Actually, multiple contributors on here have seen SoCal Albertsons stores with Colorful Lifestyle decor. It seems like the decor packages are truly all over the map, but somewhat follow a pattern of Albertsons vs. Safeway banners. From what I can tell, the markets with both an Albertsons and Safeway presence pre-merger seem to be much more experimental with decor. NorCal, Jewel-Osco and Acme all seem to be sticking to the packages which they were using previously. Outside of that, the current decor distribution seems to generally follow this pattern (with exceptions, of course):klkla wrote:That would make sense. I don't know if that's the case for sure, though.pseudo3d wrote:Observation: so far, the "Florida" decor has not been seen in ABS-originated brands (Albertsons, ACME, Jewel-Osco, Shaw's/Star Market) and has only been seen in Safeway originated brands (Safeway, Tom Thumb, Randalls), wonder if there's still some contractual thing going on that prevents decor packages from being used in other stores (also note that there's no LLC variant for SWY stores at all, nor Lifestyle for ABS)
Lifestyle: NorCal
Colorful Lifestyle: Northwest, SoCal, Arizona, Colorado, DFW, East (mostly former Safeway banners)
Florida (Modern): Florida (obviously), DFW, Houston, with a few additional reports of west coast usage
LLC: Former Albertsons-bannered stores
In addition, there is a new decor package which has only been seen at Pavillions thus far (and needs an official name on here).
In the case of the two Minyard Sun Fresh conversions, the conversion to Colorful Lifestyle might have been simpler than Florida decor due to the fact that much of the original Lifestyle signage could simply be modified with new lettering and a fresh coat of paint. On the other hand, the Albertsons and Fresh Market conversion stores might have been more difficult to convert to Colorful Lifestyle due to the fact that the existing walls would have to be modified slightly to support the structural loads from the large Lifestyle signage, in addition to requiring new electrical runs for the backlighting behind the signs.