Earlier coverage is posted below. -
UPDATE @ 6:31 p.m. March 22:
We’ve posted some additional details about the planned Trader Joe’s on this page. -
Earlier report, posted @ 5:35 p.m. March 21:
The California-based Trader Joe’s grocery-store chain plans to open a store in the State College area, a company representative confirmed to StateCollege.com on Monday evening.
The local CBS affiliate, WTAJ, reported earlier Monday that the store is tentatively anticipated at 1855 N. Atherton St. in late 2011.
StateCollege.com will post more details as they become available.
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Managing Editor Overall, the retail sector dropped 2.3% in customer satisfaction to a score of 75.5 â the lowest ACSI score logged for the sector since 2015.
Following four years of fairly steady customer satisfaction, the supermarket industryâs rating in this area has dropped 2.6% to a score of 76 out of 100, with 17 of 20 major grocers earning lower scores year over year, according to data from the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI).
Monrovia, California-based Trader Joeâs is No. 1 in the
supermarket industry â as well as the entire retail sector â with a stable score of 84, with four companies tying for second place with scores of 82: Costco (down 1%), H-E-B (down 2%), Publix (down 1%)Â and Wegmans (down 2%). The remaining top-tier performer from 2019, Aldi, slid 4% to tie with a stable Samâs Club at 80.
QFC to close two Seattle stores, blames city’s new $4 hazard pay law
Updated Feb 17, 2021;
By Paul Roberts | The Seattle Times and Tribune News Service
The heated debate over Seattle’s $4-an-hour hazard pay law for grocery workers escalated sharply this week.
On Tuesday, QFC announced it will close two Seattle stores by April 24 and blamed the move, in part, on the new law.
Although QFC acknowledged that both locations at 416 15th Avenue East on Capitol Hill and at 8400 35th Ave. NE in Wedgwood were “underperforming,” the decision to close them was “accelerated” by Seattle’s hazard pay law, which the City Council approved Jan. 25.