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🛒 Kroger-Albertsons Merger: Northwest, Rockies, & Alaska Impact

Last post by storewanderer « October 4th, 2024, 12:58 am
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A place to discuss the impact of the Kroger-Albertsons merger, specifically on the northwest, rockies, & Alaska regions.
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October 4th, 2024, 12:58 am
WinCo to open first store inside Seattle City Limits

Last post by storewanderer « October 10th, 2024, 12:37 am
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by marshd1000 » October 3rd, 2024, 3:11 pm
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Looks like WinCo is going to try to open a store inside Seattle City Limits where the old Sam's Club once was. I know that at one time Costco was...
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October 10th, 2024, 12:37 am
Safeway on 136th & Mill Plain in Vancouver Set to Close

Last post by babs « October 7th, 2024, 2:17 pm
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by GMJim » October 4th, 2024, 7:11 pm

I read on social media today that this Safeway is set to close on January 4, 2025. Supposedly staff were told this week., This Safeway was slated to...

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October 7th, 2024, 2:17 pm
Fred Meyer 2018 remodel not aging well

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by Super S » May 21st, 2024, 10:13 am
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Last night I was at the Longview Fred Meyer for a regular shopping trip. This store was remodeled in 2018, and as I shopped, I was thinking that it...
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October 4th, 2024, 12:06 am
PCC Community Market to Re-Open Downtown Seattle Store With New Concept

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by marshd1000 » September 13th, 2024, 6:54 pm
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Looks like PCC, which is on the hook for renting the space at Rainier Square, will re-open there. But the space will become a small format store that...
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September 26th, 2024, 1:29 pm
IGA Market in Blaine, WA Carrying "Signature" Brands

Last post by storewanderer « September 25th, 2024, 6:12 pm
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by marshd1000 » September 9th, 2024, 10:19 am

About a week and half ago, I was driving home from Vancouver, BC and stopped in Blaine, WA. I ended up going into the former Cost Cutter Foods that...

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September 25th, 2024, 6:12 pm
Fullers Market Place & Yard Birds property sold

Last post by Super S « September 25th, 2024, 7:45 am
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by Super S » September 21st, 2024, 9:38 pm

The Fuller's store will remain open under new ownership. It will be interesting to see how things go with WinCo on the way. The Yard Birds property...

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September 25th, 2024, 7:45 am
Portland Fred Meyer employees go on strike

Last post by ClownLoach « September 5th, 2024, 12:30 pm
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by Super S » August 28th, 2024, 7:44 am
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I have to wonder how effective a strike is when they have scheduled an end date to it. But still, it is interesting timing with the hearings about...
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September 5th, 2024, 12:30 pm
Any observations with strike in place?

Last post by babs « September 3rd, 2024, 10:53 pm
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by SamSpade » September 3rd, 2024, 11:05 am

Open forum . . .

Anecdote #1 from me:
Shopped my closest Safeway on Labor Day. It was actually looking better overall than it has in the recent...

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September 3rd, 2024, 10:53 pm
eCommerce strategy - one day eSale?

Last post by SamSpade « August 12th, 2024, 9:17 am
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by SamSpade » August 10th, 2024, 8:43 am

Albertsons Portland division is trying a one day online only sale, 4 items on deal pricing. One had to pick the items up using Drive up and go (their...

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August 12th, 2024, 9:17 am
Holiday Market

Last post by storewanderer « August 7th, 2024, 1:15 am
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by GMJim » August 5th, 2024, 10:23 pm

I visited a Holiday Market for the first time while vacationing in Klamath Falls. This is a former Safeway. It was a really nice store. I noticed...

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August 7th, 2024, 1:15 am
Hong Phat opening in former Walmart location

Last post by storewanderer « July 27th, 2024, 12:17 am
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by SamSpade » July 24th, 2024, 3:48 pm

The building was even purchased from Walmart.
Montavilla.net: Hong Phat Supercenter Opens July 26

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July 27th, 2024, 12:17 am
WinCo removing self-checkouts

Last post by storewanderer « July 20th, 2024, 9:55 am
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by Super S » July 18th, 2024, 5:55 pm

WinCo has apparently removed self checkouts at a couple of Portland stores according to a Reddit post:

I sure hope that this does not spread to...

