whirlcool
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That site seems to be a little but Safeway oriented.
Who remembers National food stores in the Chicago and New Orleans area? They went out of buiness in the 70's if I am not mistaken.
Now for the rant.....
Safeway, what a terrible store! We had them here in Houston for awhile and even though the stores were quite large, they offered a limited selection at convenience store prices. Eventually their stores were like ghost towns..
Then Safeway got the idea to sell off the Safeway stores to the employees and name them "Apple Tree" stores. They shut down quite a few, but there really was no change in the way they operated from the Safeway days and eventually they shut down all the stores and that enterprise collapsed.
Then a few years ago Safeway bought out Randall's, a very nice semi upscale grocery chain here in Houston and Dallas. Sure to how they operate, they stipped out Randall's wide selection and installed a lot of Safeway house brand stuff and jacked up their prices sky high. Now you go in to a Randall's and it's a ghost town. I imagine they will shut down in a very few more years. They have already closed down about 40% of the original Randall's stores. Last night after church we went into the once very upscale flagship store on Voss around 7pm and we were the only people in the store except for the few employees hanging around.
And let's not forget what Safeway did to Dominick's in Chicago. Pretty much the same thing.
Personally, I don't think Safeway knows anything about the grocery business. You'd think that they would have learned their lesson about failing stores and decreasing profits after they take over a chain. But some people and corporations never learn.
Who remembers National food stores in the Chicago and New Orleans area? They went out of buiness in the 70's if I am not mistaken.
Now for the rant.....
Safeway, what a terrible store! We had them here in Houston for awhile and even though the stores were quite large, they offered a limited selection at convenience store prices. Eventually their stores were like ghost towns..
Then Safeway got the idea to sell off the Safeway stores to the employees and name them "Apple Tree" stores. They shut down quite a few, but there really was no change in the way they operated from the Safeway days and eventually they shut down all the stores and that enterprise collapsed.
Then a few years ago Safeway bought out Randall's, a very nice semi upscale grocery chain here in Houston and Dallas. Sure to how they operate, they stipped out Randall's wide selection and installed a lot of Safeway house brand stuff and jacked up their prices sky high. Now you go in to a Randall's and it's a ghost town. I imagine they will shut down in a very few more years. They have already closed down about 40% of the original Randall's stores. Last night after church we went into the once very upscale flagship store on Voss around 7pm and we were the only people in the store except for the few employees hanging around.
And let's not forget what Safeway did to Dominick's in Chicago. Pretty much the same thing.
Personally, I don't think Safeway knows anything about the grocery business. You'd think that they would have learned their lesson about failing stores and decreasing profits after they take over a chain. But some people and corporations never learn.
