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Albertsons plans for Rite Aid. Combined loyalty program, changing the front end, changing Rite Aid store layouts, Albertsons products in Rite Aid... https://boisedev.com/news/2018/5/17/alb ... -aid-boise

What happens to Thrifty Ice Cream?

This all assumes the merger goes through.

jamcool wrote: ↑May 18th, 2018, 5:19 pm What happens to Thrifty Ice Cream?

Albertsons is keeping it and it will expand to their grocery stores. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-t ... story.html

CalItalian wrote:

jamcool wrote: ↑May 18th, 2018, 5:19 pm What happens to Thrifty Ice Cream?

Albertsons is keeping it and it will expand to their grocery stores. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-t ... story.html

The lingering question, the Times points out, is the fate of the El Monte factory as well as the recipes themselves.


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CalItalian wrote:Albertsons plans for Rite Aid. Combined loyalty program, changing the front end, changing Rite Aid store layouts, Albertsons products in Rite Aid... https://boisedev.com/news/2018/5/17/alb ... -aid-boise

While they said there’s no plans to usurp the Jewel-Osco branding, this does sound like the final death of the Sav-On brand name.


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submariner wrote: ↑May 20th, 2018, 3:31 pm

CalItalian wrote:Albertsons plans for Rite Aid. Combined loyalty program, changing the front end, changing Rite Aid store layouts, Albertsons products in Rite Aid... https://boisedev.com/news/2018/5/17/alb ... -aid-boise

While they said there’s no plans to usurp the Jewel-Osco branding, this does sound like the final death of the Sav-On brand name.


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I wonder if the Sav-On brand name has any value at this point... is it more valuable than the Rite Aid name on storefronts? How much value does either name really have...?

I noticed today that the Longview, WA Rite Aid is undergoing a remodel, which is the first since a major remodel in the mid-2000s (after the indoor Triangle Mall was demolished, this building, a former Pay 'N Save/PayLess, was the only remaining building and received an extensive remodel at that time). On the outside signs are being replaced and updated. On the inside, new flooring and wall painting is underway. One interesting note is that they are moving the back wall by the pharmacy forward maybe 20 feet to make the store itself smaller. I am not sure how much the rest of the store will be remodeled, or the reason behind moving the wall as that space isn't really suitable for much except maybe an office area or more warehouse space.

storewanderer wrote: ↑May 20th, 2018, 9:09 pm

submariner wrote: ↑May 20th, 2018, 3:31 pm

CalItalian wrote:Albertsons plans for Rite Aid. Combined loyalty program, changing the front end, changing Rite Aid store layouts, Albertsons products in Rite Aid... https://boisedev.com/news/2018/5/17/alb ... -aid-boise

While they said there’s no plans to usurp the Jewel-Osco branding, this does sound like the final death of the Sav-On brand name.


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I wonder if the Sav-On brand name has any value at this point... is it more valuable than the Rite Aid name on storefronts? How much value does either name really have...?

We still have several Albertsons-Oscos in Phoenix, the lone outpost of the Osco brand out West.

All assumes the merger goes through...