing operations that is unique or compelling.
by klkla
May 26th, 2021, 9:57 pm
Forum: Northeast USA
Topic: Market Basket arrives in Rhode Island
Replies: 13
Views: 8015

Re: Market Basket arrives in Rhode Island

Bashas’ in AZ has some of the traits of Market Basket-still family owned, traditional stores (but with pharmacies supplied by United Drugs), buys from local suppliers (especially meat and dairy), mostly regional/national brands with Topco products as their private label. Except they went through a ...
by klkla
May 23rd, 2021, 6:22 pm
Forum: Specialty Retail Chains
Topic: Kum & Go to enter Utah; 30 stores slated for SLC
Replies: 9
Views: 3170

Re: Kum & Go to enter Utah; 30 stores slated for SLC

storewanderer wrote: May 20th, 2021, 12:41 am I am kind of surprised they are attempting to challenge Maverik in Maverik's home market.
I am kind of surprised anyone would attempt to use that name anywhere :mrgreen:
by klkla
May 9th, 2021, 8:14 pm
Forum: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Fast Food and Labor Shortages
Replies: 12
Views: 3275

Re: Fast Food and Labor Shortages

They need to change the extra federal unemployment benefit so that it starts decreasing on a weekly basis. This would encourage people to start looking now. There are 9 million jobs to be filled right now but a lot of them pay less than the current enhanced unemployment benefits.
by klkla
May 9th, 2021, 8:07 pm
Forum: Southwest & Hawai'i USA (Excluding California)
Topic: Raleys converting Reno Store to ONE Market Format
Replies: 134
Views: 37204

Re: Raleys converting Reno Store to ONE Market Format

Was checking the latest round of negative reviews for this store that have been posted over the past few days. https://www.yelp.com/biz/raleys-o-n-e-market-reno?sort_by=date_desc 5 new 1 star reviews on Yelp yesterday and today. That's crazy. Not a single review above 1 star since March 26th. No re...
by klkla
April 25th, 2021, 10:51 am
Forum: Southwest & Hawai'i USA (Excluding California)
Topic: Food Source (Raleys) closing Reno, NV
Replies: 44
Views: 18472

Re: Food Source (Raleys) closing Reno, NV

What a mess. I wonder if there was a legal reason they had to open by a certain date?
by klkla
April 14th, 2021, 9:17 pm
Forum: Non Region-Specific
Topic: Remaining unfilled Haggen stores
Replies: 23
Views: 6989

Re: Remaining unfilled Haggen stores

There was another store in Redondo Beach at 2117 Artesia Blvd. in Redondo Beach that was originally built as a Lucky's that sat empty for a long time because they were asking too much rent and wanted to sub-divide the store with a Drug Store and Supermarket. They finally settled for a Grocery Wareho...