The Barbie Movie has increased retail sales. I saw a fairly large Barbie section at a local Macy's. I am surprised that the Toys R Us store inside of...

A Hispanic store in Reno called Marketon has installed self checkouts. NCR self checkouts and they use Storeline register software.

Primarily at...

The two largest FoodsCo units in Northern California are finally offering self checkout. I don't think any of the other locations are, just these two...

Until 2009, this store had been a QFC

EG Group had 26 Minit Mart units in Kansas City area and has sold all of these units to Casey's. No idea why Casey's wants these.

These stations...

Taco Bell has brought back the Enchirito.

I decided I'd like to try it again.

Doors locked/lights out in the dining area during the late...

Moving down from Canada, Loblaw subsidiary T&T will be coming down to Washington state.

...expand to the U.S. with a 76,000-square-foot store at...

Initial sign-up perks include saving 25 cents per gallon on the first five fill-ups and receiving five free drinks on any-size fountain drink,...

It is too late for Jenny Craig. That company announced they were shutting down their locations after 4 decades.

Weight loss companies such as...

Each day of the week is a different $3 item. Perhaps it will make people come back to try out different items.

I find it interesting that about once a month, the Market Street page will pop up in my feed with a teaser and long-form video about these deals.

I...

Doug Putman has bought other brands and revived them including Toys R Us Canada and FYE.

The new chain will be called Room + Spaces.

... in Tanasbourne, where the line between Beaverton and Hillsboro blurs easily.

But, this is in the location where the In n' Out Burger was...

E15 Gas with 15 percent ethanol is now available in New York. It is being sold for about 20 cents below regular gas.

This mall in Pleasanton, California has not been doing so well recently. It is an affluent upper middle class area. It used to do very well up until...

Some fast food chains seem to cook their hamburgers and some chicken products on char grills, others use flat griddles.

Hardee’s used to offer...

I had a lot of time on my hands today on the ol' job so I went ahead and plugged in 2 recent shopping trips plus online data from other retailers....

I read in some Kroger employee message boards on Reddit some interesting things.

It appears there are a significant number of Kroger units that get...

Record stores are packed with customers.

Little Caesars has big plans to open hundreds of restaurants in New York City and the Tri-State Area.

Petco is opening up stores inside of Canadian Tire Stores. Ninety percent or 450 Canadian Tire stores will get Petco stores.

This is the first plant based sandwich for this chain. They are testing it in 3 markets: Denver, Charleston, South Carolina, and Greensboro, North...

Wawa is expanding in the Southeast with stores in the Florida Panhandle, South Florida, and Mobile, Alabama.

Have you noticed more electric car showrooms showing up at Class A malls and lifestyle centers?

I thought the Tesla showrooms looked nice, but now a...

Smoothie King plans to open more than 100 locations in 2023.

They even have a new drive thru only design with a regular drive thru and an online...