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July 20th, 2024, 9:55 am
Albertsons lifts land use restriction at former Bellingham store

Last post by storewanderer « July 9th, 2024, 11:13 am
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by retailfanmitchell019 » June 27th, 2024, 8:56 am

This is a 60s Marina style Albertsons (looks to have been expanded) that closed in 2016 (when Albertsons bought Haggen after they trainwrecked). I...

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July 9th, 2024, 11:13 am
Albertsons continues to disappear from WA

Last post by storewanderer « May 19th, 2024, 11:21 pm
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...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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May 19th, 2024, 11:21 pm
Proposed and delayed WinCo in Centralia, WA

Last post by storewanderer « May 14th, 2024, 12:42 am
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by Super S » October 29th, 2021, 8:03 am
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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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May 14th, 2024, 12:42 am
WinCo Expands to Renton

Last post by Brian Lutz « May 10th, 2024, 4:31 pm
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by marshd1000 » May 8th, 2024, 8:11 am
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WinCo Foods has acquired the old Fry's Electronics building across from the Target at Renton Landing. Originally it was going to be redeveloped into...
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May 10th, 2024, 4:31 pm
Safeway wholesale in the Northwest?

Last post by storewanderer « May 5th, 2024, 6:07 pm
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by kr.abs.swy » May 5th, 2024, 11:27 am

Has anyone heard anything about some kind of new Safeway wholesale program in the Northwest?

I was at King's Market in Friday Harbor (San Juan...

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May 5th, 2024, 6:07 pm
Kroger will also sell Haggen banner to C&S

Last post by veteran+ « April 29th, 2024, 8:39 am
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by storewanderer » April 25th, 2024, 12:53 am
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I think this is worthy of its own thread given the baggage surrounding the Haggen name.

Somehow I missed this before, but it is in the official...
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April 29th, 2024, 8:39 am
Review: King Soopers

Last post by jamcool « April 19th, 2024, 12:23 pm
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by SamSpade » April 17th, 2024, 1:56 pm

Well, I went into the KS near Union Station. I think I'd seen photos online from when it opened, which certainly makes sense for all the tall...

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Last post by jamcool
April 19th, 2024, 12:23 pm
Haggen brand refresh - "Quality"

Last post by SamSpade « April 10th, 2024, 12:15 pm

by SamSpade » April 10th, 2024, 12:15 pm

Haggen appears to be undergoing an ever so slight rebrand by using their same H with a circle default logo for square needs, but have replaced the...

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April 10th, 2024, 12:15 pm
New logo, new tag: Market of Choice

Last post by SamSpade « April 9th, 2024, 2:13 pm
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by SamSpade » April 4th, 2024, 12:04 pm

It's not as clear from the desktop website, but MoC has updated their logo and font families to reflect some of their new movements in local food and...

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April 9th, 2024, 2:13 pm
Photos: New Seasons Market Milwaukie

Last post by ClownLoach « April 4th, 2024, 11:56 am
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by SamSpade » April 3rd, 2024, 4:20 pm

Latest decor and appearance of New Seasons Markets, open in Milwaukie, Oregon.
10830 SE Oak St
This is the former Albertsons that was briefly a...

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April 4th, 2024, 11:56 am
Trader Joe's opening in northern Idaho

Last post by storewanderer « March 28th, 2024, 9:28 pm
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by SamSpade » March 22nd, 2024, 3:11 pm
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Eastern Idaho will probably never get their dream store due to logistics for trucking, they have no stores in Montana, Wyoming, or the Dakotas too....
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March 28th, 2024, 9:28 pm
Trader Joe's adding another Salt Lake City, UT store

Last post by storewanderer « March 27th, 2024, 12:48 am
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by SamSpade » March 22nd, 2024, 11:49 am

At first I thought a former Pep Boy's Auto would be too small, but in Utah they cannot sell wine (or hard liquor) or any beers stronger than a...

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