The main changes made here are the relocations of several departments; The wine and liquor got moved from the front of the store to the opposite corner in the back, the produce department got moved to the area the wine department got moved out of (and compressed into a bit less space, it was fairly spread out in the old store layout,) and the pharmacy got moved as well. They have also eliminated the floor tiles and switched to polished concrete, which seems to be the popular way to go these days.
This is what the new produce department looks like.
Here are the new aisle signs, which appear to match those of other Fresh Fare stores.
Perhaps the most interesting thing here is that even though a lot of stores have been reducing or entirely phasing out self checkouts, this store is adding more, bringing the total of self checkout stations up to 12 (I believe the previous store layout had only 4.)
This store has always been a little bit odd due to the fact that it happens to be less than half a mile away from another QFC store located in Redmond Center. This store was originally an Olson's prior to the acquisition of that chain by QFC, while the other store opened as a QFC several years earlier. In spite of their being just a few blocks from each other, both QFC stores have coexisted for close to 20 years now, so apparently they get enough business to keep both of them viable.
