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Amazon Halts All New Amazon Fresh Just Walk Out Stores
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Alpha8472 »
September 20th, 2022, 10:19 pm
Anazon is halting all new Amazon Fresh Just Walk Out stores unless the lease is already signed. Amazon cited disappointing sales and losses. The Just...
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Today, 7:53 pm
Walmart Neighboorhood Market refresh
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jipper »
September 15th, 2023, 6:49 am
The local Walmart Neighborhood Market just went through a big-time refresh. It took a few months and the store actually looks quite different. The...
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September 15th, 2023, 1:49 pm
Gen Z Snacking Habits
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Alpha8472 »
September 2nd, 2023, 4:05 pm
Gen Z apparently prefers snacks that make them feel emotionally better. They prefer chewy snacks because the act of chewing contributes to stress...
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September 4th, 2023, 2:06 pm
Billionaires Creating A European City in the San Francisco Bay Area
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Alpha8472 »
September 3rd, 2023, 1:56 pm
Billionaires are creating a new European style city in the San Francisco Bay Area on rural land in Solano County.
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September 4th, 2023, 12:56 pm
Self Check Out
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veteran+ »
August 19th, 2023, 8:45 am
I thought I posted this but it disappeared:
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August 28th, 2023, 7:14 pm
Pepsi New Logo and Free Pepsi For Everyone in the US
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Alpha8472 »
August 26th, 2023, 6:29 pm
Pepsi is changing its logo. The new logo looks like the old fashioned Pepsi logo from years ago.
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August 28th, 2023, 11:24 am
Returns Stores
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storewanderer »
August 26th, 2023, 8:35 pm
A store opened in a recently closed CVS in Sparks called Falling Prices. This is a NorCal operator who has a deal with Amazon and Target to take...
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August 28th, 2023, 11:04 am
New tariffs on imported tinplate steel could affect canned goods prices
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Brian Lutz »
August 17th, 2023, 8:50 am
Today the Biden administration announced a plan to impose new tariffs on tinplate steel (the type typically used for making food cans) produced in...
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August 19th, 2023, 8:27 am
Save A Lot Sells All Stores
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Alpha8472 »
August 7th, 2023, 6:40 pm
They no longer own any stores. The company is now a wholesaler.
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August 14th, 2023, 6:33 am
Grocery Outlet Strong Growth
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storewanderer »
August 9th, 2023, 11:50 pm
What is interesting here is they note transaction size was flat but transaction count was up 9.1% and sales went up. This alludes that traffic is...
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August 13th, 2023, 6:03 pm
Walmart to add more ads (like other grocers)
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SamSpade »
August 7th, 2023, 10:28 pm
Famously, Walmart was always the one to not make vendors pay for shelf placement (no idea if this is still true) just like the warehouse /bargain...
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August 8th, 2023, 11:24 am
2023 Lidl closings
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July 11th, 2023, 4:53 pm
In the past few weeks, Lidl has announced a string of closings across their U.S. store base.
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August 7th, 2023, 8:17 am
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SamSpade »
July 31st, 2023, 12:44 pm
I hadn't really thought about it with the ads using the pop music of the past few decades, but then the newest Kroger campaigns are using The Price...
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August 2nd, 2023, 6:26 pm
Aldi To Turn Off Lights To Save Money
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Alpha8472 »
June 12th, 2023, 3:54 pm
Aldi is turning off its lights after hours to save money and reduce its carbon footprint.
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July 31st, 2023, 7:38 pm
Predictive PLU NCR Self Checkout
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storewanderer »
July 18th, 2023, 10:19 pm
A Hispanic store in Reno called Marketon has installed self checkouts. NCR self checkouts and they use Storeline register software.
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July 18th, 2023, 10:19 pm
Dollar General
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veteran+ »
March 31st, 2023, 4:53 am
What a great place to shop!
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July 13th, 2023, 6:01 am
Whole Foods Amazon Prime 10% off
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storewanderer »
June 19th, 2023, 10:32 pm
So, Whole Foods has been doing that 10% off sale prices with Amazon Prime for a while now. Generally speaking I did find that pricing in the past to...
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July 13th, 2023, 12:29 am
Juneteenth- National Holiday- Retailer hours?
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storewanderer »
June 18th, 2023, 11:25 pm
Now that Juneteenth is officially a Federal Holiday and has been for multiple years, I was expecting to see some retailers do some abbreviation to...
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June 20th, 2023, 10:25 am
My kind of store :-)
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veteran+ »
June 16th, 2023, 9:45 am
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June 17th, 2023, 11:53 pm
Canadian Asian grocer T&T Supermarkets announces first US store
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Brian Lutz »
June 8th, 2023, 12:01 pm
T&T Supermarkets, a Candian chain of Asian grocers with 28 locations across Canada but primarily in British Columbia, has announced that they will be...
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June 17th, 2023, 9:19 pm
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storewanderer »
October 14th, 2022, 10:23 pm
New thread to discuss SpinCo
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June 15th, 2023, 12:14 am
Coupons wtf?
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Romr123 »
June 9th, 2023, 6:09 am
What's going on these days with coupons? I (dinosaur) still get a Sunday paper which 3 weeks out of 4 has one or more FSIs (free-standing...
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June 14th, 2023, 1:09 am
Frozen Fries and..Egypt?
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storewanderer »
June 11th, 2023, 9:10 pm
At WinCo was looking over the frozen fries and disappointed with pricing.
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June 13th, 2023, 1:07 am
Albertsons To Consolidate To Signature Select
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Alpha8472 »
June 3rd, 2023, 12:24 am
Albertsons will consolidate its brands such as Signature Farms and Signature Cafe to Signature Select.
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