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I was looking at a jobs site and realized after I posted that I mentioned King Soopers in the title of the post instead of City Market. Anything I've ever seen beyond stores themselves appears to co-brand the two of them at this point. It sounds like City Market used to have a bit more flexibility b...

If you've ever visited Moab, Utah, you've also likely visited Kroger's o&o supermarket there.

I was just curious, why is it operated by City Market and branded such? Pretty much the rest of Utah's stores are Smith's and with that division as far as I know.

Thanks y'all.

by a42887 storewanderer wrote: a42887 wrote: Jeff wrote: Add another Albertsons: West Covina. Didn’t even know this store was closing. A former Luckys store that was remodeled a few years back. Been a supermarket since the early 1960s even maybe lAte 50s. https://www.sgvtribune.com/2018/06/13/w ......

Find my reply in the "California" section that is specifically discussing the West Covina store.

Wegmans. Again. 3 years running.
https://people.com/food/americas-favori ... tore-2018/

Safeway & Walmart are the bottom two. :-\

“We depend on this market,” said Debra Fields. “There are lots of seniors that shop there as well as other people that this market is very convenient for them.” Um... unlike a lot of these closures where another alternative tends to be farther away / a long transit ride away, there is a Walmart sup...

Here you used to need to present a state issued food handlers permit according to one of my friends but under (new owners?) current ownership they are open to the public. In Portland I received a promotional mailer pitching the relocated NW Industrial location to the everyday person (Smart & Fin...

Associated Foods' Macey's brand was selling Not See Kola (a cola that doesn't contain caramel coloring), Orthodox Jooce, and Leninade as part of their craft soda department. A local shopper found the first name offensive and made a complaint online. The company pulled all 3 items. Personally, I've s...

I cannot find a news article anywhere about this, but here it is from Smart & Final's subsidiary website:
https://www.smartfoodservice.com/about/ ... odservice/

Making the TV station news rounds nationwide -
https://www.10news.com/news/rite-aid-bl ... -loiterers

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