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September 4th, 2018, 6:39 am
Safeway expansion of drug department
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storewanderer »
February 17th, 2019, 12:20 am
Noticed tonight in a NorCal Safeway they made some changes to the drug department. Gone are the four feet high shelves in half of drug and a center...
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February 18th, 2019, 11:20 am
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February 14th, 2019, 11:41 am
Integration of Albertsons and Safeway
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marshd1000 »
May 20th, 2015, 8:10 am
Now that Albertsons and Safeway are one, maybe it is time to start talking about how the banners from both companies are being integrated. I already...
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February 7th, 2019, 10:45 pm
Safeway re-installs self checkout
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storewanderer »
January 26th, 2019, 12:04 am
About 3 years ago the Safeway in Sparks, NV took its self checkouts out. I assume some kind of Albertsons decision, but this was the only store in...
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February 5th, 2019, 7:05 pm
Kroger Changes Strategy
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arizonaguy »
April 9th, 2018, 8:37 pm
Looks like the era of new, large Marketplace stores may be over.
Kroger plans to utilize more of its capital to fund technology and infrastructure...
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February 4th, 2019, 11:28 am
Whole Foods Expansion
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Alpha8472 »
December 31st, 2018, 4:44 am
Amazon is a huge company with tons of money and they are now saying that they going expand Whole Foods. They are looking into expanding into suburban...
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January 20th, 2019, 2:28 pm
Kroger Ship
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storewanderer »
January 17th, 2019, 7:37 pm
It looks like Kroger has another online branch at ship.kroger.com . This one is for non-perishables and free shipping over $35 but not to Alaska or...
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January 17th, 2019, 8:11 pm
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January 11th, 2019, 11:38 pm
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January 11th, 2019, 11:24 pm
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January 11th, 2019, 11:16 pm
Hot foods in grocery stores
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storewanderer »
January 7th, 2019, 9:23 pm
When did grocery stores start to offer hot foods? I recently saw a Mayfair ad clip from a 1969 grand opening and it had hot foods advertised (bbq...
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January 9th, 2019, 2:54 pm
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January 8th, 2019, 11:11 pm
Kroger partners with MoneyGram
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SamSpade »
December 19th, 2018, 12:27 pm
So after the Albertsons Companies decided to go 100% in with Western Union for financial services, MoneyGram was able to replace them with an even...
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December 19th, 2018, 10:52 pm
Kroger
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storewanderer »
November 21st, 2018, 10:44 pm
What is going on with Kroger? Their Smiths Thanksgiving ad was terrible in my market and their pricing on various staple like yams, turkey,...
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December 17th, 2018, 11:25 pm
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December 6th, 2018, 3:14 pm
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November 15th, 2018, 12:00 pm
Checkstands
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storewanderer »
July 28th, 2018, 10:58 am
Recently in my area two store remodels have taken place and the number of checkstands has been reduced significantly:
Wal Mart: store previously...
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Last post by Super S
October 29th, 2018, 10:15 am
How often does a supermarket need to remodel?
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cjd »
October 14th, 2018, 1:13 pm
What do you think? It seems in the last 20 years or so remodels have been more often, but it's more or less just changing the decor package and...
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October 29th, 2018, 9:56 am
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October 1st, 2018, 3:46 pm
Tariffs
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storewanderer »
September 20th, 2018, 10:37 pm
Without going into the political side of it, I am wondering exactly how these new tariffs will work.
For instance 25% tariff on a shirt from China....
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September 21st, 2018, 11:36 pm
Albertsons: new CEO
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storewanderer »
September 12th, 2018, 9:28 pm
I see Albertsons has named Jim Donald as CEO.
Given his very extensive experience at various quality operations like Starbucks, and even including...
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September 13th, 2018, 10:14 pm
Fast food in supermarkets
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pseudo3d »
December 10th, 2016, 7:18 pm
I know that there's Panda Express in some Vons/Pavilions, Auntie Anne's in a few H-E-B stores, Chick-fil-a Express in some Atlanta Kroger stores (the...
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September 6th, 2018, 6:27 pm
Trader Joe's podcast
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SamSpade »
September 3rd, 2018, 4:56 pm
... they never really let anyone in on the fact that TJ's is part of a larger family owned company, maybe to not have to mention the letters...
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September 4th, 2018, 6:52 am
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August 26th, 2018, 2:01 pm
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August 26th, 2018, 11:37 am
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