QVC has agreed to buy Rite Aid for an undisclosed sum - saving 1000 stores from closure.
The End of an Era: Discontinued products, services, and defunct companies
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Isn't the buyer CVS?
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You're right. Fat fingered it.
Some flavors:
ca.news.yahoo.com
Cheerios quietly discontinued three flavors — and customers are not happy
Fans have questioned why these three flavors will no longer be on grocery store shelves
CVS, which bought Rite Aid and Bartell's Drug Store, will rebrand the remaining stores CVS.
I don't go to CVS......or any other stores which keep you waiting 120 minutes while 20 workers keep answering 60 phones and eventually remember you need a prescription.
What I miss are Mom and pop stores, local music shops, especially those where you could get "rare" music like stuff from Japan etc, the just around the corner electronics shop where you could pick up headphones, 2.5 to 3.5mm audio jack converters, batteries, drool at the latest walkman etc.. Local bank offices, the ones where you actually could get money etc indeed with a good service..
So much has disappeared over the years, it's kinda really sad..
Was it all great and convenient? No, waiting a week or two before you got your desired motherboard for the 80486 you wanted to build or the 6 week wait for a CD coming from Japan, but still I miss that sort of stuff anyway, guess I miss a whole era.
So much has disappeared over the years, it's kinda really sad..
Was it all great and convenient? No, waiting a week or two before you got your desired motherboard for the 80486 you wanted to build or the 6 week wait for a CD coming from Japan, but still I miss that sort of stuff anyway, guess I miss a whole era.
Growing up, whenever we would go and visit the grandparents - they would give my brother and and I $5-$10 and say, "Go down to the corner store, pick up a six pack of beer, a pack of cigarettes and some candy for yourself."
No one ever questioned it.
I'm of two minds. I do miss them too, but the downsides I've had with such stores are sometimes the owners themselves. We had a fairly great local record store that had been in the business for years, but the owner was a bit of a prick. Went in there once to see if he had something others stores didn't, and I had him order it in. But it was not a great experience as he was looking down on me for my choice, and he'd said something to the effect of, "Now why would you want that?" That was my first and last time in there as he had made me feel like he didn't want my business and that my request was an imposition on him.
Del-Monte Foods has filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy.
It will begin liquidating its assets in the coming days.
I can't remember the last time I bought a Del Monte product.
Probably back when my parents were still married.
It will begin liquidating its assets in the coming days.
I can't remember the last time I bought a Del Monte product.
Probably back when my parents were still married.
Del-Monte was always a little pricier than the equivalent name brand. I tried them & they didn't seem any better than the other name brands on the same shelf. They were usually better than generics, tho.
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Looks like Funko's bubble is about to pop.
www.dexerto.com
Funko Pop maker admits it might not survive another year as sales crash - Dexerto
Funko warns investors of “substantial doubt” about its future as 2025 sales drop 14% and debt hits $250 million.
www.dexerto.com
I'm surprised at how long they've lasted. Gamestop can't be far behind given they've become more of a collectible retailer within the last decade.
I'd rather have a version of a character that looks like the actual character than a Funko caricature, and rather have a LEGO Minifigure of a character than a Funko.
Yeah, that pretty much sums it up for me too. I've never seen the appeal. But maybe that's just because I'm not in the correct demographic.
I kinda knew they weren't going to stay around much longer when they shifted production from their Everett location to Arizona as a way of cutting costs and saving money, and several million dollars worth of Funko's ended up in a landfill because of overproduction.
If I was going to get a collectable figurine, I would rather get a bobble head figure than a Funko, because at least the bobble head looks like the character and not some abstract thing.
If I was going to get a collectable figurine, I would rather get a bobble head figure than a Funko, because at least the bobble head looks like the character and not some abstract thing.
Wow, I didn't expect this.
Wendy's is going to close 88 of its restaurants in Washington State and up to 350 nationwide as it struggles with rising costs and debt.
Wendy's currently operates 6000 restaurant nationwide.
Wendy's is going to close 88 of its restaurants in Washington State and up to 350 nationwide as it struggles with rising costs and debt.
Wendy's currently operates 6000 restaurant nationwide.
Hmm, I quite clearly remember him as spokesperson for Publisher's Clearing House though, including the photographs taken with winners. I remember because there was one year when someone in my neighbourhood had won, and I don't think the other company operated in Canada as far as I know.
Googling it and it appears you're right and I'm the victim of the Mandela Effect. This is gonna bug me now
You'll question now whether it was ever the Bernstein Bears or if it's the Berenstain Bears.
Or whether Han shot first or...
