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#41
Gas Stations / Re: Giant Eagle selling Get-Go...
Last post by TheFugitive - August 29, 2024, 10:16:19 AMAn article delving into the thinking behind Giant Eagle's decision to divest itself of GetGo.
https://triblive.com/local/regional/giant-eagles-sale-of-getgo-refocuses-company-amid-growing-grocer-competition-experts-say/
This is a sharp turn because just a couple of years ago they were all-in on GetGo.
https://triblive.com/local/regional/giant-eagles-sale-of-getgo-refocuses-company-amid-growing-grocer-competition-experts-say/
This is a sharp turn because just a couple of years ago they were all-in on GetGo.
#42
Current Restaurants / Re: Red Lobster abruptly close...
Last post by TheFugitive - August 27, 2024, 10:19:05 AMRed Lobster announces two dozen more closures. The list is here.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/redglobster-closing-nearly-two-dozen-more-restaurants-here-s-where/ar-AA1pt3KS?ocid=BingNewsVerp
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/redglobster-closing-nearly-two-dozen-more-restaurants-here-s-where/ar-AA1pt3KS?ocid=BingNewsVerp
#43
Department Stores / Re: Big Lots
Last post by EddieJ1984 - August 24, 2024, 01:13:25 PMThe first Big Lots! I ever went to is closing, the Franklin Mills one in Philadelphia, leaving the Somerton location on Bustleton Ave the only Philly location left.
The one nearest me, remains open (Fairless Hills, PA)
The one nearest me, remains open (Fairless Hills, PA)
#44
Stores Shutting Down This Year....2024 / Re: Rite Aid files Chap. 11. ...
Last post by TheFugitive - August 19, 2024, 02:37:34 PMBankrupt Rite Aid announces an additional 44 store closings, most of them in Ohio and Michigan.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/rite-aid-closing-stores-full-list-and-map-of-doomed-locations-announced-in-august-2024/ar-AA1oXITY?ocid=BingNewsVerp
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/rite-aid-closing-stores-full-list-and-map-of-doomed-locations-announced-in-august-2024/ar-AA1oXITY?ocid=BingNewsVerp
#45
Gas Stations / Giant Eagle selling Get-Go con...
Last post by TheFugitive - August 19, 2024, 10:00:39 AMWell I didn't see THIS one coming.
Giant Eagle has agreed to sell their Get-Go chain of convenience stores and gas stations to Canadian convenience store operator Couche Tard.
https://www.wtae.com/article/giant-eagle-sell-getgo/61913447#
The press release says the sale will allow Giant Eagle to focus on their core supermarket business.
This is kind of a stunner as Giant Eagle has aggressively built Get-Go in this area to compete with Sheetz. The move seems to indicate that all is not going well for their core grocery business.
Couche Tard is French for "Late to Bed".
Giant Eagle has agreed to sell their Get-Go chain of convenience stores and gas stations to Canadian convenience store operator Couche Tard.
https://www.wtae.com/article/giant-eagle-sell-getgo/61913447#
The press release says the sale will allow Giant Eagle to focus on their core supermarket business.
This is kind of a stunner as Giant Eagle has aggressively built Get-Go in this area to compete with Sheetz. The move seems to indicate that all is not going well for their core grocery business.
Couche Tard is French for "Late to Bed".
#46
Stores Shutting Down This Year....2024 / Re: Rue 21 files for bankruptc...
Last post by TheFugitive - August 15, 2024, 09:35:38 AMAfter filing bankruptcy in May, and apparently being acquired by somewhat murky new owners, Rue21 is reopening a limited number of stores, including one at Monroeville Mall here in the Pittsburgh area.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/rue21-reopening-dozens-of-stores-under-new-ownership-including-2-in-pittsburgh-area/ar-AA1oKEv7?ocid=BingNewsVerp
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/rue21-reopening-dozens-of-stores-under-new-ownership-including-2-in-pittsburgh-area/ar-AA1oKEv7?ocid=BingNewsVerp
#47
Radio / WCBS New York ditching histori...
Last post by TheFugitive - August 13, 2024, 09:31:10 AMWCBS-AM 880, an historic powerhouse 50,000 watt station in New York, will dump it's all-news format later this month, two days short of the format's 57th. anniversary.
https://nypost.com/2024/08/12/sports/espn-ny-taking-over-wcbs-880-am-signal-in-radio-stunner/
ESPN sports programming, currently heard in New York on 1050AM/98.7FM, will move over to 880 and the station's call letters will change to WHSQ.
WCBS has been the flagship station of the CBS Network since the 1920's. It adopted the WCBS call sign in 1946. Station owners cited the extremely high cost of running an all-news format along with declining ad revenues as reasons for the change.
This is not unlike when historic 50,000 watt WNBC adopted an all-sports format and changed it's call sign to WFAN in 1988. That station had likewise been the longtime flagship for the NBC Network.
1010 WINS, which pretty much invented the all-news format, will continue with it for the time being.
https://nypost.com/2024/08/12/sports/espn-ny-taking-over-wcbs-880-am-signal-in-radio-stunner/
ESPN sports programming, currently heard in New York on 1050AM/98.7FM, will move over to 880 and the station's call letters will change to WHSQ.
WCBS has been the flagship station of the CBS Network since the 1920's. It adopted the WCBS call sign in 1946. Station owners cited the extremely high cost of running an all-news format along with declining ad revenues as reasons for the change.
This is not unlike when historic 50,000 watt WNBC adopted an all-sports format and changed it's call sign to WFAN in 1988. That station had likewise been the longtime flagship for the NBC Network.
1010 WINS, which pretty much invented the all-news format, will continue with it for the time being.
#48
Department Stores / Re: Iowa based Von Mauer to op...
Last post by TheFugitive - August 12, 2024, 03:57:06 PMVon Mauer has opened an Employment Center inside the mall offering walk-in interviews.
I wonder how many piano players this place will need to hire?
I wonder how many piano players this place will need to hire?
#49
Current Restaurants / Re: Buca di Beppo files for ba...
Last post by BillyGr - August 09, 2024, 08:33:30 PMDid notice that was the closest area (Ohio) :)
#50
Amusement Parks/Theme Parks / Re: Kennywood
Last post by TheFugitive - August 09, 2024, 11:05:48 AMIt appears that Kennywood, as well as it's local sister parks Sandcastle, Idlewild and Soak Zone, could be up for sale soon as their Spanish corporate parent company looks to divest their U.S. based assets.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tripideas/kennywood-other-parks-could-be-up-for-sale-soon/ar-AA1okuGj?ocid=BingNewsSerp
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tripideas/kennywood-other-parks-could-be-up-for-sale-soon/ar-AA1okuGj?ocid=BingNewsSerp