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San Diego’s only dedicated chicken-and-waffles restaurant
I love Coop's Have bought take out and a couple of large catering orders from them. The food is outstanding and the employees are so friendly. Great local family owned business. On a side note, Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles is coming to Barrio Logan. It is rumored to be opening this fall (2016).— August 5, 2016 4:21 p.m.
Too close to Rancho Santa Fe
Maybe he doesn't use his full name because he is a felon released from Federal Prison on 11/20/2000? From running a small coffee shack called Capone's Expresso to prison then to Rancho Santa Fe. Quite a feat. Perhaps the neighbors would like him to obey the laws. http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1996/jan/09/rovi…— August 5, 2016 4:10 p.m.
California homes less likely to sink in sea
There goes Coronado.— August 3, 2016 7:53 p.m.
It’s like a Korean Chipotle
Yelpers have an over abundance of exoberant asians, way worse in L.A., but very apparent in San Diego. They are nerd/introvert type and gravitate to social media like Yelp, where they think they are 'food reviewers' for christ sake.— July 31, 2016 9:58 p.m.
Never mind Bullock’s — Target is the future of dying malls
They have those in the UK. Some even have refrigerated compartments. Amazon does have package lockers at many 7/11 and Circle K stores. You specify what locker location to send your package. Since Amazon and the Postal Service partner on last-mile delivery, I wonder why they have not struck a deal to use the post office lockers. That's another revenue stream the USPS could get by using their PO Box lockers for Amazon packages.— July 29, 2016 5:42 p.m.
Never mind Bullock’s — Target is the future of dying malls
As I recall, the Grossmont Center in the 60's, 70' and 80's was host to more upscale stores. There was College Grove that was a pedestrian offering. The only major players during the Grossmont ere were Mission Valley. Plaza Bonita, Oceanside and La Jolla came later in the 80's as the North County and South Bay developed. Horton Plaza gave very good rent terms to Nordstrom to attract them there. Dig deep enough and you will probably find the 30 year lease is not offered at an attractive price to Nordstrom. Also, Nordstrom suffers from an all to familiar problem of management. They remind me of Kaypro. Too many Nordstroms and and enough pros.— July 28, 2016 10:46 p.m.
Never mind Bullock’s — Target is the future of dying malls
A recent story in Fortune suggests that 25% of *all* department stores need to close (800 stores, with Sears needing to shut 300) for sales per square foot to go back to 2006 levels. The story goes on to say Nordstrom needs to close 30 and concentrate on the "Rack" stores. Nordstrom may have been relieved when the voters rejected that mall in Carlsbad.— July 27, 2016 6:26 p.m.
Never mind Bullock’s — Target is the future of dying malls
I made an error. I've been shopping from Amazon since 1998 (not 1988). In the 18 years I have been buying from them, and that is hundreds of items, I have never had to call them on the phone. Maybe, once... but I don't remember. Usually you can do all different sorts of transactions without their help. If you do need help, they can handle it quickly with an email or instant message. The thing about Amazon is they are so far ahead of everybody else in logistics, partners, web development, server capacity.... and they have the warehouse robots (Kiva, they bought the manufacturer)... it's going to be very difficult for others to catch up. This week Amazon entered into an agreement with the UK government to begin testing their delivery 'drones' for small packages (starting off at up to 5 lbs.) in a 30 minute window.— July 27, 2016 6:04 p.m.
Never mind Bullock’s — Target is the future of dying malls
On the topic, I just don't like going to malls. I'd shop for clothing and shoes about once a year. Since 1988, I have been a happy customer of Amazon and a "prime" member. I buy almost everything online, even ordering groceries. I have bought clothing from Macy's online. One thing I make sure I do is buy from places that have generous return policies, like Amazon, Costco, Home Depot. Nothing is worse than having to pay some "restocking fee." Amazon has a smartphone app where you can scan the UPC code on a product and see what the Amazon price is. I think what is happening at a lot of mall stores is they are victims of "showrooming" where shoppers go out an look at products in person, maybe get a salesperson to answer some questions, then go home and order it online. Your story is very accurate of what has happened to two malls in San Diego. College Grove once had 85 stores, now it has about a dozen. With Sam's Club, Walmart, Target and Kohls as anchors. Over at Grossmont, most upscale and boutique retailers have left with Walmart, Target and the now defunct Sports Authority. According to news reports, the Cushman family is planning for major changes at and around Grossmont Center.— July 27, 2016 3:45 p.m.
Never mind Bullock’s — Target is the future of dying malls
Don, the main difference between the philosophy of Price and Sinegal, was real estate. Sol (as well as Robert) were interested in buying and developing centers - and owning the land. They liked being their own best tenant. They could also control their business neighbors and the mix of retail around them. So Price Clubs were rolled out slowly as locations and land deals were developed. Sinegal and his backer, Jeff Brotman, rolled out their warehouses much faster by finding land to lease. Without the distraction of center development, just their own footprints, they deployed rapidly. Before the merger, the Costco in Kearny Mesa opened and that's the view many people saw from the Price Club accounting offices on Convoy Court. I went through that "merger" and left Seattle (Issaquah) after a few years. When the two powers, began sorting out their differences, they decided to let the Price family take the real estate (that's when the Price REIT was formed) and the retail would go to Costco. Price reserved the rights to develop small warehouses, mostly in small countries in the western hemisphere, that became PriceSmart.— July 27, 2016 3:32 p.m.