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by BillyGr
June 5th, 2020, 12:18 pm
Forum: Restaurant Chains
Topic: McDonalds and re-opening inside
Replies: 35
Views: 11440

Re: McDonalds and re-opening inside

Walnut Creek, California banned drive thru restaurants in the downtown area. The city wanted to discourage fast fast food and encourage expensive high class sit down restaurants. McDonald's closed down their longtime classic looking McDonald's due to low sales since they had no drive thru. It sat a...
by BillyGr
June 5th, 2020, 12:13 pm
Forum: Non Region-Specific
Topic: Stores & Riots
Replies: 55
Views: 15050

Re: Stores & Riots

Many pharmacies know the narcotic drugs are being targeted. They have heavily invested in time delay secure safes. They could set the stores on fire and the safes will survive. Most pharmacies during the riots have stopped deliveries of narcotic drugs. You will not find any even if you broke into t...
by BillyGr
June 4th, 2020, 10:33 am
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: JC Penney Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
Replies: 226
Views: 65434

Re: JC Penney Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection

The list of 242 store closures will supposedly be released on June 4. Liquidation sales will then start soon after. This makes sense. I wonder why previously they laid out a much longer timespan for the liquidation sales? I am guessing the completely in denial management has lost some control over ...
by BillyGr
June 4th, 2020, 10:30 am
Forum: Drugstore Chains
Topic: Walgreens Resumes Normal Hours
Replies: 25
Views: 9642

Re: Walgreens Resumes Normal Hours

Was out this morning on my usual weekly shopping trip and noticed a storage trailer in the parking lot of a local Walgreen's. The back of it was open and looked like it was full of panels of sheetrock so this store must be in the midst of a remodeling. My immediate area hasn't been effected by any ...
by BillyGr
June 3rd, 2020, 12:26 pm
Forum: Non Region-Specific
Topic: Sprouts outlines strategy for future
Replies: 12
Views: 3795

Re: Sprouts outlines strategy for future

It's actually surprising how much stores can fit in when they have to. There is a blog called Market Report, that mainly covers stores around the NYC area, and quite a number of those are well below the 30,000 Sq. Ft. range (in fact, some of them wouldn't be big enough to house an average drugstore ...
by BillyGr
June 3rd, 2020, 12:18 pm
Forum: Restaurant Chains
Topic: McDonalds and re-opening inside
Replies: 35
Views: 11440

Re: McDonalds and re-opening inside

Everything has changed again. Now many McDonald's are going back to drive thru only. Take out is closed, and they are boarding up the windows. They do not want to let anyone inside. No one wants to take a chance with looters and robbers. I think it is a good time for restaurants to switch to bullet...
by BillyGr
June 3rd, 2020, 12:14 pm
Forum: Department Store Chains
Topic: JC Penney Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
Replies: 226
Views: 65434

Re: JC Penney Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection

The list of 242 store closures will supposedly be released on June 4. Liquidation sales will then start soon after. This makes sense. I wonder why previously they laid out a much longer timespan for the liquidation sales? I am guessing the completely in denial management has lost some control over ...
by BillyGr
June 3rd, 2020, 12:10 pm
Forum: Non Region-Specific
Topic: Closed stores because of protests
Replies: 53
Views: 13788

Re: Closed stores because of protests

Restaurants and grocery stores are not abiding by these curfews. There are curfews at 6 PM in Walnut Creek and San Leandro, California which are the worst hit cities. There are 8 PM or earlier curfews in most of the rest of the San Francisco Bay Area. Restaurants are still open and grocery stores a...
by BillyGr
June 2nd, 2020, 8:16 am
Forum: Specialty Retail Chains
Topic: Tuesday Morning Files for Bankruptcy
Replies: 38
Views: 6784

Re: Tuesday Morning Files for Bankruptcy

What was their limited hours gimmick? If I remember correctly, at one time they would have the store closed for a few days as a time to "restock" and then reopen, run for a number of weeks then repeat. Basically like they were saying buy what you see now, since it may not be there when we...
by BillyGr
May 31st, 2020, 1:25 pm
Forum: Restaurant Chains
Topic: The Future of Buffets, Salad Bars, and Self Serve?
Replies: 93
Views: 29831

Re: The Future of Buffets, Salad Bars, and Self Serve?

Also some thoughts on if self serve fro yo is now officially dead. I think self serve fro-yo could still work given the product comes out of an enclosed machine. They would need to go to some kind of dispensers for the toppings (similar to the "drop" bulk bins at WinCo or Whole Foods wher...