Sentences with phrase «at big chains»

At the big chains, Dollarama and the Great Canadian Dollar Store, we didn't find a single item that was past its best - before date.

Look for remaindered books at big chains like Barnes & Noble and Books - a-Million, and at cut - price clubs like Costco, Sam's Club, and BJ's.

While the kits continue to see expansion at big chains like Kroger and Publix, which plan to launch them nationwide this year, the challenge seems to be with smaller convenience stores that can't quite make the numbers work.

It is available online and in many specialty cake supply stores, I have yet to see this stuff at the big chain grocers.

You probably expect the seasoning mix to make meat that tastes exactly like the stuff you get at the big chain.

I always associated them with the horribly over-sauced and mushy eggplant parmesan you find at big chain Italian restaurants, that is until I got some in my CSA basket a few weeks ago and was forced to make them into something.

and they turn away before you respond you get at the bigger chain stores.

All other things I just bought at the bigger chains; Normal clothing in a bigger size.

I used to work at a big chain tire store, and chrome going bad on wheels is pretty common.

«Often by carrying a specialty brand that is healthier and not available at the big chain stores, they can differentiate themselves and build customer loyalty.»

Independent hoteliers often work hard to make their properties unique from the chain hotels — and a number of them will still offer you Stash Rewards points, similar to the points you'd earn with a stay at the big chain hotel.

It seemed a perfect fit: Moore has a book to promote (he told the crowd at the bookstore last night that he had no interest in doing signings at big chain stores), and St. Mark's Bookshop is itself in trouble, and has asked its landlord, Cooper Union, the private engineering, architecture and art college, to reduce its $ 20,000 monthly rent (with backup from a local petition and a community board resolution).

«Customers may be willing to pay for shipping [if] they can't find the same item at a big chain store or on Amazon,» ShippingEasy's Zaleski said.

Not exact matches

Napster co-founder Sean Parker's proposal to sell first - run movies to home viewers at $ 50 a pop has stirred up various corners of Hollywood, with big movie studios and theater chains up in arms over the Screening Room idea while multiple major filmmakers have landed on opposing sides of the argument.

For every $ 100 we spend at a big box or chain, only about $ 14 stays in the neighborhood, but when you shop at a local store, $ 45 stays in the community.

Meanwhile, it's clear that other chains are winning: In the third quarter of 2014, while McDonald's same - store sales were falling about 3 %, those at Chipotle Mexican Grill, the big cheese of the burrito world, were soaring 20 %.

Here are the three things that executives at some of the biggest restaurant chains in the country are blaming for the industry's stagnation.

While Black Friday is a diluted event, with sales starting earlier in the month at most major chains, it still anchors the biggest shopping weekend of the year and can get a retailer's holiday season off to a good, or bad, start.

Since arriving at the chain in September 2014, Shelagh Stoneham, Shoppers» senior vice-president of marketing, said her team has been engaged in market research and strategic planning that has led to a bigger marketing spend, an increased television presence, more online video and new partnerships with Women of Influence and the entertainment show ET Canada.

At the same time, the chain added a 42 - ouncer — bigger than the Biggie.

Touting plant - based protein at a mainstream restaurant chain is a big deal.

It stands at 16 % today, which Hurst believes is market - leading penetration with the exception of big pizza chains, which can derive almost half of sales from digital sources.

As an exec at Shire (shpg), which with $ 6 billion in revenue is one of the smaller Big Pharmas, he spent months persuading leaders and commercial and supply - chain people to launch a clinical trial for the ADHD drug Vyvanse to treat binge eating.

In 2014, Gap's comparable sales fell 5 %, compared to a flat performance at sister chain Banana Republic, and a 5 % jump at value chain Old Navy, the company's biggest division.

That being said, shoppers in search of big bargains should come to Whole Foods with a little more knowledge of prices at other chains for comparison.

Of course, if the big chains want to maintain the same volumes but at higher prices, things could easily go the other way instead.

«The products are hot, it's got $ 60 billion in cash, and it's a big company,» said Brian White, supply chain and Apple analyst at Ticonderoga Securities.

The world's biggest fast - food chain said worldwide sales at restaurants open at least 13 months fell 1.8 % in January.

Saibal Ray, a management professor at McGill University, says one of the biggest issues facing supply chains today is risk management.

Trying to clean up a supply chain is nothing new — big corporations have been at it for years, mainly as a way to mitigate risks and dodge the next big scandal.

After decades of spectacular growth, the chain appears to be hitting the wall: same - store sales - growth is sagging in Canada, where Tims is suddenly facing tough new competition from McDonald's new McCafé rebrand, clearly aimed at taking a big gulp out of the market leader's coffee sales.

For Lee Bird, the CEO of big - box home decor retailer At Home, his business» advantages hinge on its «very efficient supply chain,» he told Cramer on Friday.

When the shipment arrives at a warehouse of one of the big grocery chains or food service operators somewhere in the city, the produce gets divvied up.

Since unveiling the New York WaterMaker last month at a Las Vegas trade show, Errigo has heard from big pizza chains, mom - and - pop pizzerias, microbreweries, bakeries and food manufacturers.

PHILADELPHIA — Two black men arrested for sitting at a Philadelphia Starbucks without ordering anything settled with the world's biggest coffee - shop chain Wednesday for an undisclosed sum and an offer of a free college education.

The stores — most of which are in shopping malls, and at 1,400 square feet are much smaller than Best Buy's 40,000 - square - foot big - box stores — have become less profitable for the Richfield - based electronics chain.

The world's biggest fast - food chain, which has not had a monthly gain in sales at established U.S. restaurants since October 2013, is also making the changes to reach out to consumers who are demanding simpler, more natural food choices.

Big hotel chains have introduced new brands aimed at millennials and stepped up marketing on social media to compete with Airbnb Inc..

Recovering sales at the $ 14 bln burrito chain helped keep the pushy investor's big bet on a roll.

Hidden at the bottom of this story: potential good news for big chains offering or experimenting with delivery: a cold winter (and spring) doesn't seem to have affected delivery numbers.

Customers who don't have that option are expecting big changes to their grocery stores, and the current model that hasn't evolved in decades quickly becomes a bigger frustration at larger chains.

Had the commanding officer simply said, «fine, stand at attention,» we would not be hearing about this, but those in the chain of command above this soldier decided to make this a big deal.

«For example, we have a very big kettle that we use to cook our delicious caramel dip used at a nationwide quick service chain.

Anyone who loves Olive Garden is probably also a big fan of the bottomless basket of warm, garlicky breadsticks served before each meal at the huge Italian casual chain.

Big chain groceries probably would never purchase jalapeños with striations from a grower because they looked flawed (even though they're totally not), but if you happen to find them at a local market, grab them up.

Most of Critchfield Meats» competition at the retail level is from big - box and national chains, including Kroger's, Whole Foods and Trader Joe's.

If there is one big takeaway from this year's IBWSS 2018 event in London (the only event of its kind in the UK), it's that the bulk wine industry continues to grow at a rapid pace, creating many new opportunities for growth at every stage of the wine supply chain.

Clarke arrived at Treasury in early 2014 when it was in the doghouse after big write - downs in the US over a supply chain mess under previous management, where there was too much low - end commercial wine in distributor warehouses.

When more than a third of your business is at risk if Australia's biggest supermarket chain takes you off the shelf you can understand why a supplier is reluctant to speak out against Woolworths.

I found this recipe on another blog, Healthy - Delicious, and the author compared the flavors to a big order of nachos you'd order at a casual dining chain restaurant.