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Geico Closes All Offices in California
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Alpha8472 »
August 2nd, 2022, 12:30 am
Geico has closed all 38 of its offices in California and laid off all of its employees. I used to pass by a very busy Geico in Pleasant Hill,...
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August 8th, 2022, 7:39 pm
99 Cents Only
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storewanderer »
June 5th, 2022, 11:52 am
Now they will match any competitor's price:
I don't know. I can't imagine many customers even asking for price matches there. Not sure what it...
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August 7th, 2022, 11:09 pm
Gas Price-Zone Price
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storewanderer »
March 4th, 2022, 1:03 am
Something odd is happening with the gas price in my area. It is not unusual in Reno to have a wide range of gas prices depending what part of town...
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August 7th, 2022, 1:59 am
Arco- Marathon?
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storewanderer »
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At an Arco tonight (one of the Marathon supplied ones) I saw some new windshield washing units attached to the poles. The units are blue with an...
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August 6th, 2022, 8:26 am
Bed Bath & Beyond: Dying?
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storewanderer »
January 17th, 2020, 7:08 pm
It looks like BBB is dying. Their stores became progressively emptier of merchandise in the past year. I have especially noticed this with their...
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August 6th, 2022, 1:14 am
Halloween Stores
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Alpha8472 »
September 6th, 2021, 12:37 pm
It seems like there has been an increase in Halloween stores this year. Normally, you just see Spirit Halloween, but now I see many other independent...
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July 29th, 2022, 11:53 pm
Olympia Sports Closing All Stores
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Alpha8472 »
July 29th, 2022, 1:26 pm
The Maine based chain is closing all 35 stores. In 2019, they were bought by a private equity firm called CriticalPoint Capital. They had 225 stores...
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July 29th, 2022, 1:26 pm
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July 27th, 2022, 7:19 am
Speedway/7-Eleven integration
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storewanderer »
November 27th, 2021, 5:51 pm
Looks like the integration has started at least in California.
Some Speedway locations have signs on the gas pump
NOW AVAILABLE
Big Gulp (photo of...
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July 25th, 2022, 10:00 pm
Amazon Buys One Medical
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Alpha8472 »
July 21st, 2022, 10:20 pm
One Medical is a chain of doctors offices. It is a loss-making company with 767,000 members and enterprise clients including Airbnb, and Google.
One...
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Last post by Alpha8472
July 21st, 2022, 10:20 pm
7-Eleven Credit Card Skimmer
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Alpha8472 »
July 21st, 2022, 12:21 am
A credit card skimmer was found inside a 7-Eleven store at a Chevron station in Sunnyvale, California. The skimmer was a fake pin pad on top of the...
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Last post by storewanderer
July 21st, 2022, 12:26 am
Post Office
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storewanderer »
July 14th, 2022, 10:22 pm
A post office in a remote but probably around some homeless people go, in my area, is now running limited hours. Many in this post office's area in...
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July 16th, 2022, 3:27 pm
Best Buy and the Smartphone Era
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BatteryMill »
October 29th, 2016, 8:05 pm
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July 12th, 2022, 1:47 pm
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July 10th, 2022, 5:50 pm
Oil Change Places and Car Repair
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Alpha8472 »
July 6th, 2022, 9:05 pm
Do most people get oil changes at chain oil change places or do you get auto repairs from an independent auto shop?
I have seen Jiffy Lube locations...
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Last post by Super S
July 8th, 2022, 6:24 am
Barnes and Noble Opening New Stores
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Alpha8472 »
June 23rd, 2022, 8:15 pm
I saw signs announcing a new Barnes and Noble in ritzy Downtown Walnut Creek, California. The original huge 2 story Barnes and Noble a few hundred...
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July 4th, 2022, 11:00 pm
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July 4th, 2022, 2:48 am
Baxter Auto Parts to become Carquest
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Super S »
July 22nd, 2021, 11:40 am
This is an interesting development as most Carquest locations in this area were converted to the Advance banner, and some of those locations are...
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July 1st, 2022, 6:41 am
Bed Bath & Beyond CEO Is Out
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Alpha8472 »
June 29th, 2022, 1:48 pm
The CEO that led the retail overhaul of the company has left. He was responsible for decluttering the stores. Inventory was reduced. There were fewer...
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