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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
Large store format
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July 29th, 2023, 8:22 am
Interesting how Wegmans can open a large store in NYC and no one will do the same in my area.
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August 13th, 2023, 9:41 am
Addie's Drive Up Grocer
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arizonaguy »
January 29th, 2023, 11:05 am
Looks like this is a new concept for a pickup only supermarket.
I read somewhere that they eventually want to scale this up to 2000 stores...
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June 24th, 2023, 3:53 pm
Wegmans to close Natick, MA location
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jdb820 »
June 1st, 2023, 1:35 pm
I think this would be their first closure outside of their typical territory of Western NY.
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June 24th, 2023, 9:56 am
Stop & Shop closures
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marketreportblog »
April 25th, 2022, 10:08 am
Recently announced closures of Stop & Shop locations in LIC (Queens) and Islandia (Long Island). This comes right after closures of Little Neck...
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January 27th, 2023, 5:25 am
NYC Area Cooperatives
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marketreportblog »
April 17th, 2022, 5:45 pm
Starting a new thread based on a series of posts from another thread, about the NYC area grocery cooperatives. Key Food (Key Food, Food Universe,...
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December 11th, 2022, 9:13 am
Wegman's Ends Self-checkout Due To Theft
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Alpha8472 »
September 15th, 2022, 9:53 pm
Wegman's has ended self checkout on their app due to theft. The customers at Wegman's tend to be more upper middle class. These types of customers...
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September 18th, 2022, 3:37 pm
Another Shaw's to close
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cathandler »
January 23rd, 2022, 2:30 am
This time it's the Westbrook, Maine location which has been starved of capex and staffing for years. Tellingly, it's the only location in the...
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September 11th, 2022, 7:54 pm
Wegmans chainwide paper bag fee
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storewanderer »
April 14th, 2022, 12:47 pm
Wegmans announced by the end of the year they will eliminate plastic bags from all stores. About 45 of their stores are not (yet) subject to any...
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April 19th, 2022, 12:53 am
Wegmans to open first store in Connecticut
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cathandler »
March 1st, 2022, 8:16 pm
They're coming to Norwalk
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April 1st, 2022, 8:15 pm
Price Chopper, Tops to merge
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cathandler »
February 8th, 2021, 10:05 am
The combined company will operate out of Schenectady. The banners will continue to operate separately. It's not clear how overlapping stores will be...
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December 5th, 2021, 10:16 am
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October 18th, 2021, 10:15 am
Wegmans to Manhattan Island
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SamSpade »
July 29th, 2021, 1:32 pm
Fan favorite grocer Wegmans announces Manhattan debut
This location marks the company’s second grocery story in NYC following an October 2019 ......
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July 31st, 2021, 4:25 pm
Market Basket arrives in Rhode Island
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retailfanmitchell019 »
May 20th, 2021, 9:41 pm
Market Basket's first Rhode Island store (Warwick) opens tomorrow:
In a way, Market Basket reminds me of Stater Bros. Both are chains with plain,...
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July 17th, 2021, 8:17 pm
Albertsons buys Kings
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retailfanmitchell019 »
October 14th, 2020, 8:01 pm
ACI (Albertsons) is buying 27 Kings Food Markets and Balducci's stores for $96 million, after the owner, KB US Holdings, filed for Chapter 11...
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July 17th, 2021, 5:31 pm
Trader Joes
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veteran+ »
March 1st, 2021, 3:43 pm
Now THAT is the Trader Joes I know from the inside that rarely ever gets out.
Publix has that same efficient PR machine that masks what REALLY goes...
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March 2nd, 2021, 5:58 pm
Shop Rite closing 62 of 209 pharmacies
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storewanderer »
January 27th, 2021, 6:51 pm
CVS is taking these files. Not clear if they will run the pharmacies in the stores.
I am not clear since many Shop Rites are franchises, were the...
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January 30th, 2021, 5:21 pm
New Jersey Ban On Paper Bags, Single Use Plastic Bags, & Plastic Food Containers
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Alpha8472 »
September 25th, 2020, 9:10 pm
The single use bag ban and polystyrene food container ban applies to restaurants, convenience stores, food trucks, movie theaters and grocery stores...
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October 2nd, 2020, 1:41 pm
Market Basket opens second Maine store (Westbrook)
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cathandler »
August 22nd, 2020, 4:37 pm
Nice store overall. I met Arthur T (again) at the grand opening Friday morning. Little if any vendor activity noted, quite unlike the Biddeford...
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September 20th, 2020, 4:43 pm
Who will get Fairway?
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pseudo3d »
March 15th, 2020, 9:05 am
Just a few days before the Fairway stores auction on March 16th (tomorrow), a new bidder has appeared for Fairway, overriding the previous $70M...
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August 27th, 2020, 5:07 am
Balducci's and Kings files for bankruptcy
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pseudo3d »
August 25th, 2020, 4:16 pm
Chapter 11 with a $75M stalking-horse bid by an investment company.
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August 25th, 2020, 4:16 pm
Wegmans Cheapening Decor
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Alpha8472 »
August 5th, 2020, 7:56 pm
Has anyone noticed Wegmans cheapening their once extravagant decor on new stores?
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August 24th, 2020, 6:06 am
Lidl held down inflation on Long Island
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SamSpade »
July 9th, 2020, 1:43 pm
This was apparently done by an independent third party, not clear what they price checked.
I must say, it must be interesting to be in a price...
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July 10th, 2020, 5:33 pm
Ahold Delhaize (Stop & Shop) buys King Kullen
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cathandler »
January 4th, 2019, 10:16 am
It's all over for the first supermarket chain after an 89-year run
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June 10th, 2020, 8:45 pm
Acme to close 4 stores
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storewanderer »
August 17th, 2019, 10:31 pm
Looks like we have here 2 former Pathmarks which look lousy (unremodeled) but large stores, one former A&P banner of some kind which looks pretty...
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January 25th, 2020, 7:26 am
Fairway and NY Post Report
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SamSpade »
January 22nd, 2020, 9:59 am
Original report (keeping in mind this is a tabloid product owned by News Corp):
Fairway planning to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, close all its...
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January 24th, 2020, 10:22 am
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