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May 21st, 2020, 4:40 pm
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September 4th, 2018, 6:39 am
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September 4th, 2018, 6:39 am
C&S new stores in the PNW
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marshd1000 »
September 9th, 2023, 12:18 pm
So, if the FTC does let the Kroger Albertsons merger go through, there will be 180 stores in WA, OR, ID, AK in need of a new banner. Plus a small...
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September 14th, 2023, 2:45 pm
Albertsons continues to disappear from WA
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pseudo3d »
March 25th, 2021, 9:31 pm
...this time with a store in Richland-Kennewick-Pasco area becoming a Safeway (far from the Seattle/Taucoma/Olympia sprawl). It didn't even make the...
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September 13th, 2023, 6:08 pm
Basics Market
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babs »
July 31st, 2018, 2:23 pm
Interesting...
A new company backed by the founder of Pacific Foods is looking to reinvent the grocery store model.
The new store, called Basics...
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September 6th, 2023, 12:28 am
Associated Foods member Ridley's is expanding to American Falls
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SamSpade »
August 23rd, 2023, 10:10 am
This is a bit of a head scratcher to me. The article does have the mayor painting a rosy picture of American Falls growing (maybe?), and this is...
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August 23rd, 2023, 10:58 pm
Natural Grocers move - fallout from BBB bankruptcy?
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SamSpade »
August 13th, 2023, 10:32 am
This week, the Natural Grocers location in Beaverton, Ore. moved about 0.25 miles away from a stand alone store with its own parking lot (severely...
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August 14th, 2023, 5:15 pm
Receipt Checks coming to Fred Meyer (OMG Why)
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SamSpade »
June 30th, 2023, 12:29 am
You may also see another version of this story in your news feeds from Google from TV Channel 6, KOIN, that is a bit more sensational and less...
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July 12th, 2023, 7:17 pm
Albertsons in Portland catches fire, no long-term effects
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SamSpade »
June 30th, 2023, 12:33 am
Thankfully it was just some (new?) materials on the roof, and employees reentered the store to turn off any deli equipment that may have been on to...
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June 30th, 2023, 6:17 am
New Metropolitan Market in Seattle’s Crown Hill neighborhood
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marshd1000 »
June 29th, 2023, 10:32 am
Until 2009, this store had been a QFC
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June 29th, 2023, 10:32 am
Fred Meyer discontinuing single use bags?
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Super S »
June 20th, 2023, 11:40 am
I was at Fred Meyer last night, and noticed that the bag racks and bags have been removed from the self checkouts. They did have paper bags available...
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June 22nd, 2023, 9:44 am
H-Mart coming to the Salt Lake City area
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SamSpade »
June 9th, 2023, 9:25 am
Via Instagram, I have seen some posts that the HMart is moving into a former KMart store located in West Jordan, Utah.
Related, an HMart is coming...
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June 10th, 2023, 12:35 am
Albertsons buys former Shopko Hometown in Powell, Wyoming
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retailfanmitchell019 »
January 20th, 2020, 12:53 pm
This town of 6,300 already has 2 grocery stores, an AFS supplied independent and an AWG supplied independent.
The nearest Albertsons is a half hour...
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June 9th, 2023, 7:41 pm
T&T Supermarket expanding to Seattle's Eastside
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SamSpade »
June 9th, 2023, 9:23 am
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...
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June 9th, 2023, 9:23 am
Kroger appears to be back in the "Marketplace" business: New store in Heber, UT
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SamSpade »
May 24th, 2023, 12:17 pm
This was featured in an email newsletter related to food news from The Salt Lake Tribune , new store coming to the Heber Valley. This will likely be...
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May 28th, 2023, 9:55 pm
New Seasons announces 2nd Hillsboro Location
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SamSpade »
May 3rd, 2023, 10:28 pm
... in Tanasbourne, where the line between Beaverton and Hillsboro blurs easily.
But, this is in the location where the In n' Out Burger was...
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May 3rd, 2023, 10:28 pm
Fred Meyer and QFC to discontinue mailers
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SamSpade »
April 19th, 2023, 9:57 am
Print copies will be available in store, but the fruit basket logo is recommending folks download the store app and go from there. I wonder if it...
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April 25th, 2023, 8:28 pm
Buttrey Food & Drug coming back
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retailfanmitchell019 »
April 1st, 2023, 8:24 pm
Found this news headline:
Albertsons to bring back storied Montana name Buttrey Food & Drug
Albertsons will convert all 30 of its Montana stores...
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April 11th, 2023, 1:30 am
Idaho Picks Up Another Grocery Outlet
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SamSpade »
March 28th, 2023, 5:24 pm
There's not really another grocer in this immediate area and a lot of folks would be traveling there by car (it is relatively near Walmart...
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March 28th, 2023, 11:54 pm
March 2023 price checks
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SamSpade »
March 13th, 2023, 4:59 pm
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....
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March 13th, 2023, 4:59 pm
Laurel, MT IGA transferred to Albertsons
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retailfanmitchell019 »
July 7th, 2022, 3:30 pm
Resse & Ray's IGA in Laurel, MT has closed. Albertsons has agreed to take over the space.
Laurel is a commuter town/suburb 10 miles west of...
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March 11th, 2023, 12:04 am
Green Zebra Markets shut March 31, 2023
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SamSpade »
March 8th, 2023, 11:17 am
The former CEO of New Seasons was able to pivot several times, adjust locations, and so on but after a decade the chain never got enough traction....
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March 10th, 2023, 12:36 am
Albertsons Twin Falls- remodeled (sort of)
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storewanderer »
September 2nd, 2014, 8:08 pm
I was surprised to see the Twin Falls Albertsons got a minor remodel in the late Supervalu style (dark colored walls). Really all they did was...
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March 5th, 2023, 8:29 pm
How Widespread is Charlie's Produce?
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SamSpade »
February 23rd, 2023, 9:19 am
I know they were a big partner with Haggen in the troubled SoCal/Arizona/Nevada expansion...
Saw a truck in eastern Idaho recently, which I hadn't...
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February 23rd, 2023, 12:23 pm
Hy-Vee trailer spotted in Denver- telltale sign?
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retailfanmitchell019 »
November 15th, 2022, 9:18 pm
Found this on Twitter:
Talk of a Hy-Vee entry into Denver could be real. Good timing, with Safeway and King Soopers combining.
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February 19th, 2023, 12:19 am
Safeway Portland- sectioning off high theft items/separate checkout
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storewanderer »
January 5th, 2023, 11:49 pm
I see nothing particularly revolutionary here. Discount stores have done an arrangement like this for electronics sections for years. Wal Mart does...
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Last post by babs
February 4th, 2023, 3:12 pm
Proposed and delayed WinCo in Centralia, WA
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Super S »
October 29th, 2021, 8:03 am
The article, from 2019, announced WinCo was to open by 2021. Well, this hasn't happened, and I doubt that they can build a new store in two months. I...
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February 2nd, 2023, 7:17 am
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