Retail Watchers

Did not get a chance to go inside, but we drove by the outside of this store last Saturday on the last day of vacation, heading back to Washington. Three things caught my attention. I noticed to the west that an area has been cleared out and there were a few stacks of pipes. I also noticed that much...

I wonder if removing the floor tiles are a new Kroger thing. Fred Meyer has been removing them and finishing the concrete floors in their latest remodels, one example is the Vancouver Mill Plain store, which has parts so poorly done you can clearly tell where the tiles used to be. It will be interes...

I do remember the rock on the corners, but that for whatever reason didn't stand out as Safeway at the time. Some older Albertsons marina stores had something similar. I did go in there once to pick up some groceries for our campsite at Grand Teton, I did remember it was the blue-gray interior. But ...

Is there anything in the old Albertsons now? I was there back in 97, the old store didn't seem at all like a former Safeway to me. I also remembered they had a unique Kmart as well which had a wooden front and is the only one I have ever seen with a canopy in front you can drive under.

In my area, Safeway has recently been replacing the old signs with the new signs. I haven't seen the signs at night. However, it is the local or regional sign maker that is responsible for a low quality product. The signs are installed during the day and maybe they were not tested in the dark. If y...

It seems like Albertsons is spiraling towards their own self-made doom. Closing stores like crazy is burning their few remaining customers. Not lowering their prices to compete with their competition is also a major mistake. I wonder why they removed half of the fluorescent bulbs. Are they trying t...

About that Temple City store. I noted the 1980s interior, as well as something that is becoming all too common at many Albertsons..half of the fluorescent tubes have been removed. A LOT of Albertsons I have visited recently have been dirty, and the reduced lighting seems to enhance this. I wouldn't ...

I have been noticing a pattern lately, of recently remodeled Safeway stores around Portland & Southwest Washington which have updated to the new signage outside. Nearly every location I have driven by at night has had part of at least one sign not working correctly..I have seen several S logos f...

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A long-established retailer, done in by two years of mis-management.

I purchased a camera tripod at a Ritz/Kits location several years back. The salesman insisted it would work with my VHS video camera. It didn't (it did not hold the weight) and I practically had to scream bloody murder to get a refund. Despite paying cash I had to wait 14 business days to get a refu...