Pavilions Sherman Oaks New Build Plans

[veteran+]

"The bad:
While I was impressed by the selection of virtually every center store category (a lot of interesting gourmet and lesser know brands mixed in with the regular selection) the organization was awful. The designers must have stopped by their local 'dispensary' before sitting down to plot this mess. Some of the aisles run front to back, and others from side to side. But there's no rhyme or reason to it. And even some of the aisles that run the same direction with breaks in the middle don't align. It would be very difficult to shop this store on a regular basis with a list because it's just too difficult to find anything."

That is what I like least about the West Hollywood store!

Along with right side congestion and wasted left side space (includes CLOSED corner entrance by floral and starbucks).

[klkla]

Sounds like they are staffing the perimeter well to execute it this way. How was the staffing in the rest of the store?

At least they can execute well if they put the resources to it. As I saw in Boise.

It was very well staffed. It will be interesting to look at the store in three or four months and see if they keep it up.

[pseudo3d]

I'd love to see a floor plan (check near the exits or service desk, there's usually a fire escape plan) of how the store looks and if the weird layout can be fixed with some re-arrangement or if can't be changed without major redevelopment. The weirdest layout of a supermarket I'd ever shopped in was a Kroger in Houston where the service departments were in the center of the store, with the store being divided into two "sections" (each with their own straight, mini-aisles) and the section with the front-end checkout.

[klkla]

I'd love to see a floor plan (check near the exits or service desk, there's usually a fire escape plan) of how the store looks and if the weird layout can be fixed with some re-arrangement or if can't be changed without major redevelopment. The weirdest layout of a supermarket I'd ever shopped in was a Kroger in Houston where the service departments were in the center of the store, with the store being divided into two "sections" (each with their own straight, mini-aisles) and the section with the front-end checkout.

I think the only major impediment to changing the layout would be a produce wet rack that runs from side to side in the back of the produce department:

There are some very good photos on Yelp.

You can see it in this photo. It is smack in the middle of the store so it would be very expensive to move.
https://s3-media0.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto ... g-iA/o.jpg

Also the wine storage room would be expensive to move (this is on the other side of the other produce wet rack between produce and the Service Deli).
https://s3-media0.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto ... -V1A/o.jpg

This shows how the aisles are misaligned. Look at aisle 4 on the left and on the right. They don't line up at all.
https://s3-media0.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto ... OlLw/o.jpg

This video shows the service meat department. This was the feature I was most impressed with in this store:
https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/video_u ... 4732540001